Talk:Scott Wainner
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Comment:: 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)
Contested deletion
[edit]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[1], CNN[2], Forbes journalist Sramana Mitra[3], and TechCrunch[4]. 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.
References
- ^ Mitra, Sramana. "Weapons of Mass Reconstruction - Forbes". Forbes. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ Stewart, Brandi. "Seller's remorse - How I nearly lost my company and got it back". CNN. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ Mitra, Sramana. "Journey of a Child Entrepreneur Part 1". Sramana Mitra. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ Lardinois, Frederic. "Techcrunch". Techcrunch. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
Contested deletion
[edit]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.