"They used to drive by nice areas to show us what you would get if you worked hard and went to school, " recalls Frank's younger brother Michael, now the regional sales manager for an online service in Southern California.

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Growing up in his family's Boulder-based greeting card and publishing business, Blue Mountain Arts, he succeeded his grandmother as sales manager in 1996 and helped start bluemountainarts.com, an online greeting card Web site.

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