American - Businesswoman | April 20, 1984 -
I didn't buy the Porsche for status. I hate that, and it's actually kind of goofy now because in L.A., a Porsche is like a Honda. It was just that I could pay that much money for a car and drive it off the lot.
Sophia Amoruso
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When you owe money to people, you're always going to owe money to people, so you should take care of it as soon as possible. It doesn't go away just because you ignore it.
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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.
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I wrote '#GIRLBOSS' while running a $100 million-plus revenue business.
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I was terrified and confused every day of my life until I started Nasty Gal, and for a good while after as well.
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Music is such a big part of my life.
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My parents taught me the value of money and working hard. And I kind of got that in me intuitively.
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Every other fashion brand out there - including those that I call 'competitors' - are run by mostly old white men, and the customer knows it.
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I often say my naivete early on in my career worked in my favor.
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Sometimes in the world, there's such pressure to follow a certain path that we forget the importance of learning as we go.
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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.
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The best wisdom is earned through experience, particularly mistakes.
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