Kendra Scott Quotes

Kendra Scott

Profession : Designer

Birth : March 27, 1974

If you look at the struggles in your life, they have all happened because there's something amazing waiting for you.

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Experience is something that you can't teach. That feeling of how are you going to make payroll? How are you going to pay your rent? How are you spacing out paying your vendors? Those are things you can never learn in a book.

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No matter what comes at you, you can get through it.

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My mom's family was farmers and coal miners. They were very hardworking folks. My dad was an attorney and ran his own firm. He was an entrepreneur.

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When I started Kendra Scott Jewelry out of the extra bedroom of my home, I decided early on that I would never say no. If someone called me and needed something for non-profit I would always have something to give. I could make a pair of earrings. I could make a necklace.

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What matters to our customers, matters to us.

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I had a retail hat store when I was 19 that didn't work, and that was typical.

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I think for me, I always just want to learn, and I'm always looking at what other businesses are doing that are working and not working. And I'm always putting myself in the customer's shoes.

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A lot of people may not love Amazon, but I think it's made us all have to be better. I like a little competition out there.

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Design for me is my escape.

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I had this a-ha moment of, 'I have got to engage with the consumer directly and get them to fall in love with the product.'

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You have to create reasons for people to shop.

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When we opened our first retail stores, it was very important to me that we had a unique shopping experience, created an experiential shopping environment.

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I'm not a brand who's worried about having a Park Avenue address. I'm worried about where my customer is going to be, and so therefore, we're opening stores that start out being successful.

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I want to give our customers the best quality products at an attainable price.

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I have lots of different calendars in my system. The family calendar is one color, the kids calendar is red, blue is for office meetings.

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If you can't globally source materials, then you can't be competitive.

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I was no stranger to doors shutting in my face during the early days of my business. And I could have easily let that discourage me - too many aspiring entrepreneurs do. But instead, I learned that whenever I heard the word 'no,' I would turn on the charm and find a way to engage in a conversation with the person telling me 'no.'

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Being both a mom and CEO is a tough job.

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I wanted to follow my dreams, become a leader in the fashion industry and still have time to tuck my kids into bed every night.

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