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“It's really, really eclectic. It's not a business book [Girlboss], but it's still a book that should make you want to get up and do things and think about your life. And for a book that looks that beautiful on a coffee table, I think that's a very special thing. So it's hopefully a new genre I guess, of book. It was so fun to put together and fun to write, that was really a pleasure.”

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Sophia Amoruso, born on April 20, 1984, is an American entrepreneur and author. She gained fame for founding the second-hand fashion e-commerce brand Nasty Gal. Amoruso's life story is marked by challenges, as she transformed from an ordinary second-hand clothing buyer into a successful business leader. more

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“Our lives are so visual now, with social media and we're constantly shifting gears. Nobody requires a table of contents. Nobody requires that one page leads to the next page, we're okay being surprised by things that are eclectic.”

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“I'm just always making things that are personal but hopefully also inspiring, and share not just my story, but other people's stories.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“There's so many moving pieces, but to be as public as I've become and to be at the front and take the brunt of anything that happens is a huge responsibility, but also something that takes some time to step into and that has been really challenging.”

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“Just balancing all the different projects, I mean I spent almost 10 years just doing Nasty Gal and I say "just" but that was a lot, and it's still a lot.”

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“To be an author, and an executive producer, and a host, and I don't even know, I mean I actually have a resume now, which is pretty cool.”

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“That has been challenging but also such a pleasure to branch out and do different things.”

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“Well advice people have told me that is that, "If people aren't suing you, you haven't made it," which I don't necessarily believe but with greater success comes greater responsibility and being one of the few female entrepreneurs who I think has been as public as I have been, you're definitely under a spotlight. It's difficult to manage.”

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“I'm not out there picking out every single item that we sell, and also we don't even make every single item that we sell.”

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