The Honest Reasons Funnels Never Get Built: A Million Words
The Get Paid Podcast: The Stark Reality of Entrepreneurship and Being Your Own Boss
Release Date: 08/18/2026
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The Get Paid Podcast: The Stark Reality of Entrepreneurship and Being Your Own Boss
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The Honest Reasons Funnels Never Get Built: A Million Words
The Get Paid Podcast: The Stark Reality of Entrepreneurship and Being Your Own Boss
This is part two of a three-part series. All three episodes are live now — listen in order. Reason number two is the one Claire has thrown the most money at trying to solve. It worked, sort of. It also cost her months she's not getting back. This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: The reason your funnel is still sitting there — and it isn't time The exact point in every build where things quietly stop moving Why the last 10% is the part that never gets done What Claire finally changed after years of doing it the hard way 🎟️ Philly Funnel Sprint — October 19th & 20th Two...
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info_outlineThis is part two of a three-part series. All three episodes are live now — listen in order.
Reason number two is the one Claire has thrown the most money at trying to solve. It worked, sort of. It also cost her months she's not getting back.
This Week on the Get Paid Podcast:
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The reason your funnel is still sitting there — and it isn't time
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The exact point in every build where things quietly stop moving
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Why the last 10% is the part that never gets done
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What Claire finally changed after years of doing it the hard way
🎟️ Philly Funnel Sprint — October 19th & 20th
Two days, in person, in Philadelphia. You bring your actual business and your actual offer, and you leave with a finished funnel — not a template to customize later, not another video to watch. You build yours live in the room with Claire and Claude. Capped at 20 seats. Grab your ticket.
Mentioned in this podcast:
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Philly Funnel Sprint — clairepells.com/sprint
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Claire on Instagram — @clairepells
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