“We had to halve the team size, we had to change the outlook on growth, but also we had to culturally change what we cared about”

The Business Leader Podcast with Sir Richard Harpin · Simon Mellin built Modern Milkman to £50m - then nearly ran out of cash

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halved the team size and shifted focus from growth to profitability during a cash-crunch

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