Entrepreneurship

by Eliza Romero Everyday, people get sucked into the lure of MLMs (“multi-level marketing” or “network marketing”) and I can’t stress enough the need to stay far, far away from them. These include Herbalife, Arbonne, LuLaRoe, Younique, Rodan + Fields, and Amway among many others. I understand the need for flexibility, especially if you are …

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MLM: Research, Risk and Rewards More than 20 million adults across the country are current or former participants in multilevel marketing organizations (MLM). This $36 billion industry represents the commission-based sales of a variety of products and services. ​ ​Most people who join MLMs do so with the hopes of earning extra money or achieving financial freedom. While some achieve these goals, …

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What is Multi-Level Marketing? Multi-level marketing is a strategy that some direct sales companies use to encourage their existing distributors to recruit new distributors by paying the existing distributors a percentage of their recruits sales. The recruits are known as a distributor’s “downline.” All distributors also make money through direct sales of products to customers. Wikipedia …

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Many self-proclaimed entrepreneurs send me invitations and accolades to join their favorite Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) or Network Marketing company, but these all sound like “get rich quick” schemes to me. For me, the essence of an entrepreneur is creating something new and innovative, whereas an MLM is a traditional formula on an existing product with …

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