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Sometimes, life is like a box of cacao products
- spindritf 12y agoJohn Hempton is pretty sure that Herbalife is not a pyramid, that people are buying that stuff to consume, not sell. Although his analysis depends on them acting at least somewhat rationally, there's certainly room on the market and potential enthusiasts, just look at Soylent. http://brontecapital.blogspot.com/2014/08/for-kicks-just-how-big-is-herbalife-and.html http://brontecapital.blogspot.com/2014/08/for-kicks-just-how...
- Renaud 12y agoThere is a slight, but nevertheless substantial difference between a company that relies entirely on its customers to becomes is sales workforce and a company that offers bulk prices for people who may want to resell. The former will rely on its customers to recruit more customers/sales agents. The later will not. There is probably a blurry line when a classic business may change its sales strategy that it starts to fall into an MLM scheme. I'd say that one of the indicators is how much the company is relying on new recruits becoming recruiters themselves.
- batbomb 12y agoAn easy way of knowing if something is a MLM or not is whether or not it is based in Utah county, Utah. Young Living, NuSkin, Xango, Tahitian Noni Juice, Usana, Neways, etc... Magic products to be sold by stay-at-home moms because they never finished college and can't afford to have a real job.
- joshdance 12y agoI can't stand MLM's and Utah does have a lot of them, but disparaging stay at home moms is not called for. Elevate your arguments.