Kendra Scott
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Well, no, I had the samples.
I had written orders.
I was gonna go produce those samples.
More of those, yeah.
More of those, yes.
And so I was kind of like, this is great because I didn't know how I was gonna get more money to buy the materials I needed.
So I sold my sample set for $1,200.
It took me $500, you know... To make.
To make.
And I remember coming home with that check and like show... Even Kate, my three-month-old, I'm like, baby, we have a business.
Like, this is real.
And I know it seems so silly, but that $1,200 led to the next ability to, so I was just kind of putting money in.
And I mean, this is as bootstrapped.
My mom brought over a card table.
I had a bead board in our little spare room.
It was maybe a 10 by 11 bedroom and was fulfilling my orders.
And I had them up on a board.
And I remember just thinking like I had four orders at one time.
I'm like, this is like, things are happening.
And it just started to grow.