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 want to give other creatives the opportunity to find the entrepreneur inside themselves and teach them how to build their own platform.
It just means that your talents lie elsewhere, so take the opportunity to seek out what you are good at, and find a place where you can flourish. Once you do, you’re going to kill it.
There are secret opportunities hidden inside every failure.
Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back. Learn to create your own opportunities. Know that there is no finish line; fortune favors action. Race balls-out toward the extraordinary life that you’ve always dreamed of, or still haven’t had time to dream up. And prepare to have a hell of a lot of fun along the way.
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.
I want people to feel the freedom to be themselves.
It's amazing how directly you can connect with people via social media.
It takes a lot more than just knowing how to put an outfit together to succeed in the fashion industry, so more power to you if this is where you want to be; just don't expect it to be an extended trip to the mall.