Business can be a lonely game, but it doesn't have to be.

Welcome to Boutique Chat, where we explore community over competition and how to scale your company with the balance and the happiness that we all seek.

We'll hear from product-based businesses of all types, retailers, e-commerce, and wholesale brands,

along with industry experts shaping the future of our industry.

I'm your host, Ashley Alderson from the boutique hub, and I can't wait to chat.

Hey guys, welcome back to the boutique chat podcast.

I am so excited that you're here to join us today.

Our first live podcast ever.

There's no better person to have because we talk a lot about community of your competition

and boutique besties and you're like my boutique bestie.

You're my work bestie.

Yeah, it's a very interesting place to be when you're leading an organization.

We're both doing that.

And so to have, you know, that in common and talk about the business and the market, but also,

you know, running a business and the challenges there and the opportunities, you've given

me so much mentorship over the year.

Oh, my gosh.

And vice versa.

I just love the vantage point.

I feel like we both see the industry from a different point of view. So I hope we get to share

that with everybody today. But your story, we have to start there because I have loved watching

your journey because you're a badass businesswoman. Thank you. You are and a ton of fun. But

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