#GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso audiobook

#GIRLBOSS: How to Write Your Own Rules While Turning Heads and Turning Profits

By Sophia Amoruso
Read by Sara Jes Austell

Penguin Audio
4.68 Hours • Unabridged
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    ISBN: 9780698162303

In the New York Times bestseller that the Washington Post called "Lean In for misfits," Sophia Amoruso shares how she went from dumpster diving to founding one of the fastest-growing retailers in the world. Sophia Amoruso spent her teens hitchhiking, committing petty theft, and scrounging in dumpsters for leftover bagels. By age twenty-two she had dropped out of school, and was broke, directionless, and checking IDs in the lobby of an art school—a job she’d taken for the health insurance. It was in that lobby that Sophia decided to start selling vintage clothes on eBay. Flash forward ten years to today, and she’s the founder and executive chairman of Nasty Gal, a $250-million-plus fashion retailer with more than four hundred employees. Sophia was never a typical CEO, or a typical anything, and she’s written #GIRLBOSS for other girls like her: outsiders (and insiders) seeking a unique path to success, even when that path is windy as all hell and lined with naysayers. #GIRLBOSS proves that being successful isn’t about where you went to college or how popular you were in high school. It’s about trusting your instincts and following your gut; knowing which rules to follow and which to break; when to button up and when to let your freak flag fly.

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Summary

Summary

A Washington Post bestseller

A Los Angeles Times bestseller

One of Barnes & Noble's Biggest Books of May 2014

An NPR bestseller

An iTunes Top Seller

A Publishers Weekly bestseller

Finalist for the 2015 Audie Award for Best Business/Educational Narration

Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award

In the New York Times bestseller that the Washington Post called "Lean In for misfits," Sophia Amoruso shares how she went from dumpster diving to founding one of the fastest-growing retailers in the world.

Sophia Amoruso spent her teens hitchhiking, committing petty theft, and scrounging in dumpsters for leftover bagels. By age twenty-two she had dropped out of school, and was broke, directionless, and checking IDs in the lobby of an art school—a job she’d taken for the health insurance. It was in that lobby that Sophia decided to start selling vintage clothes on eBay.

Flash forward ten years to today, and she’s the founder and executive chairman of Nasty Gal, a $250-million-plus fashion retailer with more than four hundred employees. Sophia was never a typical CEO, or a typical anything, and she’s written #GIRLBOSS for other girls like her: outsiders (and insiders) seeking a unique path to success, even when that path is windy as all hell and lined with naysayers.

#GIRLBOSS proves that being successful isn’t about where you went to college or how popular you were in high school. It’s about trusting your instincts and following your gut; knowing which rules to follow and which to break; when to button up and when to let your freak flag fly.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Get motivated by Sophia Amoruso’s story…Her honest advice is useful for women in any industry.” —People
“She addresses the highs and lows of her journey with an honesty that’s refreshing in a management memoir…Amoruso’s swagger in #Girlboss is contagious. The book is a decent model for all the girls—nay, people—who don’t want to climb the traditional career ladder….If there’s one real takeaway from reading Amoruso, is that a pre-packaged rulebook for business success no longer exists.” —Fortune
“Sophia Amoruso, founder and CEO of Nasty Gal, shares her irreverent and invaluable lessons in what can easily be described as a power manifesto for strong, ambitious young women…#GIRLBOSS leads readers to water but doesn’t force them to drink; rather than present a get-rich-quick manual or a list of business tips, Amoruso teaches the innovative and entrepreneurial among us to play to our strengths, learn from our mistakes, and know when to break a few of the traditional rules.” —VanityFair.com
“Amoruso’s voice is accessible and charmingly self-deprecating without losing the effortless cool that characterizes her clothes…Amoruso’s scrappy capitalist narrative makes an admirable attempt to prove that navigating the system isn’t the same as endorsing it. Being anti-establishment is the old cool. The new cool is playing by your own rules and still winning by their standards.” —New York Times Book Review
“Sophia Amoruso spares no detail in #GIRLBOSS, the story of how she went from dumpster diving teen to founder and CEO of $100 million online retailer Nasty Gal.”HarpersBazaar.com —HarpersBazaar.com
“Part memoir, part management guide, and part girl-power manifesto. A sort of a Lean In for misfits, it offers young women a candid guide to starting a business and going after what they want.” —Washington Post
“In this appealing business memoir, Nasty Gal founder and CEO Amoruso shares her rags-to-riches story…Amoruso’s tone and language may give this book a youthful audience, and kudos to that: few business books keep the teen set riveted while simultaneously inspiring fiscal responsibility and good business sense…Amoruso’s authenticity comes through here and is, no doubt, one of the many reasons for her remarkable success.” —Publishers Weekly
“Narrator Sara Jes Austell conveys all the hip and rough-edged savvy you’d expect to hear from the founder of Nasty Girl…Austell’s performance is seamless, free of glitches of any kind, and remarkable for her infectious confidence, off-key likability, and spontaneous phrasing. She’s a big part of the effectiveness of this energetic discussion of how women can succeed as leaders without being sucked into corporate stereotypes of how they should behave or how businesses should operate. With its candid personal stories and down-to-earth strategies for handling a variety of start-up challenges, this is an audio that’s as useful as it is fun to hear. Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award and a finalist for the 2015 Audie Award.” —AudioFile
"Rather than present a get-rich-quick manual or a list of business tips, Amoruso teaches the innovative and entrepreneurial among us to play to our strengths, learn from our mistakes, and know when to break a few of the traditional rules. —Vanity Fair
A witty and cleverly told account . . . It’s this kind of honest advice, plus the humorous ups and downs of her rise in online retail, that make the book so appealing. —Los Angeles Times
#GIRLBOSS is more than a book . . . #GIRLBOSS is a movement. —Lena Dunham

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Author

Author Bio: Sophia Amoruso

Author Bio: Sophia Amoruso

Sophia Amoruso turned her hobby selling vintage clothing on eBay into Nasty Gal, one of the fastest growing companies in America. Her rise has been covered by major media like theNew York Times, Forbes, Fortune, Inc., and Wall Street Journal, and she has a devoted following on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

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Available Formats : Digital Download
Category: Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography
Runtime: 4.68
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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