You're listening to the My Wife Quarter Job Podcast, the place where I bring on successful bootstrap business owners and dig deep into what strategies they use to grow their businesses.

Now, today I have a special guest on the show, Maria.

Now Maria is a student in my Create a Profitable Online Store course who is making six figures with

their e-commerce business and last week I invited her to come talk to the other members of the class

about her experiences starting her e-commerce business.

But instead of celebrating her success as an entrepreneur, I asked her to provide a very candid account

of her experiences, including all of her struggles, her triumphs, and how she overcame various obstacles on her journey.

Now, this is a very raw episode, and in fact, my chat with Maria was actually not intended for this podcast.

But it got such rave reviews from the other students in my class that

I decided to publish it for your enjoyment. But before we again, I want to give a quick shout out to

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