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Connect: Logistics, a competition sparking conversation between logistics startups and the media

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An event focused on the supply chain, its problems, and more importantly, some of its potential solutions, is coming to...

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Take time to connect the right people together, says co-founder of Global Startup Awards

The Sociable1 year ago

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We have all heard a lot about the importance of connecting with the right people that can help advance our...

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Call for female founders to pitch at Connect: Women Innovators

The Sociable1 year ago

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In the lead-up to Women's History Month, digital public relations firm Publicize is inviting female-led startups from all industries to...

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Apply to showcase your startup at Connect: Creative

The Sociable1 year ago

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Digital public relations firm Publicize is on the hunt to feature six startups operating in the fast-thriving creative industry at...

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SXSW 2018 names 140 advisors for Accelerator Pitch Event

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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The 10th annual SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event announces over 140 advisory board thought leaders of technology startups from around the globe for SXSW 2018....

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Pitch Perfect: Startup Funding Process Just Got Streamlined

Ben Allen5 years ago

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A platform for startups to find interested investors and manage funding has streamlined the investment process. Raising funding is a...

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Ego-stroking in the time of PR

Tim Hinchliffe6 years ago

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Approaching Public Relations, PR, can be a daunting task. When should I start thinking about it? Is my product or...

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Pitch your Irish start-up idea on Twitter and win €10,000

Darren McCarra10 years ago

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Usually start-up pitches are weeks if not months in the making, but not this one. Entrepreneur turned investor Niall Harbison is inviting start-ups to pitch their ideas in 140 characters or less for the chance to secure vital initial funding.

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We explore how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. If you want to be better prepared for the new information age, have a healthier relationship with technology, and get more out of life using top technology and psychology hacks, this is the podcast for you! Every other Friday we bring you interviews with leading experts in the fields of technology and psychology combined, with past guest speakers such as New York Times journalists, MIT Professors, and C-suite executives of top tech companies.

You may have heard of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his followers, commonly known as Rajneeshees or sannyasins, from the incredibly popular Netflix documentary “Wild, Wild Country.”

Well in today’s episode we speak with a former follower of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh cult to get a better understanding of how this society functioned, what it was like to live in normal society as a member of the cult, and what it was like on the famous Oregon ranch.

With our guest, Annie (who has asked to remain anonymous but showed her mala that she wore during her time as a Rajneshee to prove her affiliation with the cult), we find out how she first find out about Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and the Rajneeshees, and what inspired her to join their cult, where she goes into great detail about how she found them when she was 16 at an Alcoholics Anonymous event.

She also shares why life as a Rajneeshee was difficult off the ranch in normal society, as society often treated them with a mixture of suspicion, curiosity, and fear. In fact, she was fired from all of her jobs due to her membership in the cult, but she also explains how she saw this as a positive, “a trial by fire” as she claims.

Annie also goes into detail about what it was like visiting the ranch in 1983, when, she believes, much of the footage used in the documentary was filmed. She talks about the important role meditation played in being a Rajneeshee and what a normal day was like on the ranch.

She also shares her thoughts on how accurate the documentary was, how close she came to meeting Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and finally, how she left the cult in the end.

Overall, Annie explains why she doesn’t see the following as a religion or cult, but instead as a community and how this community had such an overall, lasting positive experience in her life.