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The Unhinged Story of How I Started My Business, Part One

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Megan Kristel
Jan 13, 2024
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A multi-part series telling the insane story of how I started my business that’s only funny because it all worked out.

Let’s start in the middle.

At the end of July 2006, I worked at QVC in their buying office. One night, I was in the studio, off to the side of all the lights and cameras, overseeing one of our product launches at midnight.

According to protocol, I should not have been there. This was my boss's brainchild, but just a day before the launch, she told me to take her place at the airing "in case anything happened."

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