Welcome to ABG, Asian Boss Girl, a podcast for the modern day Asian American woman.

I'm Janet, I'm Helen, and I'm Mal.

Hello ABD friends or listeners of the podcast. This is a very special episode.

So we started this podcast in 2017 and we were just having fun.

Three girlfriends with corporate jobs sitting around the table often late at night,

drinking wine and sharing our conversations about our experiences as Asian American

woman with the internet. Now, five years later in 2022, we are still here and we have evolved.

We've evolved as a team, as a company, as a community, and as individuals.

One of our favorite ways to celebrate wins is to reflect on how we got here.

So that's what we plan on doing today. First, a big shout out to you, our listeners,

for making this community happen and lending us your attention and open mind for each episode,

each newsletter and each social post. They say teamwork makes the dream work,

but we'd like to make it at it. Community and teamwork is what makes the dream work.

So on today's episode, since this is a five year ABG

anniversary episode, where we're going to talk about all things ABG,

I want us to start by giving our listeners a brief overview of how we've grown over the years.

But later on, I want us to focus also on how we have grown as individuals, as entrepreneurs,

as friends, and as people. So ladies to start off for all my numbered loving people out there.

Let's hit them with some stats. Yes, finance chair. I'll go first. I'm like the non,

I'm the most non-number person on this team. Actually, that's not true. Okay, so as of today,

we have 184 episodes, 184, 25. Wow, I can't count, obviously. This is not including the

mini shows that we just launched. We have 85 videos on YouTube. Yes, I legit counted one by one.

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