Contemplating that time in 2015 when my investors refused to fund Nasty Gal unless I put $2m of my own money in

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The creator reflects on a past business failure where she lost $2 million of her own money. She shares a lesson about the impermanence of money compared to the things and people that truly matter.

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1Creator sits in a car looking reflective
2Text overlay describes a past financial loss
3Creator shares a philosophical takeaway about gratitude

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Contemplating that time in 2015 when my investors refused to fund Nasty Gal unless I put $2m of my own money in I did and I lost it forever But money comes and goes The things and people that matter can just go Be grateful for them

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Contemplating that time in 2015 when my investors refused to fund Nasty Gal unless I put $2m of my own money in. I did and I lost it forever. But money comes and goes. The things and people that matter can just go. Be grateful for them.