GD eNews | Vol. 3, No. 16 | August 31, 2004



Recipe for Success
How to Capture the Entrepreneurial Spirit and
Make it Work for You
The Food Network gives us some great recipes, but it takes business owners who have achieved the American Dream to provide the recipe for success. Every company in the world, no matter how large, started at one time as an idea. That idea was nurtured and worked on and evolved over time into a business. For some companies that first spark became the beginning of a voyage that created a huge corporation. [FULL_TEXT]

Lotions and Potions:
The Bottom Line About Multilevel Marketing Plans
‘Tis the season for consumers to be confronted with a wide range of health, beauty and fitness products and promotions. Many of these items aren’t available on store shelves and are sold only through distributors.
What Are You Buying?
Many companies that market their products through distributors sell quality items at competitive prices. But some offer goods that are overpriced, have questionable merits or are downright unsafe to use. [FULL_TEXT]

Customization Shops Set Trends for Major Auto Manufacturers
DALLAS (NNPA) — Here’s a little tip for all the would-be millionaires out there: You don’t need to be famous in order to gain superstar attention. Just ask 24-year-old Corie Pyburn.
After retiring from the U.S. Marines, Pyburn immediately applied his knowledge of economics to financing his “hobby,” a powder blue, 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche truck he bought used for $23,000 and upgraded it with an additional $19,100. [FULL_TEXT]

Multilevel Marketing Plans
Produced in cooperation with the North American Securities Administrators Association
Multilevel marketing plans, also known as “network” or “matrix” marketing, are a way of selling goods or services through distributors. These plans typically promise that if you sign up as a distributor, you will receive commissions — for both your sales of the plan’s goods or services and those of other people you recruit to join the distributors. Multilevel marketing plans usually promise to pay commissions through two or more levels of recruits, known as the distributor’s “downline.” [FULL_TEXT]

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