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Antiventurecapital · 03-04-2007, 08:26 PM

When you acquire a basic understanding of what is required to start and grow a business, you realize that MLMs have nothing of value to offer you.

Absolutely nothing.

In fact, they are a detriment to your success.

You don't need an MLM to start a business or just earn some extra income.

You can put all the pieces of a small business together by yourself. To learn what is needed to start a business simply requires curiosity about the subject. It's not rocket science. All that is required is the willingness to learn. Back in the early 1980s when I first committed to becoming an entrepreneur, I spent a year thinking about it and reading every book I could find on entrepreneurship and small business.

MLM attracts people looking for the quick fix. They either don't know how to research a real opportunity in the marketplace or can't be bothered to do so. So they fall for bogus off-the-shelf "business opportunities" which are passed out to everyone and his dog.

Ask yourself how you would prefer to spend your business hours. Which is the more attractive scenario to you?:

1. Selling a product or service you are passionate about to customers/clients whom you want to be 100% satisfied.

2. Annoying family, friends, coworkers, and then finally complete strangers with invitations to attend a "secret business opportunity meeting" next Tuesday at 7 PM at the Best Western north of town.

I know which one I want to avoid like the plague.

Bottom line: you don't need MLMs.

There's a good reason why there's a stigma attached to being an MLMer.

03-04-2007, 08:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
Antiventurecapital Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: WA State Posts: 446	MLMs: You don't need them When you acquire a basic understanding of what is required to start and grow a business, you realize that MLMs have nothing of value to offer you. Absolutely nothing. In fact, they are a detriment to your success. You don't need an MLM to start a business or just earn some extra income. You can put all the pieces of a small business together by yourself. To learn what is needed to start a business simply requires curiosity about the subject. It's not rocket science. All that is required is the willingness to learn. Back in the early 1980s when I first committed to becoming an entrepreneur, I spent a year thinking about it and reading every book I could find on entrepreneurship and small business. MLM attracts people looking for the quick fix. They either don't know how to research a real opportunity in the marketplace or can't be bothered to do so. So they fall for bogus off-the-shelf "business opportunities" which are passed out to everyone and his dog. Ask yourself how you would prefer to spend your business hours. Which is the more attractive scenario to you?: 1. Selling a product or service you are passionate about to customers/clients whom you want to be 100% satisfied. 2. Annoying family, friends, coworkers, and then finally complete strangers with invitations to attend a "secret business opportunity meeting" next Tuesday at 7 PM at the Best Western north of town. I know which one I want to avoid like the plague. Bottom line: you don't need MLMs. There's a good reason why there's a stigma attached to being an MLMer.