"I used to go door-to-door with my grandfather, selling brooms and washcloths, " Wright recalls.

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Las Vegas is a far cry from the 5-gallon jugs of well water Andrew Sr. started selling door-to-door in 1963 in Orange County.

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The son of a ditch-digger, Sorenson entered the working world at age 8, harvesting almonds and selling magazines door-to-door.

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Girl Scout troops, for example, have started using GoPayment swipers to accept credit cards when selling cookies door-to-door.

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During his late teens he was the only member of his generation from Possum Hollow to go to college, attending the state teachers school in Murfreesboro, while also hauling livestock to market, raising a tobacco crop, and selling radios door-to-door for the furniture man in Carthage.

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Christopher Tomlin lived in Preston and supported his parents, selling stationery door-to-door while waiting to be called up like his brother.

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Fuller started the company in 1906, designing brushes and selling them door-to-door.

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