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‘Scared’ Meghan Markle shares game-changing business advice she got from Oprah Winfrey

April 29, 2025
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‘Scared’ Meghan Markle shares game-changing business advice she got from Oprah Winfrey
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Meghan Markle, Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey in 2021 interview
Meghan Markle received business advice from Oprah Winfrey before launching As Ever. ZUMAPRESS.com

Oprah Winfrey played an important role in Meghan Markle’s new business.

The Duchess of Sussex shared the game-changing advice she received from the legendary talk show host in Tuesday’s episode of her “Confessions of a Female Founder” podcast.

“There are tons of things you can put your name on,” Markle, 43, recalled Winfrey, 71, saying.

Oprah Winfrey at Apri 2025 Blue Origin launch
The talk show host pointed out that there were “a ton of things” to which Markle could add her name. Darla Khazei/INSTARimages
Oprah Winfrey in March 2025
She told the Duchess of Sussex to wait for what “encapsulate[s her] essence.” Disney via Getty Images

The media icon also told the “Suits” alum, “But for you and how you like to show up for people, once you figure out how to encapsulate your essence, then you’ll know.”

Markle noted that the words of wisdom from her “mentor and friend” came during a time when she felt “scared” to go big with her As Ever brand.

“At the beginning, I just liked making jam,” she told listeners. “All I liked to do was just make jam and preserves.”

Markle gushed over this advice on her “Confessions of a Female Founder” podcast Tuesday. Netflix
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi
She referred to Winfrey as a “mentor and friend” during the episode. Instagram

However, after getting “joy” from sharing her creation “with lots of friends and family” who “really” liked it, the former actress considered sharing “more broadly.”

“Even then, I was in so much fear of failure or opinion that I wasn’t thinking big enough at first,” she remembered, explaining that she first decided to obtain a cottage license.

“[That] means if you cook something in your home, you can sell up to a certain amount at a farmer’s market or somewhere small. I applied for one and thought, ‘I’ll just do small batch jam from home.’”

Meghan Markle in December 2024
At the time, Markle wasn’t “thinking big enough” about her business. Variety via Getty Images
Meghan Markle via Instagram in April 2025
She told listeners about starting “small” out of fear. meghan/Instagram

Markle continued, “I had to step back and look at what I was doing and say, ‘Am I playing small because I want to play small or am I setting in motion playing small because I’m scared?’”

Ultimately, the royal chose to launch her lifestyle brand earlier this month in partnership with Netflix.

The streaming service debuted her “With Love, Meghan” show the previous month — and quickly renewed the series for a second season.

Meghan Markle in Colombia in August 2024
Markle subsequently “took a step back” and reconsidered her tactics. Archewell Foundation via Getty Images
Megahn Markle's As Ever
She dropped her first round of As Ever products earlier this month. As Ever

Markle simultaneously launched a podcast and created a ShopMy account to shill her beauty and fashion items.

On April 2, she defended being so busy in a New York Times interview after quitting her royal duties in 2020 with her husband, Prince Harry.

“I need to work, and I love to work,” she explained to the newspaper.

Meghan Markle's As Ever products
Many of the items were featured on her March Netflix show, “With Love, Meghan.” Tamara Beckwith/NY Post
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in Colombia in August 2024
In addition to her podcast, the “Suits” alum started a ShopMy page. Archewell Foundation via Getty Images

The couple left England and now live in Montecito, Calif., with son Prince Archie, 5, and daughter Princess Lilibet, 3.

Markle and the Duke of Sussex, 40, famously gave Winfrey their first interview in 2021 discussing their controversial royal exit.

The “Color Purple” star has continued to show support for the pair and referred to the duchess as her “neighbor friend” last year.

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