Meghan Markle has opened up the challenges she faced bringing her brand to life.
Just days after she officially launched her lifestyle mark, As always The Duchess of Sussex released the first episode of her new podcast, Confessions of a female founder.
Meghan invited his friend and Bumble Founding Whitney Wolfe Herd to talk about the heights and low of starting a business in the first episode.
Meghan, who introduced Whitney, said she is “the kind of friend who just always seems to know the exact real thing to say when I need perspective.”
The Duchess of Sussex admitted to having lost sleep over small details, especially the packaging. “Boxes. That’s all I could think of. I would sit there and do it boxes in my head: Is there tissue paper? What about the peanuts of the gasket, but they are biodegradable? Where does the sticker go and what size the box will be?” Said Meghan.
Meghan said launch has been a great learning experience. She also revealed that some customers were accidentally able to buy sold -out honey pots online.
However, Meghan responded by promising these buyers a free compensation in the mail.
During the conversation, Whitney revealed that “the one thing you can never get back is time.” She added, “the amount of time, me, as I wasted on being stressed, being miserable, being overwhelmed, being paranoid over what shoes would fall. In fact, I think I would have been more successful if I hadn’t been like that.”
“But can you turn it off? I say this because last night I was – do you know when your brain goes in a loop? These at 3 o’clock and you can’t stop thinking about the thing,” Meghan Markle replied to which Whitney suggested the “Fives rule.”
“Will this mean something in five minutes? Five hours? Five days? Yes or No? If it won’t do anything in five years, throw it out of the window,” noted Whitney Wolfe Herd.
Meghan Markle who officially launched As always on April 4, 2025, announced Confessions of a female founder On March 13, which contains “sincere conversations with amazing women who have transformed dreams into realities, and scaled small ideas for massively successful businesses.”
