Meg grew up in Connecticut and when she wasn’t busy pretending to be a mom, she was in the kitchen learning family recipes. She won over her husband, Alan, whom she met her freshman year at Stanford, with some very fancy home cooked meals. After working in finance and strategy for Gap and NBC-Universal, Meg returned to Stanford where she earned her MBA. Now with three kids of her own (Avery, 8; Brooks, 6 and Ryder 3), Meg’s husband doesn’t see too many of those fancy meals. But her kids eat very well! She believes good food is all it takes to make a friend, and she is grateful for all the friends she has made through her videos.
Sneak Peek Into What You’ll Learn…
01:15 – Meg tells us more about her busy life as the mom of 3 kids
01:47 – Meg shares with us her journey from being a corporate manager at the Walt Disney Company, to being a stay-at-home mom, to becoming a successful entrepreneur.
04:38 – We learn about the advice Meg received from a Stanford classmate that allowed her to embrace being a stay-at-home-mom.
05:53 – Meg tells us more about the steps she took to co-found What’s Up Moms.
08:59 – Meg discusses scaling What’s Up Moms and how a brand deal with Kohler helped the business grow exponentially.
09:36 – We learn how a parody of Iggy Azalea when Meg was 9 months pregnant helped What’s Up Moms to reach over 1 million subscribers.
10:35 – Meg shares how What’s Up Moms got the Kohler deal and how they worked hard to win the business.
12:51 – Meg takes us behind the scenes and tells us about the fun they have shooting What’s Up Moms videos.
14:35 – Meg tells us what’s next for What’s Up Moms.
15:28 – Meg tells us about the personal and professional challenges she faced while growing What’s Up Moms.
17:01 – Meg shares the advice she would give to any parent who is thinking about becoming an entrepreneur.
19:28 – Meg shares the busyness and struggles of juggling a business and life with 3 kids.
21:07 – Meg tells us how outsourcing has been important in helping her to manage life with her kids.
22:26 – Meg tells us about what a typical week looks like in the life of her family.
26:30 – Meg shares the ups and downs of the roller coaster of running a business while managing family life.
29:30 – Meg discusses the one habit that helps her to get her day started well.
30:20 – Brass Tacks— The lightning round of concrete advice and tips.
Quotable quotes:
- “We like to think that every mom is an expert in something. So if we get all of those moms together, we have a pretty good source of knowledge for our audience and community.”
- “[Advice for starting a business] It’s about doing something that you love—it’s really hard if you have your own business. It never turns off…And having a team of people that you really admire and work well together and your skills balance each other…”
- “Hiring the right person to help you with your kids is really—I can’t emphasize enough—how important that is and how much a part of your family that can become.”
- “[On starting a business:] Do something you absolutely love, because you can’t escape it”
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