Talk:Scott Wainner


 * Previously submitted and rejected at AfC, rejection criteria cited as
 * No extensive coverage in independent nor reliable sources, therefore non-notable.

and no more sources introduced. M. Caecilius (talk) 07:17, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

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This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because... (your reason here) --Techimo (talk) 07:28, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Scott Wainner is an entrepreneur who created the ResellerRatings business in high school, sold it in '99 for $4 Million, bought it back in 2002 for $32k, built it into a $6 Million/year business, and sold it to Answers.com in 2012. These facts are notable and are documented in Forbes, CNN , Forbes journalist Sramana Mitra , and TechCrunch. Added CNN and Forbes sources.

He's also notable because he sold the same large website twice, for large sums, without taking VC funding, as illustrated by the Forbes article.

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This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because... (your reason here) --Techimo (talk) 07:35, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

CNN, Forbes (two articles), and TechCrunch, all wrote about Scott Wainner. These sources are independent and reliable.