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
I think many people go to business school and learn ways to play it safe, ensuring that they avoid some of the pain that entrepreneurs endure while taking less calculated risks.
My favorite magazine is the 'Harvard Business Review.' If someone sat across from me in a restaurant and didn't know me, that might surprise them.
Every woman who has a business book has a platform. For the most part, they're either a television personality or someone who had the perfect pedigree and worked their way up the career ladder.
Everyone does a style book, and I wanted to write a business book for people that didn't think they would like a business book.
Creativity and business acumen don't always go hand in hand.
I wrote '#GIRLBOSS' while running a $100 million-plus revenue business.
I built a huge profitable business with no debt.
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.'
I'm a capitalist, I'm a CEO, I run a big business, I'm an employer.
I've never seen someone work for a salary.
I've never worked in a retail store, but I did sell shoes at Gimme Shoes in San Francisco, a job I was fired from.
Sometimes the expectation of being inspired in one specific way may close you off to the actual inspiration.
Every other fashion brand out there - including those that I call 'competitors' - are run by mostly old white men, and the customer knows it.
When I was 22, I wasn't too proud to do anything. I was taking out trash, buying stinky vintage clothes, and pulling gross Kleenex out of the pockets.