Sophia Amoruso dropped out of school at an early age with a diagnosis of hyperactivity disorder and attention deficit disorder. Her parents also divorced when she was young. Sophia Amoruso tried to survive by settling in the US state of Sacramento.
Amoruso, who hated school, dropped out of education, and left home at the age of 17, rebelled against everything. She has long sought ways to live for free in Washington. "I threw myself on the road like throwing a sticky pasta in the trash," she says of those times.
She even committed theft to earn her living. She told about these experiences in interviews she gave to important media such as the BBC and the Guardian.
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Sophia Christina Amoruso (born April 20, 1984) is an American businesswoman.
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Around that time she read a book called "eBay Business for Dummies" and she was very impressed. In 2006, this woman named Sophia Amoruso was trying to sell vintage clothes in her San Francisco apartment with a simple laptop and eBay account. In the mid-2000s, Amoruso discovered that she had a talent for flipping second-hand clothes, even before eBay was new to our lives. Flipping means making a profit by buying a product for a small amount, changing the style from place to place, and selling it at a higher price. Of course, starting and running a business is a challenging journey for Sophia, who has never had a proper job in her life. In addition, problematic family relationships and a self-centered attitude are the factors that force Sophia. But Sophia Amoruso started making money. As a result of successive setbacks, Sophia Amoruso asked, “Why shouldn't I set up my own site?” She founded Nasty Gal, which is more than a simple supplier brand today and has turned into a clothing brand in its own right.
Sophia Amoruso, who had an income of $ 223,000 in 2008, managed to increase this income to $ 23 million in 2011. This story of Sophia Amoruso has inspired many women in a similar situation.
The book of Sophia Amoruso, who made her life and achievements in the field of entrepreneurship a book, was bought by Netflix and adapted into a series.
But as of 2016, Amoruso and Nasty Gal went bankrupt. Later, she founded Girlboss Media, a lifestyle site for women, in 2017.