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Kendra Scott Bootstrapped Her Brand for 10 Years on Credit Card Debt
“No one would invest in me. Okay. So I had to do it on credit card debt and a line of credit for 10 years. I bootstrapped this business.”
Kendra Scott Says Her Jewelry Company Is a Billion-Dollar Business
“We are never like, Ooh, our business is a billion dollars. Let's all be happy and go, you know, drink margaritas on the beach.”
Kendra Scott Hosted Over 25,000 Events in 2024
“We hosted over 25,000 events in our company last year.”
Kendra Scott Built Her Brand 100% Through Word-of-Mouth Marketing
“Word of mouth was how I built Kendra Scott. A hundred percent.”
Kendra Scott's 1,500-Square-Foot Plano Retail Store Generated $7M Annually
“That store was 1500 square feet and it was doing seven million dollars a year.”
Dolly Parton Offered to Write the Foreword for Kendra Scott's Book
“Well, she loved it so much. She said, well, she offered to write the foreword of my book.”
Pete Davidson Invested in Double Soul Socks and Joined Shark Tank
“Pete Davidson is an investor. It was a couple. I like him. I like him. But they sent him socks, so they did what I did, like, let people taste it, let people get, you know, see it. Pete put on that sock, and it is the most comfortable sock you'll ever wear in …”
Retailer Harold's placed a $75,000 initial wholesale order with Kendra Scott.
“And sure enough, I got a call, and it was a 75,000 dollar order.”
Kendra Scott bootstrapped her growth using inventory-backed bank lines of credit.
“And I bootstrapped it. I mean, at this point, I did, I didn't bring any investment capital in, so I had a line of credit with the bank against my inventory and my purchase orders.”
Kendra Scott reached $1.5 million in wholesale revenue before the 2008 crash.
“We were at about a million, 1,000,005 a year.”
Kendra Scott's bank called her credit line during the 2008 crisis.
“My line of credit gets called by the bank because I'm a high-risk Being fashion and jewelry”
By 2017, Kendra Scott Design employed 2,000 people.
“I mean, now I have 2000 people that work for us, so it's their, I'm responsible for their families, so, you know, those things keep you up at night.”
Kendra Scott's First Business Was a Chemotherapy Hat Store That Failed
“My first business was a hat company. I created headwear for men and women undergoing chemotherapy. He inspired that business. People were not buying hats, Cody. Okay. I wanted it to be the thing. I opened a little hat store called the hat box here in Austin. I…”
Kendra Scott Headquarters Features Kids' Rooms, Nursing Rooms, and a Gym
“When I built Kendra Scott HQ, it's got a kid's room with, you know, all sorts of kids activities. It's got mother's nursing rooms. We've got a gym. We've, it's a This whole, like, utopia for working women.”
Kendra Scott's Jewelry Company Employs Over 3,000 People
“I mean, I've got, you know, 3000 plus employees.”