# (Live) Notes from a founder

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Podcast: [Sparkle on Substack](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sparkle-on-substack-6621999)
Published: 2026-03-04T15:18:36+00:00
Episode link: https://sparkleon.substack.com/p/live-notes-from-a-founder
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## Resource

Thank you Rebecca Mack ☕ , Julie Schmidt , Abigail Thomas , and many others for tuning into my live video with Vicki Willden-Lebrecht ! Join me for my next live video in the app. Ai Summary - thanks Claude Here’s a summary of the conversation, which is a Substack live chat between a host and Vicky Wilder-Librett , founder of the Bright Agency (founded 2003), a literary and illustration agency with offices in London and New York. Why Vicky joined Substack Vicky’s decision grew from a December reflection exercise she does annually — looking back at trends and forward to the year ahead. She posted on Instagram asking: if she were setting up Bright today, could she do it the same way? Her concern was that she built the agency entirely through in-person relationships — book fairs, conferences, launches — and wondered whether that was possible in an increasingly digital world. “If you had relationships, you could take a relationship online. Fine, no problem. If you didn’t have a relationship with someone, could you make a relationship online?” Substack felt like a natural answer — a place to recreate those conversations. “It’s almost like this is the conference, this is the party, this is where we need to go.” Who the Bright Substack is for Vicky sees it as broader than just illustrators and authors — it’s for anyone wanting to understand or work in the creative industry. “I don’t think creativity is about drawing. I think creativity is about the way we think and the way we problem solve.” She’s keen for the content to be responsive rather than pre-planned, mirroring how she networked in person: “You wouldn’t trot in with your ‘I’m going to talk about these things to people’... I would just be talking to people about what they’re interested in.” The National Year of Reading…

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