From founding the viral fashion brand Nasty Gal to inspiring and living the #Girlboss movement, Sophia Amoruso’s ideas tend to catch fire quickly. She joins host Jeff Berman to share her “accidental” entrepreneurial journey – building an e-commerce brand with nearly $100 million in revenue and then starting Girlboss Media – all with no formal business training. Now, Sophia is focused on supporting and teaching a new generation of entrepreneurs, as Managing Partner of the early-stage venture fund, Trust Fund, and the online community Business Class.
Chapters:
00:00 Hire slow, fire fast?
01:27 Introducing Sophia Amoruso
01:54 Sophia Amoruso on her newest venture: Business Class
04:57 How Sophia became an accidental entrepreneur
09:34 Scaling with intention
13:16 What Liquid Death gets right about branding
18:53 Why Sophia Amoruso launched Trust Fund and became a VC
24:04 Listener questions: Is the Creator Economy going anywhere?
25:21 Building a culture that amplifies young voices
28:40 The impetus to go to London
30:17 “I don’t have it figured out”