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Over the course of the series we’ been following the founders of different small businesses and telling their stories as they grow, learning what the day to day of running a company is like. In this final episode, we catch up with them one last time to reflect on how things have changed and what’s in store for them for the months ahead.

A special episode with an expert panel discussing why setting the right vision and culture for your business matters. Hosted by Soheb Panja, editor of Courier.

In this episode we speak to David Johnston from Accept & Proceed and learn how for the past 10 years every new addition to his team has brought new energy and perspectives to the studio. He is joined by A&P’s commercial director Lily Curry who talks about her experience joining the business a year ago.

For any business leader, finding the right staff is crucial to successful scaling. In this episode we introduce London based menswear brand L’Estrange and talk to founders Tom Horne and Will Green about how they started their business and how they've expanded their team.

Achieving a strong culture is not as simple as buying a ping-pong table or providing lunch for the team. Rather, it requires digging under the skin of your company and defining what it stands for. A strong vision for the business can provide a framework for keeping growth focussed on the areas where it matters most.

Branding is about much more than picking a cool logo, and the 'brand' may need revisiting when a company grows beyond the startup phase. In this episode we will learn how our businesses built their brands and how these evolved as their companies grew.

How do businesses get the money to fuel their growth? Desmond & Dempsey close a round of funding. Kitchup tell us the different options they considered.

The idea for Desmond & Dempsey came about when its founders identified a gap in the market – in this case, for high-quality yet affordable pyjamas. Molly Goddard had been searching for an alternative to her husband’s business shirts that she had taken to wearing when lounging at home on the weekends.