![]() ![]() estate sales, haggled with thrift stores down to the cent, spent glazed-over hours Photoshopping the images she styled and shot herself (with models she recruited herself), and even ensured that the tedious packaging was high-quality. She got up at the crack of dawn to make 6 a.m. When Amoruso began her business, she was a one-woman merchandising, photographing, copywriting, and shipping machine. ![]() Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to playĭo the Dirty Work (as Though You're Nose-Deep in Pine Sol) Here are four tips from the book that every career-minded woman should have in her back pocket-plus an exclusive interview with the #GirlBoss herself. Luckily for us, Amoruso shared her ballsy secrets in a self-help business memoir cheekily titled #GirlBoss out tomorrow. , a steamer, and a knack for finding buried treasures among stuffy estate sales grew into a global brand.Įight years later, Nasty Gal has sold over $100 million in clothing and accessories both new and vintage, occupies a 65,000-square-foot office space in Los Angeles, employs over 350 people, and has over one million fans on Facebook and Instagram. What began with a copy of Starting an eBay Business for Dummies Her fresh, edgy styling and MySpace savvy spawned a cult following of 60,000 fans. But this wasn't your mom's collection of cobwebby, shapeless tunics. In 2006, Sophia Amoruso, a 22-year-old hitchhiking, dumpster-diving, community college dropout with a lot of time on her hands, launched an eBay store called Nasty Gal Vintage-a nod to bad-ass funk singer Betty Davis' 1975 album. ![]()
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