This is a follow up story for Batch (Now known as Connect Gifting). If you're interested in reading how they got started, published about 6 years ago, check it out here.

Hello again! Remind us who you are and what business you started.

I’m Sam Davidson, the co-founder (along with Rob Williams and Stephen Moseley) of Batch, a Nashville-based gift company focused on sourcing high-quality, artisan-made items from iconic American cities, mostly in the southern US.

We launched our business in 2013 with just one product: a monthly subscription box featuring four items made in our hometown of Nashville. Our initial goal was to get 200 recurring customers by our third month in business. Due to our backgrounds in marketing and a lot of hustle, we actually reached 200 customers on our very first shipment, and by month three sent out 1,000 boxes! That allowed us to quickly add a full suite of eCommerce products and a line of corporate gifts. A year later we opened our first brick-and-mortar retail store in the heart of Nashville and began sourcing items from other cities like Austin and Charleston to offer in subscription boxes, eCommerce sales, and corporate gifts.

We’re the best way to give an authentic “taste” of a city—the items and products that make a particular place unique and proud. We shy away from cheesy, landfill-destined trinkets and instead seek products...

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