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Leaning in to growth phase of your business with Paula Quazi – Inspiring Progressive Female Entrepreneurs

Paula Quazi, Co-Founder of smol, spent her career working for large corporations and consulting before she broke off to start her own business. Offering eco-friendly household products that minimise waste, smol is helping to revolutionise the cleaning products industry. Paula talks about smol’s incredible growth over a short period of time and how she believes finding the right talent at the right time is a key part of driving growth for new businesses. 


Inspiring Progressive Female Entrepreneurs is a podcast miniseries produced by HSBC, in partnership with Allbright, that seeks to empower and support women who are on the journey of growing and scaling their business.


To access more resources for female entrepreneurs, visit: https://www.business.hsbc.com/business-banking/female-entrepreneur


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