[4] The show is based on Sophia Amoruso's 2014 autobiography #Girlboss,[1] which tells the story of how Amoruso started the company Nasty Gal while working as a campus safety host for San Francisco's Academy of Art University.

In February 2016, it was announced that Netflix had ordered a series based on Amoruso's autobiography #Girlboss.

[9] That same month, Johnny Simmons, Alphonso McAuley and Ellie Reed joined the cast.

[15] Metacritic gives the series a score of 53 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Jennifer Wright from New York Post called the show a "feminist fraud" because of Sophia's selfishness.