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'm a capitalist, I'm a CEO, I run a big business, I'm an employer.
Every other fashion brand out there - including those that I call 'competitors' - are run by mostly old white men, and the customer knows it.
I wrote '#GIRLBOSS' while running a $100 million-plus revenue business.
Just women who are really eclectic, so every woman from Gwyneth Paltrow to Peggy Nolan, who has half a shaved head and has a totally wild aesthetic. They're woman who are doing things, running their own businesses, taking chances at different levels of success and different industries. A lot of my friends are creatives. It was just who I really adore and wanted to share with a greater audience.
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.'
It was my full intent as a teenager to smash capitalism and eat dumpster food.
I want to give other creatives the opportunity to find the entrepreneur inside themselves and teach them how to build their own platform.
I want people to feel the freedom to be themselves.
It's amazing how directly you can connect with people via social media.