The best wisdom is earned through experience, particularly mistakes.

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.

I'm a capitalist, I'm a CEO, I run a big business, I'm an employer.

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.

Making small talk about what someone is wearing is just another form of unsolicited feedback.

Everyone is told to go to high school and get good grades and go to college and get good grades and then get a job and then get a better job. There's no one really telling a story about how they totally blew it, and they figured it out.

Only the paranoid survive.

In an ideal world, you'd never have to do things that are below your position, but this isn't an ideal world, and it's never going to be.

I wrote '#GIRLBOSS' while running a $100 million-plus revenue business.

It's the beauty of the Web. You can pretend to be anything you want. But people figure out pretty quick if you don't live up to it.

A lot of people in my generation don't seem to get that you have to work your way up. I don't care if filing invoices is beneath you. If you don't do it, who do you think is going to? Your boss? Nope. That's why she hired you.

I can show up at a Goldman Sachs conference wearing a Judas Priest T-shirt - and I have - while everyone else is wearing the same dress.

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'm really good at hiring good people.

There's no 'Chutes and Ladders' in life.

A lot of young people who I employ expect a raise after three months or expect not to have to put in more work than what's in their job description.

I make money, and I don't need money.

My philosophy is that you sell things for more than you bought them.

Everyone does a style book, and I wanted to write a business book for people that didn't think they would like a business book.

The first thing I ever sold online was stolen.

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.

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.

The modern girl is less concerned with everything being a brand name.

I built a huge profitable business with no debt.

I've probably spent more time than any other brand reading every last comment. To listen to people the way you're able to online is very powerful.

Getting fired was always a big deal to me. It's a bit like having someone break up with you.

It was my full intent as a teenager to smash capitalism and eat dumpster food.

It was easy for me in my bathrobe to provide really great customer service. As an introvert, it's really much easier to do than when standing in a retail store.

I've been wondering for a while now if the CEO role is one that I want - and the one that I'm best at.

Don't you dare alter your inner freak.

I don't lead with an iron fist. I don't yell at people. I have a way of making my opinion clear.