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Meghan Markle Admits Being Incredibly Lonely In her Business Ventures
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6/1/2025
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Meghan Markle admits being incredibly lonely in her business ventures.
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Meghan Markle reveals feeling incredibly lonely while launching business.
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Meghan Markle is opening up about the difficulties of launching and managing a business.
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Meghan Markle is getting candid about what it's really been like to build a business from the
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ground up. And spoiler alert, it hasn't all been glamorous. In the latest episode of her podcast,
00:23
Confessions of a Female Founder, Meghan admitted that stepping into the world of entrepreneurship
00:28
has been anything but easy.
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Latest episode of her podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder, Meghan Markle,
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talked about the difficulties of launching her lifestyle brand.
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In fact, she described the process as incredibly lonely.
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When you only have yourself to answer to, I think it's twofold, Meghan explained.
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It can be incredibly liberating, and it can be incredibly lonely.
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Meghan thought she'd be doing her business alone at first.
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Meghan said that when she first envisioned launching her lifestyle brand,
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as ever, she thought she'd be doing it completely on her own.
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Meghan Markle admits to incredibly lonely business lows after launching Slew of Ventures.
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I initially planned to launch the brand all by myself, she shared.
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I really thought I was going to build it solo.
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But things shifted.
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Meghan said she ended up doing a complete U-turn when she saw what Netflix's consumer packaged
01:21
goods team was doing and decided to team up with them.
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I really believe in what they're building, she said.
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Meghan Markle keeps trying to make businesses work.
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This level of openness from Meghan feels new, but also really relatable for anyone who's
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ever tried to launch something on their own.
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Despite her public profile and massive platform, it turns out even someone like Meghan has moments
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of doubt and isolation when working behind the scenes.
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Her latest comments come after several past attempts at business ventures.
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Most notably, her podcast Archetypes, produced under Spotify, was cut short in 2022 after just one season.
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More recently, she's found a new home for her podcasting voice with Lemonada Media,
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where she's launched Confessions of a Female Founder.
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It's part of a larger comeback effort, along with her Netflix docuseries,
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With Love, Meghan, and of course, the debut of As Ever.
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Meghan officially launched as ever in April 2025, releasing a limited first line of products
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that sold out almost immediately.
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But while the launch may have looked polished from the outside,
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Meghan says there's been a steep learning curve behind the scenes.
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Meghan admits the original name for her brand was really bad.
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She's been open about the challenges of navigating things like branding and naming,
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especially after she had to scrap her original brand name,
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American Riviera Orchard, due to trademark issues.
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Speaking about the name change, Meghan drew a funny comparison.
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It's no different than if you have an idea of what you're gonna name that baby.
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You keep it so close to your heart until that baby is here and it's named.
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She joked,
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Don't ask anyone's opinion.
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It becomes like Survey Monkey at the beginning of a business.
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She previously described the first name as a word salad
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and said she appreciated the grace people gave her as she sorted everything out in real time.
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In her March 2025 cover story with People,
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Meghan reflected on the bumpy road that led to the current iteration of her brand.
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I was figuring it out in real time, she said.
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I appreciate everyone who gave me the grace to make mistakes and figure it out
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and also to be forgiving with myself through that.
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Meghan talked about her role as a mentor and investor to other female entrepreneurs.
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She's been involved with companies like Highbrow Hippie,
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co-founded by Cotty Lee,
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and Cleaver Blends, co-founded by Hannah Mendoza.
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Supporting other women in business seems to be a big part of her mission.
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I'm really conscious about making it clear that I'm not in the business of trying to dilute you,
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she said.
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I'm in the business of trying to uplift you.
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She added that she wants to be the person other women in business can call
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when they're unsure or facing problems,
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whether it's about quality control or just needing a pep talk.
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They all have those moments, she said,
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and I want to be the person they feel like they can call when they do.
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That desire to support others might be part of what's helping Meghan push through
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the loneliness she admitted to.
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While she's been open about how tough the behind-the-scenes part of building a brand has been,
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she's also clearly passionate about what she's creating
04:23
and the community she's building around it.
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