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I want to give other creatives the opportunity to find the entrepreneur inside themselves and teach them how to build their own platform.

Sometimes the expectation of being inspired in one specific way may close you off to the actual inspiration.

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In an ideal world, you'd never have to do things that are below your position, but this isn't an ideal world, and it's never going to be.

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I wrote '#GIRLBOSS' while running a $100 million-plus revenue business.

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Selling $500 shoes when you make $12 an hour is just an awkward economic juxtaposition.

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I often say my naivete early on in my career worked in my favor.

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I think many people go to business school and learn ways to play it safe, ensuring that they avoid some of the pain that entrepreneurs endure while taking less calculated risks.

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If you look at my Instagram, girls are just beating down my door for tips or a job or mentorship. I can't hire every single one of them. My story is one thing that gives them hope. It's an unconventional story with anecdotes, commonsense advice and a big dose of permission to figure things out for yourself.

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I learned the hard way that taking shortcuts and living for free is not really living free.

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I don't lead with an iron fist. I don't yell at people. I have a way of making my opinion clear.

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I love clothing and still shop a lot of vintage.

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My first job was as a sandwich artist at Subway.

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Success is a scary concept because it assumes something kind of final. In the grand scheme of life, I don't think there is some ultimate success.

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I'm really good at hiring good people.

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I had 60,000 friends on MySpace.

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EBay gave me the framework to discover I was an e-commerce entrepreneur. I touched everything, from shipping to logistics.

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I don't have a lot of style icons. There are not a lot of people today who I look to.

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I have this arsenal of high-waisted wide-leg '70s pants and overalls. They are more roller-disco than Alexander Wang overalls.

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I don't want to spend too much time dwelling on what I've already done because there is still so much to do.

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Don't you dare alter your inner freak.

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Lots of people are going to sell clothes online. But not a lot of people have built a brand, a living, breathing brand that people feel like they're part of.

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My entire youth has been Nasty Gal. My entire future is Nasty Gal.

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Everyone is told to go to high school and get good grades and go to college and get good grades and then get a job and then get a better job. There's no one really telling a story about how they totally blew it, and they figured it out.

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It was my full intent as a teenager to smash capitalism and eat dumpster food.

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I have three pieces of advice I want you to remember: Don't ever grow up. Don't become a bore. Don't let The Man get to you.

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Some of the best things that I ever sold on Ebay, I bought on Ebay - just for way less.

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I work in silence.

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There's no 'Chutes and Ladders' in life.

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When you owe money to people, you're always going to owe money to people, so you should take care of it as soon as possible. It doesn't go away just because you ignore it.

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My parents taught me the value of money and working hard. And I kind of got that in me intuitively.

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You can work for other people and still be a #GIRLBOSS; it's more about a state of mind and knowing yourself well enough to know when you're making decisions for yourself or because the world expects them of you. And guess what? It's okay to do that sometimes, too.

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I'm not going to lie - it's insulting to be praised for being a 'woman' with 'no college degree.'

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I've probably spent more time than any other brand reading every last comment. To listen to people the way you're able to online is very powerful.

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You want to know what four words I probably hate the most? 'That's not my job.'

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You can't convince someone else - whether it's a potential employer, a loan officer at the car dealership, or someone you've been crushing on - that you're amazing and terrific if you don't actually think you are.

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There are a lot of parents who've come to me and said about their daughters, 'Oh my God, she's 21, she's totally flailing. Your story gives me hope.' I put my mom through that.

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I was terrified and confused every day of my life until I started Nasty Gal, and for a good while after as well.

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