How To Find the Opportunities In The Chaos, Jacques Voorhees

Be nimble…but stay the course

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Entrepreneur Tips you’ll learn today on The Sales Podcast…

• 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

• 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

Links Mentioned In The Sales Podcast

• Visit Colorado Diamond Guy

• Museum of Diamonds

• Buy his book, “Chrysalis“