Jennifer Garner Learns Business, Shocked to Discover Spreadsheets Are Satan
KEY POINTS
- •Jennifer Garner joined Once Upon a Farm in 2017 and is now labeled a cofounder despite arriving two years after the launch.
- •She admitted to never taking a business or econ class and still finds spreadsheets overwhelming but enjoys always being the student.
- •Garner avoids checking daily stock prices to reduce pressure, comparing it to resisting tabloid scrutiny, while embracing the challenge of entrepreneurship late in life.
At 54, Jennifer Garner decided she wasn’t quite done eating life's buffet and dove into entrepreneurship with Once Upon a Farm in 2017, ironically becoming a 'cofounder' two years after the company's grand debut. Despite embracing her inner clueless econ student, she confessed spreadsheets still feel like ancient alien scripts. Full-grown now, she’s blissfully free from the 'I must prove I'm the boss' syndrome, focusing instead on work without obsessing over daily stock tantrums, since that would stress her out like a TMZ headline. Sharing the struggle club, Ina Garten admitted Barefoot Contessa was 'the stupidest thing' she’d ever done at first, and Gwyneth Paltrow confessed to covertly Googling business acronyms under the table during Goop's birth. Apparently, adulting means proudly Googling your way through your new job in the spotlight.
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(1 of 3)Source: Businessinsider | Published: 8/13/2026 | Author: Amanda Goh