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Three years ago, Melanie Casey finally gave up her Etsy shop. It was 2017, and with four employees and $1.6 million in revenue, Casey felt her Andover, Massachusetts-based company s continued presence on the indie marketplace was a tad unseemly. That was a good move. Today Melanie Casey Corp. No. 642 on the Inc. 5000, with three-year revenue growth of 731 percent and $5.6 million in 2019 revenue is a pure e-commerce company whose engagement rings sell for as much as $50,000. But Casey built it the old-fashioned way: one hand-made piece at a time. As told to Leigh Buchanan
When the 2008 financial crisis erupted, I was working for an investment firm in Boston trading subprime mortgages. I wanted out of that industry, so on evenings and weekends I took every jewelry making and computer-design class I could find. Even though I d never sold any art or even been considered especially good at it I was creative and believed I could make ....

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