Sophia Amoruso
Sophia Amoruso
Sophia Amoruso is the founder and owner of Nasty Gal, which sells women's fashion including modern and vintage clothing, shoes and accessories for young women which can all be found on the brand's website. It was called one of "the fastest growing companies" by Inc. Magazine in 2012. After being diagnosed with depression and attention deficit disorder, Amoruso dropped out of school and began homeschooling. She had many jobs as a teenager, her first ever job being in Subway. After...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth20 April 1984
CitySan Diego, CA
CountryUnited States of America
If you knew what you wanted to be when you were 6 years old - great! If you have no idea what you want to be, that's OK!
If you look at my Instagram, girls are just beating down my door for tips or a job or mentorship. I can't hire every single one of them. My story is one thing that gives them hope. It's an unconventional story with anecdotes, commonsense advice and a big dose of permission to figure things out for yourself.
I don't read fashion blogs all that much. I do read magazines, and I trust my friends' opinions, even though we all dress very differently.
I built a huge profitable business with no debt.
I don't want to spend too much time dwelling on what I've already done because there is still so much to do.
I can show up at a Goldman Sachs conference wearing a Judas Priest T-shirt - and I have - while everyone else is wearing the same dress.
I'm not going to lie - it's insulting to be praised for being a 'woman' with 'no college degree.'
In an ideal world, you'd never have to do things that are below your position, but this isn't an ideal world, and it's never going to be.
The first thing I ever sold online was stolen.
A great mantra to have, whether you're breaking up with your boyfriend or you lose your job, or something changes that you didn't anticipate - which is a fact of life, and very much a fact of running a business - is: 'I was OK before this, I will be OK after this.'
You want to know what four words I probably hate the most? 'That's not my job.'
You can work for other people and still be a #GIRLBOSS; it's more about a state of mind and knowing yourself well enough to know when you're making decisions for yourself or because the world expects them of you. And guess what? It's okay to do that sometimes, too.
I don't lead with an iron fist. I don't yell at people. I have a way of making my opinion clear.
I'm a capitalist, I'm a CEO, I run a big business, I'm an employer.