#254: How to Succeed as an Entrepreneur with Gigi Butler, founder of Gigi's Cupcakes

Boutique Chat

Ashley Alderson

Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.9 • 867 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Today Gigi Butler, founder of Gigi's Cupcakes, joins us for How to Succeed as an Entrepreneur. Gigi has had the entrepreneurial bug her entire life and went from losing her biggest dream to reigniting her passion for baking and turning it into a successful business. Her story is not only inspiring but also full of valuable advice that will help you be a more successful entrepreneur. Tune in to hear more about Gigi's back story and the most crucial tips that helped her create a nationwide franchise.

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0:00.0	Get ready for episode number 254 with someone you definitely need to know, Ms. G.G. Butler, the founder of Gigi's cupcakes.
0:14.0	Let's talk about your business, strategy, and the juicy details of what actually works, from mainstream fashion to fashion on main street and the entire
0:22.7	ecosystem behind it how do we scale your company and do it with the balance and the happiness
0:27.2	that we all seek let's hear from those insiders experts and strategists that actually make it
0:32.2	happen i'm your host ashley alderson from the boutique hub, and I can't wait to chat.
1:01.4	Have you ever had somebody that you loved, or an acquaintance, or or a school friend or someone that you met along the road to business success tell you that they just didn't believe in your project?
1:11.5	They just didn't believe in your business or maybe the town's not quite ready for that or you don't have enough money for that or someone's tried that and it didn't work or good luck or yeah we'll see you when it works out i will never forget the moment i had a CEO tell me good luck with
1:17.6	your little project in fact i wrote it on a post-it note and i slapped it in the middle of my vision
1:21.9	board and i will forever let one person's doubt fuel my creative energy every day. Today's guest has lived that very same
1:31.2	experience you have on probably a whole other level, and I can't wait for you to hear her story.
1:36.9	Today I'm so excited to bring you Gigi Butler, the founder of Gigi's Cupcakes.
1:42.5	And I'm sure you've heard of Gigi's cupcakes and nationwide franchise over 100
1:46.3	locations and a true unbelievable regs to Rich's story. One of the most humble and genuine women I've
1:53.3	had the opportunity to chat with. I think you're going to relate to so many of the things that she
1:58.6	shares today from someone who went from cleaning toilets for a
2:02.8	living, cleaning toilets of celebrity homes and business owner homes all across Nashville to opening
2:08.8	her own bakery and cupcake franchise that literally exploded all over the country. She talks about
2:15.2	what it was like to build this huge business, this huge franchise, while she was still
2:21.3	cleaning toilets on the side just to make it cash flow.
2:24.8	You guys, I think sometimes we can all relate with a fact that it seems easy to get into
2:29.5	business.
2:30.5	And I think that we've become such a society of instant gratification that we think we should
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