NastyGal Founder: I Was A Stripper! A Shoplifter! Then Built A $400m Business! Sophia Amoruso

In this new episode Steven sits down with serial entrepreneur Sophia Amouroso. Sophia Amouroso is an American business woman and New York Times best-selling author of ‘ #GIRLBOSS ’ which later became a Netflix series of the same name. Sophia founded the female fashion retailer, ‘Nasty Gal’ in 2006 when she was 22 years old. 6 years later, Nasty Gal was named the "Fastest Growing Retailer” in America. However, in 2016, the same year that Sophia was named by Forbes as one of the richest self-made women in the world, Nasty Gal filed for bankruptcy. Since Nasty Gal’s bankruptcy Sophia has founded ‘ Girlboss Media ’, an online community providing mentoring and support for women worldwide. As well as ‘ Business Class ’, a comprehensive tutorial course that helps founders accelerate and scale their businesses. In this conversation Sophia and Steven discuss topics, such as: How Sophia’s rebellious nature helped her to create an original business How she regards being an outsider as a superpower Why as a CEO you only know 10% of what is happening in your company Why Sophia would never want to be a CEO again You can follow Sophia here: Instagram: instagram.com/sophiaamoruso Twitter: twitter.com/sophiaamoruso Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices