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Business Is Boring by The Spinoff

Aug 11, 202550:20Business

From starting Crimson Education as a teenager to leading a company operating at a $300 million revenue run rate, Jamie Beaton has been on an extraordinary journey. In this episode, Simon Pound talks with the Crimson foun...

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