Be nimble...but stay the course
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- Diamond industry his entire life
- Marketing diamonds
- Author of "Chrysalis"
- Working from home since he sold
- Buying groceries online now
- Be nimble but also know when to stay the course
- Diamond market crashed in 1981 due to monetary policy changes
- He was nimble and retooled his offering
- Took a decade to become profitable
- This is the time for entrepreneurs to flourish
- Go find a need and fill it
Be nimble...while staying the course."
- Find the opportunities in the chaos
- Launching his Museum of Diamonds as a free service during the COVI-19 quarantine
- Change equals opportunity
- Necessity is the mother of invention
- He had no formal education or relevant expertise when the diamond market crashed
- He stayed the course because he had nothing else he could do
- Sold the company in 2004
- Everyone has a mountain to climb, so start climbing
Check out this interview with Jacques’s son, Erik Voorhees, a fellow entrepreneur and cryptocurrency expert on episode 492 of The Sales Podcast
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