1. Scott Wainner was born on 1978 and is an American Internet entrepreneur and angel investor who founded Fareness and ResellerRatings.
11 Facts About Scott Wainner
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Scott Wainner is an investor in HandUp, a direct giving platform based in San Francisco.
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In 1994, while attending high school, Scott Wainner launched System Optimization, later known as SysOpt.
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Scott Wainner took EarthWeb to arbitration to dispute the earn-out portion of the transaction.
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Scott Wainner won the dispute, and received an award of $628,000.
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From 2008 through 2012, Scott Wainner hired a team of 12, and worked to grow the ResellerRatings business, reaching annual revenues of $6 Million in 2012 through its subscription platform.
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Notably, Scott Wainner never took outside funding for the ResellerRatings business, instead bootstrapping the business, and at the time of both of its sale transactions, in 1999 and 2012, Scott Wainner was the sole shareholder of the business with no outstanding debt.
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Scott Wainner is a board member of The Pixie Project, a Portland, Oregon-based non-profit animal shelter and rescue.
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In February 2015, Scott Wainner donated $175,000 to the Pixie Project to help it expand its services, increase spay and neuter surgeries, and increase adoptions.
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Scott Wainner was interviewed about online shopping by TechTV's Leo Laporte in the live ScreenSavers show in 2002.
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Scott Wainner was featured in a live interview on the G4TV show with Chris Pirillo to discuss the ResellerRatings business.