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Sophia Amoruso, Nasty Gal founder: I was out of my league

Sophia Amoruso, Nasty Gal founder: I was out of my league

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Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso on building the $350m company that later went bankrupt

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“I had hired a CEO for the last two years. The company was at a
place where revenue had plateaued. I wasn’t someone who could
look at a spreadsheet 50 tabs wide and tell my CFO what to do. I
was definitely out of my league and I didn’t like that job, and a
lot of different things happened before we ended up filing for
bankruptcy.” Leanna Byrne speaks to Sophia Amoruso, founder of
online fashion retailer Nasty Gal. What began as a one-woman eBay
shop selling vintage clothes became one of online fashion’s most
recognisable brands. Within a few years, Nasty Gal was valued at
$350 million, bringing expectations that it would grow like a
technology company and become a billion-dollar business. Sophia
reflects on feeling out of her depth running the company,
criticism of its workplace culture and the decisions that led to
bankruptcy. The Interview brings you conversations with people
shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews
from the BBC, including episodes with Sundar Pichai and Julia
Gillard. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The
Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or
wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Leanna Byrne Producer:
Osman Iqbal Editor: Farhana Haider and Damon Rose

(Image: Sophia Amoruso. Credit: Araya Doheny/Getty)