> Back to MLM's - They are (in my opinion) like my idea to hook a generator > off the wheel of a bike to a motor to drive the bike. Without a constant > influx of extra energy / resources from constant customer growth, the whole > organization topples. In this regard, I feel that the MLM business model > is fundamentally flawed - the laws of the universe are conspiring against > the organization and they rarely last long. (where long is defined as > 25 > years of business w/out huge paradigm shifts in what they sell, how they > sell it, or how compensation is structured to their staff).
I believe MLMs are at best a zero-sum game, but more typically are negative-sum games. You are either winning or losing, and if you are winning, it is at the cost of someone else losing. http://www.amquix.info/Amway_zerosum.html My favorite part of that page is the photo of Einstein showing some guy why Amway doesn't work. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
