meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Masters of Scale

From brand savant to accidental entrepreneur, with Sophia Amoruso

Masters of Scale

WaitWhat

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Reid Hoffman, Mindset, Diversity & Inclusion, Jeff Berman, Bob Safian, Startups

4.64.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

From founding the viral fashion brand Nasty Gal to inspiring and living the #Girlboss movement, Sophia Amoruso’s ideas tend to catch fire quickly. She joins host Jeff Berman to share her “accidental” entrepreneurial journey – building an e-commerce brand with nearly $100 million in revenue and then starting Girlboss Media – all with no formal business training. Now, Sophia is focused on supporting and teaching a new generation of entrepreneurs, as Managing Partner of the early-stage venture fund, Trust Fund, and the online community Business Class.

Listen to our episode with Liquid Death's Mike Cessario: Apple & Spotify

Read a transcript of this episode: https://mastersofscale.com

Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribe

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hi I'm Bob Safian and I want to tell you about a new podcast called Search Engine hosted by PJ Vote.

0:07.0

Each week he and his team answer questions about business, tech and society that are on everyone's minds, but are too often ignored the kinds

0:15.1

of questions that if you ask them at a dinner party would completely derail conversation.

0:20.7

Like, who's behind those scammy text messages we've all been getting?

0:24.5

Why are drug dealers putting fentanyl in everything?

0:27.5

And why don't we have flying cars yet?

0:30.0

Listen to and follow search engine with PJ Vote wherever you get your podcasts.

0:37.0

Hi listeners, it's Jeff Berman.

0:39.0

You probably see a ton of health fluencers on social media with science-e-sounding advice about what to eat or how to sleep better,

0:47.0

but you're not sure it's sound advice.

0:49.0

Science versus can help.

0:51.0

The show takes on fads and trends and uninformed opinions to find out

0:55.3

what's fact, what's fiction, and what's in between. This season they're taking on things like

1:00.1

microplastics and inflammation. The new season of science versus, that's science

1:05.1

V.S. is available now wherever you get your podcasts. I've heard higher slow fire fast but I've spent so much time with people up front and you only know what it's like to work with them when you work with them.

1:29.6

Sophia Amaroso says,

1:31.2

hire slow and fire Fast was common advice

1:34.4

she got early and often when she was starting out

1:37.1

as an entrepreneur.

1:38.9

But it's one of the many corporate axioms

1:41.0

she shirked along her scale journey.

1:43.6

Sophia built the buzzy e-commerce brand, Nasty Gal.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from WaitWhat, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of WaitWhat and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.