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CEO Secrets: Seatfrog founders share their business advice

Iain Griffin and Dirk Stewart, the co-founders of the Seatfrog app for train travel, share their business advice for our CEO Secrets series.

Produced, filmed and edited by Dougal Shaw

23 November 2022

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