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
My days of being the tardy employee at the record store gave me a cultural and musical understanding that was more unique than if I'd just listened to garbage-y pop on the radio my entire life.
Music is such a big part of my life.
I was terrified and confused every day of my life until I started Nasty Gal, and for a good while after as well.
I think it's important that everyone understands that there's no real prescription to having an awesome life.
Success is a scary concept because it assumes something kind of final. In the grand scheme of life, I don't think there is some ultimate success.
The energy you'll expend focusing on someone else's life is better spent working on your own. Just be your own idol.
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.'
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.
Everyone is told to go to high school and get good grades and go to college and get good grades and then get a job and then get a better job. There's no one really telling a story about how they totally blew it, and they figured it out.
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.
The best wisdom is earned through experience, particularly mistakes.
I'm not going to lie - it's insulting to be praised for being a 'woman' with 'no college degree.'
I'm a capitalist, I'm a CEO, I run a big business, I'm an employer.
It was my full intent as a teenager to smash capitalism and eat dumpster food.