If you are operating in DC, it is a bit easier operating out of a small boutique place, but I still prefer the branding that comes from the big name guys.

Actually there are probono litigation boutiques nationwide that love to harrass employers into settlements.

I'll admit I viewed these cash-value life insurance policies as an approach pushed by a subset of boutique planning firms looking for a way to pitch products with massive commissions (50-90% of the first year premium in commissions, as well as continuing residuals).

Since then I have began working as an agent full time at a smaller boutique company in Midtown Manhattan.

I work in a small, boutique agency myself.  

46.Do you have boutique-style, single point portfolio based management services?

It's gone from pimps, pushers, and street walkers to restaurants, antiques, and boutique furniture stores.  

New boutique coffee shops and restaurants.

Right now, it costs about $8,000 to grow and harvest an acre of "boutique" aroma hops, which have a spot market value of around $40,000. 

Hoboken is nice because it is by the water and lots of cute boutiques, bars and restaurants and moms with strollers and dogs everywhere.