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Kendra Scott

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1154 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

I love their stories.

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

I love meeting them.

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

I love my family at Kendra Scott that we've built.

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

You know, I love it.

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

And if you don't love it, you can't do it.

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

And if you're just doing it for money, stop right now because that's not going to get you through and you will never become successful.

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

No, no.

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

No.

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

After 10 years, it was still...

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

So hard every day.

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

So hard.

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

But then, you know, you start to see and like, again, the recession hit, things changed, my business was changing.

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

And we were starting to see and it was then it was lightning in a bottle.

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

It was 5 million to 25 million in sale, 25 million to 75 million the next year.

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

I mean, we weren't just doing, we were growing at this unbelievable rate, but that 10 years of authentic dedication, love, standing by our core values,

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

really just creating something and listening to our customer and being agile and pivoting when we needed to, not being so laser focused on it has to be this way.

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

If the pandemic hasn't taught us that, I don't know what it is.

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

I always say, you know, if you looked at my plan in 2020, I wish I had a piece of paper.

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

I ripped it in half.

The School of Greatness
Why I Cried Myself to Sleep Running a Billion-Dollar Brand

Yes, I ripped it in half.