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About

Sophia Amoruso is the Founder & Managing Partner at Trust Fund, an early-stage venture fund focused on pre-seed and seed stage companies.

In 2020, Sophia founded Business Class, a comprehensive 10-week digital course for entrepreneurs, creatives, and freelancers, which has built a community of over 3,000 founders across the globe.

In 2017, Sophia founded Girlboss, a community for ambitious women. Sophia also hosted podcast Girlboss Radio from 2015-2020, which garnered over 20 million downloads. In December 2019, it was announced that Girlboss had been acquired by Attention Capital.

Her 2014 New York Times Bestseller #GIRLBOSS, which chronicled her early life as well as her experience as the founder of fashion empire Nasty Gal, was adapted into a scripted TV series that premiered on Netflix in 2017 and was produced by Charlize Theron. Sophia has also authored two other books: Nasty Galaxy and the Girlboss Workbook.

Sophia made her mark when she founded Nasty Gal in 2006 and bootstrapped it to 28millionprofitably,raising28 million profitably, raising 28millionprofitably,raising60 million in venture capital and scaling the business to over $100 million in revenue. Sophia became a member of the CFDA in 2016.

Sophia has been featured on the cover of Forbes magazine's 2016 America's Richest Self Made Women issue and featured in the Fortune 40 under 40, Forbes 30 under 30, Inc. 30 under 30, and Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business lists.

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Articles by Sophia

The city that gave me legs

Notes from a messy desk Over the past 14 years, Los Angeles has been my home and a city that has shaped me (and my…

Tomato Girl Summer is the future of marketing

Business Class is a weekly newsletter for people who work for themselves brought to you by Sophia Amoruso. Have a…

Business Class is a weekly newsletter for people who work for themselves brought to you by Sophia Amoruso. Have a…

Shock Horror: Childless 40-Year-Old Not Crying into Wine Glass Every Night!

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Founder Mode doesn't fly if you have boobs

by Sophia Amoruso Business Class is a weekly newsletter for people who work for themselves. Have a scoop? Wanna…

How demure is your LinkedIn?

Issue 20: Find out how demure your LinkedIn is and don’t let perfectionism tank your social media by Sophia Amoruso and…

A free script if you’re awkward with intros

Issue 19: A LinkedIn roasting service and a free script for awkward networkers by Sophia Amoruso and Melanie Ehrenkranz…

A keyboard for your claws

Issue 18: A keyboard for people with claws and how to promote yourself if you hate social media by Sophia Amoruso and…

Issue 17: Don't pitch my Venmo account

by Sophia Amoruso and Melanie Ehrenkranz Business Class is a weekly newsletter for people who work for themselves. Have…

A sick archive of vintage ads

Issue 16: How to brag, AI in your pocket, and “underconsumption core” by Sophia Amoruso and Melanie Ehrenkranz Business…

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Experience

Founder & Managing Partner

Trust Fund

Dec 2022 - Present2 years 2 months
Los Angeles, California, United States

Investor

Carry

Apr 2024 - Present10 months

Founder

Business Class

Jul 2020 - Present4 years 7 months
Los Angeles

Investor & Advisor

GetDynasty

Jan 2024 - Present1 year 1 month

Investor & Advisor

Fincent

Oct 2023 - Present1 year 4 months

Investor

Nectar AI

Oct 2023 - Present1 year 4 months

Investor

BinStar

Oct 2023 - Present1 year 4 months

Investor

Packsmith

Sep 2023 - Present1 year 5 months

Investor

Toothio

Sep 2023 - Present1 year 5 months

Investor

Browse AI

Aug 2023 - Present1 year 6 months

Investor & Advisor

Baton

Apr 2023 - Present1 year 10 months

Investor

Plot

Dec 2022 - Present2 years 2 months
New York, United States

GiftShop

Feb 2023 - Present2 years
Paris, ĂŽle-de-France, France

Investor

Eight Sleep

Jan 2021 - Present4 years 1 month

Investor & Advisor

Public.com

Feb 2020 - Present5 years

Investor

Kindbody

Jul 2021 - Present3 years 7 months

Investor

Pipe

May 2021 - Present3 years 9 months

Investor

Pogo

Jul 2022 - Present2 years 7 months

Investor

1stdibs.com

May 2012 - Present12 years 9 months

Investor

Therabody

Feb 2021 - Present4 years

Investor

MoonPay

Dec 2021 - Present3 years 2 months

Picking Winners

Stealth Startup

Dec 2023 - Present1 year 2 months
United States

Investor & Advisor

Base

Jun 2021 - Present3 years 8 months

Investor

Ceremonia

May 2021 - Present3 years 9 months

Investor

Golde

Apr 2021 - Present3 years 10 months

Investor

Taika

Jan 2021 - Present4 years 1 month

Investor

Blueland

Oct 2019 - Present5 years 4 months

Investor & Advisor

Passport

Dec 2017 - Present7 years 2 months

Executive Producer, Girlboss

Netflix

Jul 2015 - Apr 2017 1 year 10 months
Los Angeles, California, United States

Contributing Editor

Marie Claire

Aug 2015 - Mar 2017 1 year 8 months

Publications

Putnam Oct 2017

Putnam Oct 2016

Putnam & Portfolio May 6, 2014

Honors & Awards

Signature Block

Mar 2023

Fortune Magazine

2014

Vanity Fair

2014

Vanity Fair

2014

Fast Company

2013

Forbes Magazine

2013

Inc. Magazine

2013

Marie Claire

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