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MayaT

Hi, I'm Maya — I spent six years freelancing before I built any of this.

For most of that time, I was making it up as I went: guessed my rates, used a contract I copied from a friend, and treated every client as a one-off instead of a relationship worth building into something steady. I left money on the table constantly — not because the work wasn't good, but because the business side of freelancing isn't something anyone teaches you.

Eventually I sat down and fixed it properly

— the pricing math, the paperwork, the system for turning good clients into recurring income. These kits are th

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