Chapter 2: How I Became a #GIRLBOSS?
In this chapter, Amoruso takes us through how she went from being an ID checker at a university to creating and running her company, Nasty Gal. It's a good story to read if you are interested in fashion, online retail, and/or running an eBay business selling vintage clothes. But I'm not going to get into her details of her story here. You can read the book if you want to know all that.
Here are the more universal lessons I got from this chapter
Drawing Strength from Other Women (and Men):
Throughout this chapter, Amoruso mention many other women who helped her and inspired her along her journey. When she first started her eBay business, her mother helped her prepare garments and descriptions for listing (25). She had several models, friends, model-friends, photographers help and believe in her as her business grew. The name of her store was inspired by "legendary funk singer and wild woman Betty Davis" (22). Amoruso describes her decision to name her shop out of homage to this woman:"I thought I was just picking a name for an eBay store, but it turned out that I was actually infusing the entire brand with not only my spirit, bu the spirit of this incredible woman." (23)
