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“Though you may be paid minimum wage, to the customers you are the face of the entire company.”
“As a visual person, I love a creative resume. Putting in a little effort on the design side will show that you care about making things look good.”
“I built a huge profitable business with no debt.”
“The first thing I ever sold online was stolen.”
“The modern girl is less concerned with everything being a brand name.”
“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.”
“I've never seen someone work for a salary.”
“I have this arsenal of high-waisted wide-leg '70s pants and overalls. They are more roller-disco than Alexander Wang overalls.”
“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.”
“A #GIRLBOSS knows when to throw punches and when to roll with them.”
“I had 60,000 friends on MySpace.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Every other fashion brand out there - including those that I call 'competitors' - are run by mostly old white men, and the customer knows it.”
“When I go through hundreds of applications from people who all have very similar-sounding experience, cover letters are the only glimpse I have into a person's personality.”
“Nothing will teach you more about perceived value than taking something with literally no value and selling it in the auction format. It teaches you the beauty and power of presentation, and how you can make magic out of nothing.”
“I make money, and I don't need money.”
“A typical day for me involves a lot of meetings.”
“I am still a lover of paper books. One of my first jobs was in a bookstore, and I still like to be able to write in a margin and feel the paper. Once inside of a digital device, I end up losing things.”
“I didn't buy the Porsche for status. I hate that, and it's actually kind of goofy now because in L.A., a Porsche is like a Honda. It was just that I could pay that much money for a car and drive it off the lot.”