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The first thing Sophia Amoruso - chief executive of Nasty Gal, the fastest growing e-commerce site in the US - sold on the internet was something she had stolen.
A misfit who grew up hating school, Ms Amoruso left home at 17, intent on a life of anarchy and getting by for free in Olympia, Washington.
She says she received a rude wake-up call one day when she was caught shoplifting (but let off), which she had been doing in order to support her lifestyle.
"I learned the hard way that taking shortcuts and living for free is not really living free," she says.
Now 30, Ms Amoruso says that her early mistakes were crucial in helping her build Nasty Gal from a simple eBay store selling vintage items in 2006 to a $100m (£60m) business with more than 350 employees selling cool, quirky new and used clothing items to millions of women around the world.
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