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Feb 2020
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Boom & Mellow: Sima Barazi Haroun

Amaeya Media
About this episode

Understanding how to scale your business—whether adding employees, opening a new branch, or even looking at funding—is really hard to do day-to-day. And when you've operated in a single-store model for over a decade, how do you go about changing gears towards a growth-oriented business? Pull up a chair & join our conversation with Sima Barazi Haroun, founder of Boom & Mellow.

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Hosted & produced by Chirag Desai. With support from Abhishek Venkatasubramanian, Sukayna Kazmi & Zainab Ujjaini. Original music composed by Reiner Erlings.

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