Kendra Scott

And it was, yes, we're open.

And I talk about it a lot because it was being open.

to the next thing that's going to happen.

The next possibility.

And sometimes it is actual signs that you have to kind of pay attention to, but you have to be open to it.

And so even me taking this job, because I had to, I was open to my customers calling me going, well, maybe there's something to this jewelry.

Maybe there's something there that I wasn't seeing.

And that led into Kendra Scott Jewelry.

So I was traveling.

It was a travel magazine and travel company.

So I was traveling to all these remote places, doing marketing, selling ad space, negotiating contracts, like all these things.

And I met my friend.

future husband during this time.

And I would be gone sometimes four to six weeks at a time.

So we got married and it was not a job that you really can have as a married person.

Right, because you're traveling.

No.

And so I was like, okay, this isn't going to be good for our marriage for me to do this.

So then I started doing PR and marketing for small businesses on the side while still making jewelry.

And I just, that entrepreneurial spirit in me was huge.