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.

Oh, my gosh, you guys.

This is a very special version of Five Minute Friday because we have some celebrating to do.

Thanks to you for showing up and wherever you are listening to this podcast, whether it's on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you are finding it,

I just have to tell you thank you because today is a crazy milestone for us. We started

this podcast several years ago and really like the goal was I just wanted to amplify the voices

and the stories that I was hearing and seeing when I was going to market or what was happening

inside of our membership groups at the hub. And the thing that I take

for granted so much about being in this position in the industry is I just get this bird's eye view

of where I get to see so many people's spotlight moments. I get to see so many people's wins,

but I also get to see so many people's challenges. And so often I take for granted that you guys don't always know one another.

And I get to know so many of you.

And there's been so many times where I felt like, wow, this person is challenged with this thing.

But here's this other person who I know is really great at this thing.

I wish I could put them together and they could learn from one another. And of course that happens in a group and I'll try to make you connections inside of membership at the hub.

But I thought, man, there's got to be a way to amplify these stories on a larger scale so we all can learn

from both the highs and the lows that so many of you go through in your business.

And that's where the idea of this podcast first came from, back before podcasting was as huge as it is now. And I'm just so thankful because you guys, you tuned

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