Best Ken Michal Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 81: Have You Hit The Ceiling? 1:01:28

6d ago1:01:28

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We love to gain insight about our businesses by measuring and discussing them every time we run across a new yardstick - and Glen’s brought us a new yardstick in this episode! We talk through all six and discuss where to go from here, ceiling or not. Hold your own business up to these six signs you may be hitting the ceiling, and see what you find …

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Episode 80: Up and Running with Rebecca Michals 39:44

13d ago39:44

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On today’s SPECIAL EDITION pod, we have the pleasure of talking about an amazing opportunity available to eBay Sellers - the Up and Running Grants! We are in the last week of open applications for this, and you seriously don’t want to miss out. Anna, who won one of these grants a few years back, and Rebecca Michals from eBay Seller Community discus…

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Episode 79: Expounding Your Mindset 51:01

19d ago51:01

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We haven’t done a good ol’ Seller Club classic mindset episode in a while, so Ken’s bringing us all a chance to expound upon one today! From limiting beliefs, to hustle culture, to maintenance and motivation, we really get into some nitty gritty mindset topics – and we’re glad we did! Listen in and see how you might expound your own mindset. In fac…

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Episode 78: To Grow, To Scale? 1:12:58

24d ago1:12:58

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It's feeling a whole lot like summer around here, and today we are thinking about growth as the grass gets greener and the flowers bloom outside. What does it take to scale? Is it really as simple as listing more, faster? How are growing and scaling different, and which one makes sense for you? This is one of those shop-talks that looks at these qu…

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Episode 77: The Truth About Niches 55:38

1M ago55:38

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After we review some top-takeaways from eBay’s recent Summer Seller Check In, jump with us into some tricky true or false questions Glen tosses onto the table for discussion - this week, it’s all about niches (and their possible riches!). Is selling in a niche really better? Is there more or less risk? Is it easier or harder? Come along with us as …

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Episode 76: Summer Surge 43:33

1M ago43:33

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This summer isn’t for coasting—it’s for capitalizing. If we were always anticipating a December-level summer surge instead of a slowdown, what would we be doing and thinking differently? How could we actually prepare for a summer surge - and could that possibly help us create one? We also want to personally invite you to an event this week that’s g…

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Episode 75: It’s Grilling Season 51:46

2M ago51:46

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Glen spies on Ken and Anna’s recent sales and grills them about their stores… the stories behind these sales opens up some great insights for sourcing, pricing, and beyond. If you love podcast content created for eBay sellers, don’t forget to follow us @sellerclubpodcast and @ebayforsellers and @sellerledger on Instagram. Get registered for eBay’s …

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Episode 74: Starting From Scratch 48:24

2M ago48:24

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What would we do differently if we had to start all over again from scratch, or if we had to pivot in a major way in our online reselling businesses? Ken and Anna each share their top three, including insights about inventory systems, data driven sourcing, and sharing what you want and what you know with others, and even more. We hope this is helpf…

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Episode 73: Reselling in 3D 44:04

2M ago44:04

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Glen’s taking us on a Hustler Hacks Edition adventure today…Reselling in 3D. Dreams. Decision. Discipline. Tune in for our takes on these three crucial ingredients for your reselling journey! How have these shaken out in your own origin story? How about today? If you love podcast content created for eBay sellers, don’t forget to follow us @sellercl…

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Episode 72: Q1 or Q5? 46:56

2M ago46:56

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Today we kick off with a little roundup of our Q1 (or Q5?) and some Merch Madness shout outs. Whether you commented or played along with Merch Madness or not, we are cheering you on and we are walking the walk with you. Here’s our Q1 takeaways and what we are doing about them in Q2! Q2 is sure to be different than Q1, so you can’t copy and paste wh…

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Episode 134 - The Road to Western States with Mike Dimond 55:41

2M ago55:41

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Send us a text In this episode of The Mile 99 Interview, we sit down with Mike Dimond, a hometown ultrarunner from Auburn, CA, who just punched his ticket to the 2025 Western States 100—not in the main lottery, but through the exclusive M45 Automotive Auburn residents raffle! A Sacramento Metro firefighter, father, and long-time runner, Mike shares…

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Episode 71: eBay Special with Chuck Van Pelt and Jonathan Chard 1:05:16

3M ago1:05:16

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Today we have the great fortune of chatting with some fantastic sellers who also happen to work as Seller Advocates at eBay - to know them is to love them, and we love taking shop with them any chance we get. Today’s conversation takes us through some of the recent updates we heard about at eBay’s Spring Seller Check In, just taking a peek under th…

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Episode 133 - Trail Work, Advocacy & Dirt-Fueled Passion with Elke Reimer & Tim Tollefson 54:14

3M ago54:14

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Send us a text In this inspiring episode of The Mile 99 Interview, we sit down with two passionate trail stewards: Elke Reimer and Tim Tollefson. You might know Tim for his elite trail running accomplishments, but today, he’s wearing a different hat—one of advocacy, stewardship, and public lands protection. Alongside him, Elke shares her deep exper…

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Episode 70: Amplify Your Wins 52:08

3M ago52:08

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It’s the final week of Q1, and after taking stock of how our individual Q1s have been, we talk about what’s working - what we are going to double down on, increase in frequency, volume, and consistency. We invite you to do the same for our last week of Merch Madness challenges and their corresponding giveaways! If you missed it or want to rewatch, …

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Episode 69: Making Adjustments 57:56

3M ago57:56

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On today’s show, we get into the details of making adjustments. Not doubling down on what’s working or total 180s, but all the tweaks and changes in between. From using the custom SKU field in our eBay listings, to giving feedback and reporting problems more effectively, to the age old subject of time management. We also share a FIRST for our podca…

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Episode 68: Updates & Upgrades 1:02:42

3M ago1:02:42

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This is a good old shop-talking episode! Heading to the conclusion of Q1, we volley back and forth giving updates and incidental stories about our own businesses and Q1 activities as well as discuss what we are looking to UPGRADE as we keep going and keep growing strong into Q2. If you love podcast content created for eBay sellers, don’t forget to …

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Episode 67: The Mencius Mindset 58:51

3M ago58:51

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Only when a man will not do some things, is he capable of doing great things. -Mencius Today we dig into this quote from Confucian philosopher, Mencius, and see how it applies to us, our reselling lifestyles and businesses, and more. We talk through what we each take away from his statement and further discuss some of the things we’re willing to NO…

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Episode 66: Trending Community Chatter 1:04:24

4M ago1:04:24

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After today’s business check-in, we discuss an interesting story Glen hear about regarding a seller sharing her experiences with Amazon returns on her private label items. How does this relate to our resale businesses and beyond? Tune in to find out. PLUS, we’re very excited to share the details about the upcoming Spring Seller Check-In eBay is hos…

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Episode 132 - Joey Montoya 56:55

4M ago56:55

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Send us a text We had a great time chatting with Joey "Coach" Montoya, local Auburn ultrarunner, football coach and PE teacher at Placer High School. We first met Joey back in episode 60 when he was getting ready for his first attempt at the 2021 Western States. He finished the race, but as he described to us, there was a lot of stress to manage as…

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Episode 65: What Would It Take to Be a One-Platform Seller? 56:48

4M ago56:48

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Today, we discuss the answer to a question posed in the previous episode - Glen’s been mulling it over, so buckle up for his thoughtful take on what it would take for him to put all of his eggs in one basket and become a one-platform seller! What would the one platform have to offer? What would the trade-offs be? There’s plenty to discuss in this h…

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Episode 131 - George Ruiz and 2025 TRT updates 50:13

4M ago50:13

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Send us a text George Ruiz, race director of the Tahoe Rim Trail Endurance Runs, dropped by to talk about the changes for the 2025 race after getting word that a major reconstruction project would prevent the new 100k and popular 100 mile race from occurring this year. This was a shock to the trail running community since this race is incredibly po…

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Episode 64: Will Glen Be a Million-Dollar Seller? 1:11:47

4M ago1:11:47

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This week, we start with a little check-in about our businesses so far in 2025, followed by a very interesting live-stream experience Glen had recently that gave him a wide-open look into what it's like to be a million-dollar seller. Always the observer, Glen shares his thoughts and invites an interesting discussion around what he observed. Will he…

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Episode 130 - Fourmidable preview with RD Paulo Medina 55:44

4M ago55:44

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Send us a text Fourmidable race director Paulo Medina and original founder of the Mile 99 Interview visited us to go over everything related to this year's race! It's one of the traditional 50k races in the Auburn area to kick another season of trail and ultrarunning and always draws a great crowd! There are multiple distances and lots of great inf…

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Episode 129 - Bri Jaskot POST SHOW 20:38

4M ago20:38

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Send us a text Bri hung out for a while after the main show and talked about her White Mountain Traverse FKT from Boundary Peak in Nevada to White Mountain in California - inspiring stuff! She also shared advice for runners whether they are just getting into trail running or even if they've been around a while. HINT: plan for longevity and incorpor…

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Episode 63: Rising Above the Rising Costs 1:00:55

4M ago1:00:55

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Breakdown the January eBay Seller Update and talk about strategy to deal with the increases from cost of goods to selling fees to shipping expenses, including some things we are increasing and decreasing in our businesses as we roll with the punches. This link will take you deeper into the details of the January Seller Update from eBay: https://www…

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Episode 129 - Bri Jaskot 58:01

4M ago58:01

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Send us a text Bri joined us for a fantastic episode where we learned all about her start as a young kid riding her bike and chasing her mom on her runs. She was instinctively drawn to climbing any nearby hill, and this fit well with her future direction in life! Fast forward to recent years and to the present day, and Bri has become a highly accom…

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Episode 62: The Topic of Topics 49:31

5M ago49:31

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We’re combing through recent episode topic suggestions to try some on for size. We’re bringing you right inside the podcasting studio with us today because we want to know what you want to hear about! Join in the brainstorm today and see what sounds compelling to you! If you love podcast content created for eBay sellers, don’t forget to follow us @…

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Episode 61: Bye, Buy, Bye! 1:03:09

5M ago1:03:09

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This week we’re exercising our brains HARD, discussing the seemingly-standard 1% per day sell through rate that is routinely recommended by resellers on forums across the interwebs. We talk liquidations, attachment to our beloved buys, and more as we try to uncover what this 1% is all about and the practical ways it may or may not play out in diffe…

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Episode 128 - Todd Woodward 55:01

5M ago55:01

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Send us a text Happy New Year everyone! We caught up with previous guest Todd Woodward as we kick off 2025 after a bit of a break. Todd last joined us in 2024 after his speedy performance at Miwok 100k. Unfortunately, he had to spend a bit of time rehabbing his ankle after that race and we got all of the details about how that went. He finished the…

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Episode 60: A Clean Slate to Start Fresh in Your Business 55:14

5M ago55:14

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It’s a brand new year and we want to help this community start the year with a clean slate, with all of the potential and clarity and none of the clutter from last year! The conversation today with our returning guest Kevin Reeth of Seller Ledger (the best bookkeeping around for sellers like us!) is all about how to clean up last year’s slate, prep…

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Episode 59: 2025 Goals 1:03:56

5M ago1:03:56

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2025 is HERE and we have some big goals across the board. We hope you listened to our previous bonus episode and got some goals in the works for yourself, too. Today we discuss a bunch of ours, in the areas of Activity, Setup, Outcome Metrics, Personal Growth, and Community. Share your goals with us and let’s all get after it! If you love podcast c…

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Bonus Episode: Your Homework 22:59

6M ago22:59

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This week we move from 2024 to 2025 and our last big giveaway of the year is kicking off TODAY! We want to say one last huge thank you to our sponsors who have made this podcast and all of our fun giveaways and antics possible this year, eBay and Seller Ledger. For this last huge giveaway, all the details are on our instagram, so follow us there @s…

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Episode 58: 2024 Review 59:54

6M ago59:54

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Today we’re reviewing 2024, and we want you to think through your own year in review, too! From the expected to the unexpected, goals hit and goals missed, personal life curveballs, and so much more, we’re digging for the gold as we recount the recent past to help conceptualize the near future. Like, really near! This is our final episode of 2024, …

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Episode 57: Reindeer Games Part 2: Elfin' Around 57:10

6M ago57:10

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In this episode we are revisiting our annual imaginative question of what we would employ a bunch of elves to do to push our businesses forward here in Q4. We discuss everything from photos, to listing, shipping, social media and media editing, brand marketing and PR managing, contacting suppliers and collecting no’s, customer service tasks, invent…

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Episode 56: Reindeer Games Part 1 56:33

6M ago56:33

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Episode 56: Reindeer Games Part 1 Today we’re doing a hot-potato style topical game to take a look into our thoughts about this Q4 as well as this whole year. Some of our answers just might surprise you! Play along with us as we ask each other about: Our number one challenge during the holidays. What’s our own Christmas lists. What we’d do differen…

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Episode 55: Think Like a Business from Start to Finish 48:51

6M ago48:51

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So many times in the seller community, we hear about how sellers sometimes don’t treat their businesses like… well, businesses! We're thrilled to bring in Kevin Reeth of Seller Ledger to dig deeper into some of these common areas in which sellers struggle to think like a business, and there are plenty of actionable tips sprinkled throughout the who…

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Episode 54: It's Giving GRATITUDE! 1:05:05

7M ago1:05:05

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We’ve got all kinds of fun in today’s episode… we’re talking to an amazing guest today, as well as giving out a ton of praise and thanks to YOU, our Seller Club community, our Sponsors, and even each other. There is so much gratitude to go around, and we are thrilled to share all of it with you as we round the corner heading into the end of this ye…

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Episode 53: Am I Mishandling My Inventory? 52:02

7M ago52:02

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This episode is a Hustler Hacks style mystery episode in which Glen poses five aspects of the following question to Ken and Anna: Are you mishandling your own inventory? Listen to see how we rate ourselves across these five aspects of inventory management, see who wins, and consider how you might rate yourself, too! As we mentioned during a little …

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Episode 52: Beyond the Bills 1:10:03

7M ago1:10:03

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Today we are discussing a big question: if all your financial needs were taken care of, would you keep doing what you do for work or in life? We talk about the difference between working out of necessity versus working out of passion. We discuss whether, if we didn’t have to worry about money, we might be doing something totally different with our …

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Episode 51: Platform Updates (and Whiplash) 55:33

7M ago55:33

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We’re talking platform updates and refining our strategies as we move toward the end of this year and the beginning of a new one. Multiple popular platforms have changed fee structures recently, among other things. We dig into the changes, our two cents about them, and how they are (or aren’t) affecting our own businesses. If you love podcast conte…

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Episode 50: Q4 Checklist - Super Spooky Tax Special 43:03

8M ago43:03

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Welcome to our super spooky tax episode! Today we have special guest Kevin Reeth from Seller Ledger here to discuss with us some common concerns about taxes that online sellers face all the time! Kevin, like a one-man scooby-doo gang, is going to assuage our fears. Here’s what he’s covering, with a checklist included! 1. Getting a 1099K for the fir…

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Episode 124 - Ken Michal POST SHOW 21:26

8M ago21:26

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Send us a text After some unexpected time off, the Mile 99 team is back on track and making post show content that was recorded earlier this year available to our audience. We hope you enjoy it and thank you for your continued support! Ken stuck around with us after the show and Jess kicked us off with a great story of the first time she ran into K…

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Episode 49: Q4 Checklist - Mindset Edition 57:10

8M ago57:10

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Coming in hot this week with a mindset checklist to help you check your mindset for a strong finish to the year! Here’s the whole list: Checklist: -Prep Enough to Stay Present “Opportunities don't happen, you create them.” – Chris Grosser -Stay Flexible “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” – Albert Einstein - Adjust Your Expectat…

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Episode 48: Q4 Checklist - Tactical Edition 59:55

8M ago59:55

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It’s the top of Q4, and we’ve got a super practical checklist to help you whip your business into shape before we’re really in the thick of it! We discuss each one in detail, and Glen even takes a couple of trips down memory lane, volunteering some cautionary tales! Here’s the whole list: Checklist: -Inventory Review -Restock Shipping Supplies -Wor…

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Episode 123 - Todd Woodward POST SHOW 27:43

8M ago27:43

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Send us a text After some unexpected time off, the Mile 99 team is back on track and making post show content that was recorded earlier this year available to our audience. We hope you enjoy it and thank you for your continued support! Todd stuck around after the main show to chat with us about his fantastic experience at the 2024 Miwok 100k and ha…

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Episode 122 - Doctors JoAnn Ellero and Andy Pasternak POST SHOW 18:56

8M ago18:56

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Send us a text After some unexpected time off, the Mile 99 team is back on track and making post show content that was recorded earlier this year available to our audience. We hope you enjoy it and thank you for your continued support! Doctor JoAnn and Doctor Andy stuck around after the main show and had some time to chat about Andy's upcoming podc…

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Episode 47: eBay Open Recap + BONUS Interview 1:40:06

8M ago1:40:06

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Buckle up, because this is a deep dive into eBay Open with Ken and Anna. We're sharing our emcee experience (incredible!) as well as a thorough overview of announcements, updates, and topics addressed in the jam-packed keynote series this year at eBay Open. We also have a little surprise interview in this episode - we had the pleasure of talking wi…

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Episode 127 - Catching up with Greg and Jess 41:47

8M ago41:47

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Send us a text Wow, where does the time go?? Hello again everyone, and sorry for being out of touch since our last episode in July before TRT. A lot has happened since then for both of us, and we've missed our trail running community and audience, and we're so glad you're all still here for us. Jess and I sat down for a catching-up episode to get u…

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Episode 46: People Behind the Platform 56:42

9M ago56:42

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In this episode, we bring you a few more of our favorite people behind the platform - these are folks who work for eBay, whose jobs have them working directly with sellers on all kinds of things. First up is Andrew Rabin, a sneakers category manager who keeps it real, sharing some of his experiences working with eBay sneakers and more. However, thi…

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Episode 45: Dawn Block Drops That Beat – For eBay Open Week! 32:00

9M ago32:00

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It’s eBay Open Week 2024, so there is a ton to discuss, plus we’re talking with eBay’s own VP and US General Manager, Dawn Block. We have all kinds of fun on this episode; please consider it your personal invitation to attend eBay Open WITH us if you haven’t already made it a point to go. It’s going to be one for the books! From seller-to-seller ed…

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