Adelle Archer, co-founder of Eterneva, began a heartwarming company to help those who are mourning the loss of a loved one. Eterneva is a company that turns the ashes of your lost pets or loved ones into diamonds. This company has been honored in so many ways, receiving partnerships and recognition from companies such as Shark Tank, Amazon, Facebook, Forbes, and so many more!
Adelle graduated with an MBA and as valedictorian of her class as an entrepreneurship major at The Acton School of Business (considered the most notable program available for entrepreneurs). She took the skills she learned from this program, and made them into something amazing.
This all began when Adelle lost a close friend to cancer. As she was mourning her death, she realized that there are little to no good options for retaining the memory of a loved one. She acknowledges cremation, as it is a common process and allows you to keep the ashes of the loved one, but she makes the point that ashes don’t stick around over time. Many times, they are lost through generations, and the urns tend to feel somewhat morbid. They wanted to honor loved ones in a way that would last forever and keep their memory safe. They make the diamonds out of the carbon ashes, allowing loved ones to have this keepsake.
Adelle showed great skills of entrepreneurship through her attention to a need, and action to satisfy it. For aspiring entrepreneurs, she recommends journaling. Because a good entrepreneur’s mind moves so quickly and is full of so many ideas, this allows her to stay organized and document all of her thoughts. It is a wonderful thing that something so heartwarming came from a loss she had in her life, and now it has blossomed into a successful business that honors people’s loved ones forever.
If you are interested in Adelle’s story, you can read her full interview here: https://ideamensch.com/adelle-archer/
I’m sure that getting cremated and turning into a diamond is the future. She really helped a lot of people through the process of finding the right way to keep a lost loved one close after death. Its so much more beautiful and heartwarming and I’m really glad she made it exist.
This is an interesting idea. It would be nice to have something tangible to remember them by. I wonder if they would still gave a gravestone? I know that for cremation they have headstones designed with a hidden niche for the urn, but I wonder if it would be different with a diamond? Another option kind of like this one is when they plant a tree around the ashes, but trees can die and diamonds can’t. 🙂