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" When I was 22, I wasn't too proud to do anything. I was taking out trash, buying stinky vintage clothes, and pulling gross Kleenex out of the pockets. "

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" It's important that people are open. Some people say, 'I'm going to be a doctor,' and they're a really good doctor. But for the rest of us, it's a big question mark. Just giving yourself a break, letting yourself try new things, and when something doesn't work out, moving along... it's all we can really do. "

" You can't convince someone else - whether it's a potential employer, a loan officer at the car dealership, or someone you've been crushing on - that you're amazing and terrific if you don't actually think you are. "

" If this is a man's world, who cares? I'm still really glad to be a girl in it. "

" I love clothing and still shop a lot of vintage. "

" A typical day for me involves a lot of meetings. "

" 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. "

" I want people to feel the freedom to be themselves. "

" I don't have a lot of style icons. There are not a lot of people today who I look to. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I go through hundreds of applications from people who all have very similar-sounding experience, cover letters are the only glimpse I have into a person's personality. "

" My favorite magazine is the 'Harvard Business Review.' If someone sat across from me in a restaurant and didn't know me, that might surprise 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. "

" A great mantra to have, whether you're breaking up with your boyfriend or you lose your job, or something changes that you didn't anticipate - which is a fact of life, and very much a fact of running a business - is: 'I was OK before this, I will be OK after this.' "

" I'm not going to lie - it's insulting to be praised for being a 'woman' with 'no college degree.' "

" I think it's important that everyone understands that there's no real prescription to having an awesome life. "

" 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. "

" Every other fashion brand out there - including those that I call 'competitors' - are run by mostly old white men, and the customer knows it. "

" I feel like there's so many places to shop today that just feel like an Excel spreadsheet put between four walls. "

" EBay gave me the framework to discover I was an e-commerce entrepreneur. I touched everything, from shipping to logistics. "

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" Money looks better in the bank than on your feet. "

" You are not a special snowflake. "

" 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. "