The Jeweler's View
A podcast not only for Jewelry Makers, but all Creative Movers and Shakers, connecting entrepreneurs and aspiring creatives in with the resources, knowledge, and mindset support they need to achieve goals they once thought impossible.
Podcasting since 2024 • 73 episodes
The Jeweler's View
Latest Episodes
#73: How Jewelers Build Relationships With Gem Dealers
Sourcing Is Relationships: Building Trust With Gem DealersThe episode argues that successful gemstone sourcing is less about finding vendors and more about building relationships with dealers who will support you when problems arise. Th...
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Episode 73
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10:09
#72: How to Buy Gemstones Without Getting Burned
Courtney Gray, metalsmith educator and host of The Jeweler’s View, shifts into practical jewelry industry guidance, starting with gemstone sourcing and buying stones online. Using a real engagement-ring story about a misrepresented “natural” ta...
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Episode 72
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14:52
#71: Can You Build This in Six Months?
Courtney Gray introduces The Jeweler’s View and shares a past conversation with a student who had six months to make her jewelry business work before returning to a full-time job. Courtney explains that whether six months is enough depend...
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Episode 71
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15:44
#70- What You Have to Give Up, to Get Something else
Courtney Gray shares the second major crossroads in her business: during COVID, she had to choose between storing and waiting out the shutdown of Creative Side Jewelry Academy or selling it, and she sold after recognizing her real capacit...
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Episode 70
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8:00