Q+A: Extraordinary Business Stories - Secrets of business growth
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Q+A: Extraordinary Business Stories - Secrets of business growth

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 9, 202619 min
  • Interview
  • Business & money

Every business wants to grow. But how do you make that growth sustainable, and what happens when the business becomes too big for its founder to manage everything? In the third episode of Extraordinary Business Stories, Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson speak with two State Winners of the 2026 Telstra Best of Business Awards: Laura Jeffery from TUNDRA Resource Analytics, Victorian Growth Award Winner, and Payal Kapoor from Anchor Impact Group, New South Wales Growth Award Winner. They discuss the challenges of scaling a business, why growth isn't just about revenue, the importance of systems and...

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Welcome to Fearing Greek Q&A, extraordinary business stories. I'm Sean Aylmer. And I'm Michael Thompson. In this special four-part series brought to you by Telstra, we're meeting some of the

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state winners of the 2026 Telstra Best of Business Awards. Today we are talking about growth because it's something that almost every business owner wants, but achieving it and then making it sustainable is another matter entirely. It's almost the ultimate goal, isn't it?

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The Growth Award recognises businesses achieving outstanding growth and contribution to the Australian economy. Our guests are Laura Jeffery from Tundra Resource Analytics, Victorian Growth Award winner, and Pyle Kapoor from Anchor Impact Group, New South Wales Growth Award winner.

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