Episode 113: Diamonds over the Decades

Andrew Rickard stresses the importance of getting a credit report and outlines his plans for the Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT) after his recent appointment as its president. Plus: Lab-grown diamonds, tariffs, and the state of the industry. 

Nilesh Chhabria, chief operating officer at Finestar Diamonds & Jewellery, reflects on the recent JCK Las Vegas show, the market for fancy-shape diamonds, and why natural is regaining some of the ground it lost to lab-grown. 

German jewelry designer Katharina Junkert recounts the history of Pforzheim, the country’s famed manufacturing city. She also explains why German consumers prefer diamonds with high color and clarity — perhaps because of the weather? Plus: The positive and negative impacts of US ... Show More

In this episode, Timmy Bauer discusses the importance of customer testimonials with Mark Montgomery. 

Hertzy Kabeya – the first in our million by 30 series - tells us how he developed and launched what’s become an enormously successful education tech company. Hertzy overcame huge setbacks as founder and CEO of Student Hub. The company almost went bust but Hertzy's drive and leade ... Show More

It’s 1914 and De Beers’s monopoly is under threat. Diamonds have been discovered on the desolate coast of the German colony of South West Africa.So it hired an ambitious diamond expert named Ernest Oppenheimer and gave him his orders: head to the beach and assess the threat.But t ... Show More

Ce lundi 20 mars, la voiture de Ford capable de prendre des mesures de rétorsion contre un conducteur qui ne paie pas ses mensualités et de rentrer toute seule chez le concessionnaire, a été abordée par Anthony Morel dans sa chronique Culture Geek, dans l'émission Good Morning Bu ... Show More

Tech entrepreneur Frederic Kerrest tells Sam Clack how he helped to build the multi-billion dollar tech company, Okta, from scratch.He goes through the life and business lessons he’s learned along the way – and explains the importance of listening to great advice at every stage o ... Show More

Ce vendredi 31 mars, l'innovation mondiale de Seederal Technologies qui a conçu un tracteur pour permettre aux agriculteurs de faire des économies a été abordée par Cyrielle Hariel et Arthur Rivoal, président fondateur de Seederal Technologies, dans la chronique La pépite RSE, da ... Show More

Konrad Bergstrom comes from a family of seafarers. And as a business leader, he wants to make navigating the seas environmentally friendly. His business, X Shore, has been dubbed "the Tesla of the seas". Konrad is now considered one of Sweden's leading entrepreneurs, having also ... Show More

Richard Kramer, the founder of Arete, an independent equity research firm, joins Scott to discuss how to think about and assess value in companies. We also hear Richards’s thoughts on the tech space, including why he’s more bullish on YouTube than TikTok. Scott opens with his tho ... Show More