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As Ever Part 7 - Whatever, however, whenever with edible flowers on top

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TheWayTheLightFalls · 07/03/2025 13:14

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BasiliskStare · 13/03/2025 16:39

@THedom who's already doing this - surely Lemonada wouldn't let her do that ?

Vespanest · 13/03/2025 16:40

I can see the problem being is the podcast has already been produced and done so in a way to work seamlessly between the two with love Meghans and as ever as one brand launch, even reading the blurb it's in the same format but this time the tagline is fun.

AtIusvue · 13/03/2025 16:41

It’s going to be as god awful as the first set if podcasts and the tv show….because she fails at making human connections.

Also it sounds like a rip off if the Diary of a CEO

AtIusvue · 13/03/2025 16:43

Also, she hasn’t ‘founded’ anything yet. She’s
delusional.

Mayomash · 13/03/2025 16:45

'I've been having candid conversations with amazing women who have turned dreams into realities, and scaled small ideas into massively successful businesses.
'They're opening up, sharing their tips, tricks (and tumbles), and letting me pick their brains as I build out my own business, As Ever. It has been absolutely eye-opening, inspiring...and fun! (Because what's the point if we can't have some fun on this wild adventure?)'

Business is about people.

Finding them, inspiring them, empowering them.

Not hounding them out of their jobs or harassing, belitting and bullying them.

JandamiHash · 13/03/2025 16:46

AtIusvue · 13/03/2025 16:37

Confessions of….(insert)

Meghan is stunning and I love that top and her hair but who the hell approved this still? It looks like she’s giving someone a dirty look after they caught her picking her nose

Weepixie · 13/03/2025 16:48

@JandamiHash

Exactly. She’s looking right down her nose and yes, she is very pretty. But why does she have such an issue with her own skin tone? Why does she quite literally paint herself to be something she’s not.

eta - perhaps she thinks she’s looking imperious.

eta - or perhaps that should be ‘looking regal’.

AtIusvue · 13/03/2025 16:50

So I think we can guess who the guests will be:

Victoria Jackson
Serena Williams
Her friend Vicky that was on the tv series (skincare line)
Misha fashion designer person.
Maybe someone like Jessica Alba - she was at a dinner party where they were both there.
I don’t think she will get Oprah (but you never know)

elprup · 13/03/2025 16:51

JandamiHash · 13/03/2025 16:46

Meghan is stunning and I love that top and her hair but who the hell approved this still? It looks like she’s giving someone a dirty look after they caught her picking her nose

She looks slightly cross-eyed to me! (Which she obviously isn’t in real life)

Weepixie · 13/03/2025 16:52

Elprup, she is in some pictures.

IcedPurple · 13/03/2025 16:54

BasiliskStare · 13/03/2025 16:34

Now I could actually see this working! IF

  1. She drops the gushiness - so she would IMO have to present quite differently to WLM - which may be a problem in itself hot on the heels of the WLM persona
  2. She opens up as well and is honest about the bloopers she's made in launching As ever , trademarks / rushed out launches etc
  3. She doesn't make it all about her - and it genuinely addresses problems pitfalls advice of people who have done it. A few of of her guests on WLM I think were women who founded their own businesses so I am sure she has her guests lined up. But Lemonada I think was founded by two women so I am sure they will be right behind this being a "serious " thing rather than a Meghan vehicle - by which I don't mean po-faced , amusing anecdotes would be good but this very much I would think have to be Meghan taking advice and being genuinely interested in the guests whilst admitting her own mistakes.

Even if it's done in the way you suggest, it sounds very boring to me.

Simply being a female entrepreneur isn't terribly interesting in itself. It's not the 1970s. And since Meghan isn't qualified to have a serious discussion about business, then it's all going to be fluff. And she'll make it about herself whenever possible. As someone said above, she can't connect with people beyond the most superficial level, so she is not a good interviewer at all.

MayaKovskaya · 13/03/2025 16:56

She knows nothing about being an entrepreneur. She knows nothing about business.
This is so bad, it's entertaining 😂!

PigglyWigglyOhYeah · 13/03/2025 16:58

Simply being a female entrepreneur isn't terribly interesting in itself. It's not the 1970s.

Quite.

BasiliskStare · 13/03/2025 17:19

Simply being a female entrepreneur isn't terribly interesting in itself. It's not the 1970s.

Yes I do definitely agree with this I was just thinking of her WLM guests.

I suppose in my effort to be positive I had left out the last tip for success which would be 4) Don't be Meghan Markle. 😊

MrsLeonFarrell · 13/03/2025 17:36

IcedPurple · 13/03/2025 16:54

Even if it's done in the way you suggest, it sounds very boring to me.

Simply being a female entrepreneur isn't terribly interesting in itself. It's not the 1970s. And since Meghan isn't qualified to have a serious discussion about business, then it's all going to be fluff. And she'll make it about herself whenever possible. As someone said above, she can't connect with people beyond the most superficial level, so she is not a good interviewer at all.

She does seem to like outdated ideas. WLM has a very dated Instagram feel and you are correct that being a female founder is hardly rare these days.

Nothing she does is groundbreaking which makes it hard to see how she can make money in a crowded field.

FromTheOfficeOfJammyTodger · 13/03/2025 17:40

Should have been Confessions of a Female Flounder: Meghan Markle discusses how she struggles to produce a successful project, whilst fly fishing with Archie.

MayaKovskaya · 13/03/2025 17:41

FromTheOfficeOfJammyTodger · 13/03/2025 17:40

Should have been Confessions of a Female Flounder: Meghan Markle discusses how she struggles to produce a successful project, whilst fly fishing with Archie.

😂

Bontonbonbon · 13/03/2025 17:48

It’s all a bit #girlboss. Perhaps she is suggesting As Ever is actually and MLM

Vespanest · 13/03/2025 17:50

It will be interesting to see which women have been selected and how their businesses began. Very rich people who have just changed career or born into wealth is going to come across very superficial. You too can sell jam sprinkled in a gift box of dried flowers, all you need is a dumb prince who has literally sold his granny. I am unsure if Meghan is capable of not centering herself in any conversation. I'm not sure there is even a market for this to provide the recognition she desires.

Mayomash · 13/03/2025 18:15

Maybe Doria will interviewed to showcase how the company she started from scratch "Loving Kindness Senior Care" where she wears many hats as CEO, COO etc is doing?

She could also interview Carol Middleton - keep it in the family.

FromTheOfficeOfJammyTodger · 13/03/2025 18:19

Vespanest · 13/03/2025 17:50

It will be interesting to see which women have been selected and how their businesses began. Very rich people who have just changed career or born into wealth is going to come across very superficial. You too can sell jam sprinkled in a gift box of dried flowers, all you need is a dumb prince who has literally sold his granny. I am unsure if Meghan is capable of not centering herself in any conversation. I'm not sure there is even a market for this to provide the recognition she desires.

I think it will be Kelly, her mate with the jewellery company; Jamie Kern Lima (who gave her a lift to that investment conference in the Hamptons on her private jet); Misha Nonoo; whoever is behind the exploitative woven handbag company; the woman behind the coffee company she's invested in.

Mayomash · 13/03/2025 18:23

MrsLeonFarrell · 13/03/2025 17:36

She does seem to like outdated ideas. WLM has a very dated Instagram feel and you are correct that being a female founder is hardly rare these days.

Nothing she does is groundbreaking which makes it hard to see how she can make money in a crowded field.

MM strapline "Never in the vanguard - forever in the guards van"

IdaGlossop · 13/03/2025 18:33

AtIusvue · 13/03/2025 16:50

So I think we can guess who the guests will be:

Victoria Jackson
Serena Williams
Her friend Vicky that was on the tv series (skincare line)
Misha fashion designer person.
Maybe someone like Jessica Alba - she was at a dinner party where they were both there.
I don’t think she will get Oprah (but you never know)

Victoria Beckam would be good, and Charlotte Tilbury, but they're not going to happen.

MayaKovskaya · 13/03/2025 18:35

IdaGlossop · 13/03/2025 18:33

Victoria Beckam would be good, and Charlotte Tilbury, but they're not going to happen.

They're not going to lower themselves!

IdaGlossop · 13/03/2025 18:40

MayaKovskaya · 13/03/2025 18:35

They're not going to lower themselves!

Here's the missing 'h' - Beckham, not Harry. Of course they're not going to lower themselves but I'm sure in Meghan's mind the success of As Ever is at VB and CT levels, not Vicky and her skincare line.

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