Matt Lauzon - Mad Jeweler

Original: Matt Lauzon - Mad Jeweler

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Wed, 2009-10-07 07:42.

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While at Babson College, Matt Lauzon saw something shiny and sparkly in the country's $60 billion jewelry industry. Most Americans had plenty of options for rings at jewelry and department stores, of course, but he thought people might like another: rings custom-made to designs they submitted to a Web site.

In May, after earning a degree in entrepreneurship and raising $5.8 million from Highland Capital Partners and Canaan Partners, Lauzon began offering jewelry buyers that alternative through something he calls a "virtual display case." The online showcase, which shoppers can access from partner retailers, contains over 1,200 designs of rings and other je ref="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMillion-Dollar-Idea-Everyone-Interests-Inventions%2Fdp%2F0470193360%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1248519777%26sr%3D1-2&tag=deprice-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325">The Million-Dollar Idea in Everyone: Easy New Ways to Make Money from Your Interests, Insights, and Inventions

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