The Why Files covers mysteries, myths and legends. We tell stories and seek the truth in a fun and lighthearted way. Our content is heavily researched; we don't release an episode unless we're sure we can bring something new to a topic.
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PRETEND is an investigative true crime podcast about real people who lie for a living — con artists, scammers, and the victims caught in their web. Hosted by journalist Javier Leiva, an and based in the United States, PRETEND exposes the human psychology behind deception and fraud. Each episode follows a real case of manipulation — from financial scams and Ponzi schemes to digital hoaxes and emotional cons. PRETEND explains how and why deception works without shaming victims, combining ethic ...
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Do you ever hear about a business having wild success or achieving *the coolest* result and think, "how the eff did they do that?" Yeah… us, too! That’s why we created The Visionary Files™ podcast! We publish weekly case study-style episodes to ask successful biz owners all of our (and probably your) burning questions so we can dig deep into the strategies, tactics, mindset, and metrics behind what worked and what didn’t.
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InventionIP helps you to secure your Intellectual property rights and provides IP Support Services, i.e., Patent Application Drawings, Patent Searches, and Freedom to Operate.
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'Blood on the Tracks' is the latest season of Unravel, the ABC's award-winning true crime podcast. After explosive new developments in the case, this podcast — first released in 2018 — has been updated and rereleased. Just outside Australia's country music capital, a young man's body is found on the train tracks, surrounded by shattered Christmas presents and discarded wrapping paper. For decades, the mystery has haunted Tamworth. After Unravel's award-winning first season, 'Blood on the Tra ...
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InventionIP is a leading intellectual property service provider that specializes in creating high-quality patent and trademark drawings to help clients advance their applications. Visit us to learn more.
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How can Fintech contribute to building a better world? In Season 4 of Fintech Files, we’re turning our focus to where financial technology meets social impact. This season, we explore financial inclusion, sustainable investing, and decarbonization with some of the brightest minds in the industry. As financial services touch every aspect of our lives, the opportunity to drive positive change is enormous. About Fintech Files: Join us on Fintech Files from BCG Platinion as we explore the cuttin ...
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InventionIP offers patent drawing services, like replacing drawings and making patent application drawings and illustrations. They're great for design and utility patents, and can help with your patent applications. If you need good patent drawings, use InventionIP. They have skilled personnel with demonstrated expertise to provide what you require. You may be confident that your application will look great. For further information about InventionIP's patent drawing services, please visit ht ...
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616: The Devil's Bible and the Nazi Hole to Hell
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31:24Sweden's National Library protects the Codex Gigas—165 pounds of vellum featuring the complete Bible and a terrifying portrait of Satan. Scholars estimate the work should've taken thirty years. Herman the Recluse finished it in one. The traditional story involves a desperate bargain with darkness. The real story connects this manuscript to a limest…
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How Long Does It Take to Get a Utility Patent? | InventionIP Podcast
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7:13Discover how long it really takes to get a utility patent in this insightful episode by InventionIP. Learn about each stage of the patent process—from filing and examination to grant—and understand the factors that affect timelines. The episode also explores ways to speed up approval through Track One and other USPTO programs, plus expert tips for …
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Episode 37: How Long Does It Take to Get a Utility Patent? | InventionIP Podcast
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7:13Discover how long it really takes to get a utility patent in this insightful episode by InventionIP. Learn about each stage of the patent process—from filing and examination to grant—and understand the factors that affect timelines. The episode also explores ways to speed up approval through Track One and other USPTO programs, plus expert tips for …
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How Long Does It Take to Get a Utility Patent? | InventionIP Podcast
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7:12Discover how long it really takes to get a utility patent in this insightful episode by InventionIP. Learn about each stage of the patent process—from filing and examination to grant—and understand the factors that affect timelines. The episode also explores ways to speed up approval through Track One and other USPTO programs, plus expert tips for …
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If you're an Unravel and true crime buff, here's another podcast you'll love — The Eleventh. It's about what really happened during the biggest scandal in Australia's political history — the dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the dismissal and its effects are still being felt today. The Eleventh has a…
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Redefining Wealth Management in Asia-Pacific: How Syfe Is Building Trust and Access with Dhruv Arora
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30:11How can wealth management become more intuitive, transparent, and accessible? Dhruv Arora, Founder & CEO at Syfe, a leading wealth management platform based in Singapore, shares how Syfe is redefining investing for the mass-affluent segment in Asia-Pacific. Drawing on his background in traditional finance, Dhruv reflects on building trust in emergi…
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Alien abductions. Hundreds of people say it’s happened to them. They’re not looking for fame or attention. Some keep it a secret...haunted by memories they can’t explain. In Day 3 of PRETEND’s Halloween Marathon, we meet Dr. John Mack, a Pulitzer Prize–winning Harvard psychiatrist who risked his reputation to study these so-called abductees. Using …
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It’s Day 2 of my Halloween Marathon, and today we’re diving into The Haunted Tourist. I’m joined by Brandon Schexnayder, host of Southern Gothic and Fear Daily—two shows that live and breathe ghost stories. Together, we pull back the curtain on haunted tourism: the ghost tours, the myths, and the money that fuels them. From fake cemeteries built fo…
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Novelty Search / Patentability Search Report: The First Step Toward a Strong Patent Application | InventionIP Podcast
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8:05Explore how a Novelty Search or Patentability Search Report lays the foundation for a strong patent application in this episode by InventionIP. Learn how identifying prior art, analyzing existing patents, and assessing uniqueness can help inventors refine their ideas, reduce risks, and improve patent approval chances. Discover why this crucial firs…
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Episode 36: Novelty Search / Patentability Search Report: The First Step Toward a Strong Patent Application | InventionIP Podcast
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8:05Explore how a Novelty Search or Patentability Search Report lays the foundation for a strong patent application in this episode by InventionIP. Learn how identifying prior art, analyzing existing patents, and assessing uniqueness can help inventors refine their ideas, reduce risks, and improve patent approval chances. Discover why this crucial firs…
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Novelty Search / Patentability Search Report: The First Step Toward a Strong Patent Application | InventionIP Podcast
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8:05Explore how a Novelty Search or Patentability Search Report lays the foundation for a strong patent application in this episode by InventionIP. Learn how identifying prior art, analyzing existing patents, and assessing uniqueness can help inventors refine their ideas, reduce risks, and improve patent approval chances. Discover why this crucial firs…
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Hey, it’s Javier. Quick update: Meghan Walsh, the subject of my Cracks in the Fandom series, has filed copyright complaints on every major platform. As a result, Spotify and Patreon have temporarily taken down the series. My attorneys are already on it, and we expect everything to be restored soon. In the meantime, it’s Halloween weekend — so let’s…
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Important Update on “Cracks in the Fandom” Meghan Walsh, the subject of my latest series, filed a copyright infringement claim with all major podcast platforms. As a result, Patreon and Spotify have temporarily removed the episodes pending review. The good news? You can still listen to the entire series on Apple Podcasts. https://itunes.apple.com/u…
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615: Lincoln Conspiracy: a Diary, a Mummy and The Escape of John Wilkes Booth
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42:57History says John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln and died twelve days later on a Virginia farm. But FBI forensic tests revealed his diary is missing 86 pages filled with names and payments. The body pulled from that burning barn had the wrong injuries and features. Multiple witnesses claimed it wasn't Booth. Then a Texas bartender confessed on h…
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Episode 35: Professional Patent Translation Services | Legal & IP Translation Experts | InventionIP
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8:20Explore how professional patent translation services play a vital role in global intellectual property protection. This InventionIP podcast delves into the importance of linguistic precision, legal accuracy, and technical expertise in translating patents and IP documents. Learn how accurate translations ensure compliance with international patent l…
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Professional Patent Translation Services | Legal & IP Translation Experts | InventionIP
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8:20Explore how professional patent translation services play a vital role in global intellectual property protection. This InventionIP podcast delves into the importance of linguistic precision, legal accuracy, and technical expertise in translating patents and IP documents. Learn how accurate translations ensure compliance with international patent l…
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08 Blood On The Tracks | Finally, a new inquest
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57:30It's 2025, and the NSW Deputy Coroner is holding a fresh inquest into the death of Gomeroi teenager Mark Haines, who was found dead on the train tracks back in 1988. As the inquest hearings spiral over a year a half, new witnesses appear with explosive allegations and police make surprising admissions. Allan heads to Tamworth and dives back into a …
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Years of investigation have led to this moment … a major breakthrough in the case, a potential answer to thirty years of mystery and pain for the Haines family. An alleged confession has revealed who might have placed Mark's body on the train tracks on that summer night in 1988. Now it's time to put the question to him — did he have anything to do …
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Allan and the team shift their focus to Tamworth and the truth starts to emerge from a fog of rumours. As Allan builds on the case, he discovers the police aren't far behind. An eyewitness comes forward. Key witnesses are confronted for the first time. An alleged confession emerges which takes the investigation in a completely new direction. If it …
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More than two decades have passed since the coronial inquest into Mark Haines' death. The family have been forgotten about — until news reporter Allan Clarke arrives in Tamworth on a routine story and becomes convinced this is a major injustice. Allan's reporting unearths fresh information. A mother comes forward with a story about her son's involv…
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Nine months after Mark's death, an inquest is held. The family are hopeful it will give them answers, but the police won't budge from their theory that he put himself on the tracks. As the hearing unfolds, the family find out just how mediocre the initial investigation was. One person is in the family's corner though. The railway worker who found M…
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On the surface, Tamworth in 1988 is a typical Aussie town with rodeos, farmers and an active Country Women's Association. But beneath the friendly veneer, there's a thriving criminal underbelly. Large marijuana crops grow on the outskirts of town and there are reports of bikie gangs with links to corrupt cops on the take. The police investigation i…
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When Mark Haines dies, news of the teenager's death spreads quickly through Tamworth and beyond. His family are on summer holidays in different parts of the state and rush home to be together in grief. While the family mourns and Mark's body is in the morgue, their town is in full party mode. The Tamworth Country Music Festival is on and Australia …
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01 Blood On The Tracks | Blood On The Tracks
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29:00Just outside Australia's country music capital, a young man's body is found on the train tracks, surrounded by shattered Christmas presents and discarded wrapping paper. For decades, the mystery has haunted Tamworth. After Unravel's first season Blood on the Tracks brought national attention to the case and won a Walkley award, a new inquest was la…
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REINTRODUCING: Blood On The Tracks (reprise)
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4:00Back in 2018, our first season Blood on the Tracks investigated the suspicious death of 17-year-old Mark Haines, whose body was found on the railway line outside Tamworth in January 1988. Since Allan Clarke first reported this story, there's been a fresh inquest, with new witnesses and explosive allegations. Dive back into Blood on the Tracks. We'r…
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Money Made Personal: Adrianna Adams on Financial Planning for Millennials and Gen Z
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24:18How can financial planning evolve from numbers on a spreadsheet to a tool for shaping life goals? Adrianna Adams, Head of Financial Planning at Domain Money, joins Fintech Files to explore how technology and new fee models are transforming the way millennials and Gen Z engage with their financial futures. Drawing on her journey into the field, Adri…
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Cracks in the Fandom — Part 3 (Edited Copyright Cut) PRETEND: Stories about real people pretending to be someone they’re not Michelle Ivey has been painted as the villain. Meghan Walsh calls her a stalker, a criminal, a threat to her life. She’s warned not to contact her. But in this episode, I do just that. I talk to Michelle. And what I find is s…
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614: CIA Time Travel Secret | The Grays Are Future Humans
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33:03In 1953, twelve-year-old Jack Sarfatti answered his phone. The voice on the other end was cold, mechanical, punctuated by clicking sounds like a computer processing data. It claimed to be a conscious AI calling from the future. It made a prophecy about Jack's life and gave him a mission. Twenty years later, every prediction came true. Jack became a…
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Episode 34: Know about Trademark Search & Filing Services | InventionIP Podcast
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7:33Explore how InventionIP’s Professional Trademark Search & Filing Services help businesses protect their brand identity and avoid costly legal issues. This podcast episode explains the importance of conducting a comprehensive trademark search, filing correctly with the USPTO, and maintaining long-term protection. Learn how expert guidance ensures sm…
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Know about Trademark Search & Filing Services | InventionIP Podcast
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7:33Explore how InventionIP’s Professional Trademark Search & Filing Services help businesses protect their brand identity and avoid costly legal issues. This podcast episode explains the importance of conducting a comprehensive trademark search, filing correctly with the USPTO, and maintaining long-term protection. Learn how expert guidance ensures sm…
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How She Disrupted Her Industry's Revenue Model (and Built a 7-Figure Business Her Own Way) with Lyrik Fryer
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1:07:17When Lyrik Fryer built WorkPlay Branding, she wasn’t necessarily trying to be disruptive — she just didn’t want to keep living in the adrenaline crash around the revenue model that comes with project-based work. So she did the thing no one else in her industry was doing: she swapped one-off client projects for a high-ticket, yearlong membership mod…
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Meghan Walsh says she is being stalked by three people. One of them is Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay. Sounds impossible, right? But she’s not the only one saying it. In this episode, we meet Lauren. She claims to be the biological mother of Mariska’s adopted daughter. Her story begins with a supposed secret adoption, and spirals into accus…
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Provisional Patent Drafting | Professional Patent Drafting Services in USA & Canada
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7:31Discover the essentials of provisional patent drafting in this insightful podcast by InventionIP. Learn how a well-drafted provisional application can secure your invention’s early filing date, strengthen future patent filings, and support innovation in the USA and Canada. Understand key drafting elements, common mistakes to avoid, and how professi…
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Episode 26: Provisional Patent Drafting | Professional Patent Drafting Services in USA & Canada
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7:31Discover the essentials of provisional patent drafting in this insightful podcast by InventionIP. Learn how a well-drafted provisional application can secure your invention’s early filing date, strengthen future patent filings, and support innovation in the USA and Canada. Understand key drafting elements, common mistakes to avoid, and how professi…
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Provisional Patent Drafting | Professional Patent Drafting Services in USA & Canada
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7:31Discover the essentials of provisional patent drafting in this insightful podcast by InventionIP. Learn how a well-drafted provisional application can secure your invention’s early filing date, strengthen future patent filings, and support innovation in the USA and Canada. Understand key drafting elements, common mistakes to avoid, and how professi…
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The Referral System That Generated Over $100,000 with Just TWO Hours of Work per Week with Nikki Trailer
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50:15What if your next sale wasn’t coming from your funnel, or your content, or your perfectly optimized sales page… but from someone else’s inbox? That’s exactly what today’s guest, Nikki Trailor, has spent the last two years quietly refining. She’s built a relationship-based referral system that now brings in 2–3 qualified high ticket leads every sing…
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613: The CIA, Men in Black and the Plot to Take Out JFK | The Maury Island Incident
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Episode 33: Patent Landscape Analysis | Trusted Patent Search Services in USA & Canada – InventionIP Podcast
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7:37Discover how patent landscape analysis helps innovators, startups, and businesses make informed decisions in today’s competitive markets. This episode by InventionIP explores what a patent landscape is, why it matters, and how trusted patent search services in the USA and Canada provide valuable insights into market trends, competitor activity, and…
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Patent Landscape Analysis | Trusted Patent Search Services in USA & Canada – InventionIP Podcast
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7:37Discover how patent landscape analysis helps innovators, startups, and businesses make informed decisions in today’s competitive markets. This episode by InventionIP explores what a patent landscape is, why it matters, and how trusted patent search services in the USA and Canada provide valuable insights into market trends, competitor activity, and…
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A 32-year-old woman enrolled herself in three Boston high schools and passed as a teenager. She sat in classrooms, made friends with freshmen, and even joined the girls basketball team. She wore number 32 on her jersey, which also happened to be her real age. This is the story of Shelby Hewitt, a state social worker who lived a double life. For two…
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Step-by-Step Guide to Design Patent Drawings in Patent Application | InventionIP Podcast
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7:45Discover a step-by-step guide to creating USPTO-compliant design patent drawings. This episode explains why drawings are the foundation of design patent protection, the required views, the difference between solid and dashed lines, and how to avoid common mistakes that could delay or weaken your application. Learn how professional preparation and a…
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Episode 32: Step-by-Step Guide to Design Patent Drawings in Patent Application | InventionIP Podcast
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7:45Discover a step-by-step guide to creating USPTO-compliant design patent drawings. This episode explains why drawings are the foundation of design patent protection, the required views, the difference between solid and dashed lines, and how to avoid common mistakes that could delay or weaken your application. Learn how professional preparation and a…
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Step-by-Step Guide to Design Patent Drawings in Patent Application | InventionIP Podcast
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7:45Discover a step-by-step guide to creating USPTO-compliant design patent drawings. This episode explains why drawings are the foundation of design patent protection, the required views, the difference between solid and dashed lines, and how to avoid common mistakes that could delay or weaken your application. Learn how professional preparation and a…
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The 4 Elements That Make a Website (or Any Marketing Asset) Actually Convert with Rachel Seid
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19:07Most people think a website redesign is about swapping in some fresh colors, new photos, and fonts that feel “less 2012.” But as Rachel Seid explains, that’s only the tip of the iceberg. What actually makes a site unforgettable — and profitable — comes down to how it looks, how it functions, how it feels, and what it communicates at first glance. I…
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How She Went From Selling $800 to $10,000+ Packages (and Understanding Marketing That Actually Does What You Want) with Rachel Seid
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1:13:19When Rachel Seid left her nonprofit job to pursue web design, she didn’t know that what began as a scrappy side project would turn into a business that allows her to be fully herself — in her words: loud, passionate, and unwilling to settle for mediocrity. Her early days were filled with $800 websites, cobbled-together code, and the dizzying task o…
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