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In 2003, JD Weisbrot and his brother, Michael, opened a small, surety bond agency in a modest 600 square-foot office. A year later, their business, JW Bond Consultants, Inc., became the first agency to approve bonds online, directly on their website. Along the way, JD learned some valuable lessons in what to do — and what not to do — as an e-Bond pioneer.