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've never worked in a retail store, but I did sell shoes at Gimme Shoes in San Francisco, a job I was fired from.
I think there are times when I can be a good thing.
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 biggest challenge is people thinking you know everything going on in your company, because you're at the top of it and you started it. But the thing is, nobody knows everything about anything.
I guess it has to be healthy, you have to be honest with yourself and I think that's when ego is okay.
I am still a lover of paper books. One of my first jobs was in a bookstore, and I still like to be able to write in a margin and feel the paper. Once inside of a digital device, I end up losing things.
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.
I've been wondering for a while now if the CEO role is one that I want - and the one that I'm best at.
I stopped feeling like I didn't belong anywhere, and realized that I actually belonged anywhere I wanted to be.
No matter where you are in life, you'll save a lot of time by not worrying too much about what other people think about you. The earlier in your life that you can learn that, the easier the rest of it will be.
The energy you'll expend focusing on someone else's life is better spent working on your own. Just be your own idol.
It’s cool to be kind. It’s cool to be weird. It’s cool to be honest and to be secure with yourself.
You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen.
When your goal is to gain experience, perspective, and knowledge, failure is no longer a possibility