
Success is about playing to your strengths.Sophia Amoruso, the 35-year-old “#Girlboss” author and businesswoman, dabbed her eyes, which were covered in a glittery eye shadow. In January, I appointed a new CEO (Sheree Waterson, formerly of Lululemon), a really amazing woman who wakes up every day to lead and inspire our team. My strength has always been in talking to her. But I've realized that I am best at leading the Nasty Gal customer. I inherited the CEO title by nature of having founded the company. But I've realized that I am best at leading the Nasty Gal customer."

"I inherited the CEO title by nature of having founded the company. Sometimes people want to drag you into the past, are unwilling to change, and stand in judgment of the decisions you make when they have even less information than you do. But nearly everything I've earned is locked up in this beautiful, inspiring, evolving business I gave birth to nearly 10 years ago.Īt some point along the way, I realized that the people who were there at the beginning may have busted their asses and been super-loyal, but for some, that loyalty was to a version of Nasty Gal as it was then not necessarily what it promises to be in the future.

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It's really weird to be in your 20s and have a company that's valued at hundreds of millions of dollars, implying to the outside world that I'm "worth" a lot of money. The older I get, the less confident I become. "The older I get, the less confident I become."
