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Kendra Scott

Founder & Executive Chairwoman, Kendra Scott · 1 appearance on the record.

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Kendra Scott founded her eponymous jewelry and lifestyle brand in 2002, scaling it into a billion-dollar enterprise known for its custom-stone jewelry and in-store Color Bars. Outside retail, she has served as a guest investor on Shark Tank and authored the book Born to Shine.

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2 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 4 not checkable as stated how the 6 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

6 assertions · 1 opinion · 4 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 6 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, and 4 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Kendra argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
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 Mar 20, 2017 ▶ 33:52 Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott

How they sound: not measured why? →

We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself, and a fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured. There is too little of Kendra Scott on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

Everything Kendra Scott said on How I Built This that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion
Kendra Scott calls the 2008 financial crisis her company's greatest gift.
“This amazing, wonderful thing happens called the recession which turns out to be the greatest gift Kendra Scott, the company, ever received, which sounds really crazy, but it really was the greatest gift because I was playing it safe.”
Kendra Scott Mar 20, 2017 ▶ 26:51 Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott
Disclosure
Kendra Scott started her billion-dollar jewelry empire with just $500.
“I literally took 500 dollars to get all the supplies I needed to create this collection, which was a big deal for us.”
Kendra Scott Mar 20, 2017 ▶ 10:25 Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott
Assertion Not checkable as stated
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 Mar 20, 2017 ▶ 14:52 Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott
Assertion Not checkable as stated
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 Mar 20, 2017 ▶ 23:47 Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott
Assertion Not checkable as stated
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 Mar 20, 2017 ▶ 25:00 Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott
Assertion Not checkable as stated
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”
Kendra Scott Mar 20, 2017 ▶ 27:31 Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott
Disclosure
Kendra Scott Design took zero outside investment capital until 2012.
“So we didn't bring in investment capital until 2012, very small amount.”
Kendra Scott Mar 20, 2017 ▶ 31:36 Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott
Assertion Supported
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 Mar 20, 2017 ▶ 33:52 Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott
Disclosure
Kendra Scott launched her first business with $20,000 in college savings.
“I remember it being like 20,000 dollars. That I bought my first inventory and signed a lease and all that kind of stuff.”
Kendra Scott Mar 20, 2017 ▶ 4:30 Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott
Assertion Supported
Scott's first retail business failed and shut down after five years.
“I mean, five years after eating Top Ramen and, like, struggling and working seven days a week and open to close, and I couldn't really afford to have anybody, I had to shut it down, and I mean, I failed.”
Kendra Scott Mar 20, 2017 ▶ 5:52 Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott
Disclosure
Kendra Scott funded her first orders by selling her $1,200 sample set.
“Literally the last store I went to that day, I had to sell my entire sample set. So that I would have enough money to buy the materials I needed to produce the orders I wrote that day, and I came home with a check for 1200 dollars”
Kendra Scott Mar 20, 2017 ▶ 12:14 Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott

The other half of the tape: Kendra Scott's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 2 times in 1 episode on How I Built This. every mention, with the transcript →

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Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Kendra Scott: Kendra Scott Mar 20, 2017 27m
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