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Sophia Amoruso

Sophia Amoruso is an entrepreneur, investor, and NYT Bestselling Author who built Nasty Gal to over $100M+ in revenue and currently funds startups at Trust Fund VC. She is active in mentoring and sharing business insights through platforms like Business Class.

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Skills

EntrepreneurshipStartup InvestingVenture CapitalPublic SpeakingWritingBrandingBusiness Strategy

Interests

StartupsE-commerceBusiness EducationVenture FundingPersonal Development

Values

EmpowermentWork-Life BoundariesFinancial IndependenceCommunity Building

Career stage

Founder, Investor, Author, and Venture Capitalist

Communication

Direct, engaging, professional yet conversational, educational, and inspiring.

Lifestyle

Fast-paced startup founder and investor, emphasizing structured work-life boundaries such as hard stops and shutting down notifications.

Receipts, not guesses

Evidence for supported claims

Instagram · profile Built Nasty Gal to $100M+

“Built Nasty Gal to $100M+”

Instagram · profile Funding startups at Trust Fund VC

“Funding startups at @trustfund.vc”

Instagram · profile Investor in Wispr Flow, Eight Sleep, Liquid Death, and Nectar Social

“Investor in @wisprflow @eightsleep @liquiddeath @nectarsocial.ai”

Instagram · profile NYT Bestselling Author

“NYT Bestselling Author”

Instagram · profile Advocates for work-life boundaries like hard stops and turning off notifications

“How to ease into the weekend 🧖‍♀️ ... turn off slack notifications — hard stop at 4pm”

LinkedIn · summary Sophia Amoruso is Founder & Managing Partner at Trust Fund and author of #GIRLBOSS.

“Founder & Managing Partner at Trust Fund. Investor in Lovable, Wispr Flow, Superhuman, Eight Sleep, Nectar Social, Liquid Death, Public.com, and 45+ startups. Built Nasty Gal to $100M+. Wrote NYT Bestseller #GIRLBOSS.”

LinkedIn · career stage Currently serves as Founder & Managing Partner at Trust Fund.

“Founder & Managing Partner”

LinkedIn · skills Experienced in building and scaling companies like Nasty Gal.

“Started fashion e-tailer Nasty Gal at 22 years old and bootstrapped it to $30 million profitably, raised $60 million from Index Ventures and Thrive Capital, then scaled it to over $100 million in revenue.”

LinkedIn · hobbies Enjoys drinking coffee on an empty stomach and selecting flight seats.

“My interests include drinking coffee on an empty stomach, choosing the best seats on commercial aircraft, and harvesting my hard-won experience for the next generation of founders.”

LinkedIn · interests Interested in mentoring and advising the next generation of founders.

“My interests include drinking coffee on an empty stomach, choosing the best seats on commercial aircraft, and harvesting my hard-won experience for the next generation of founders.”

LinkedIn · values Values are not explicitly detailed in the source data.

“I'm the Founder & Managing Partner at Trust Fund, an early-stage venture fund backing software companies...”

LinkedIn · communication style Uses a candid, straightforward tone regarding past career and business.

“Went on the victory lap and was featured on the cover of Forbes magazine's 2016 America's Richest Self-Made Women issue (returned the dress I wore in the photo)...”

LinkedIn · lifestyle Based out of Los Angeles with frequent commercial travel.

“Job Location: Los Angeles, CA”

LinkedIn · location Located in Los Angeles, California.

“Job Location: Los Angeles, CA”

LinkedIn · needs No explicit personal or professional needs documented.

“Trust Fund is an early-stage venture fund focused exclusively on investing in tech-enabled products...”

LinkedIn · deal breakers No deal breakers stated in profile data.

“Trust Fund is an early-stage venture fund focused exclusively on investing in tech-enabled products that help people start and build businesses.”