Business Valedictorians rarely become rich and famous — here's why the average millionaire's college GPA is 2.9

I was approached by a person in college because I was wearing a business suit. She proceeded to make small talk and all that "get to know each other" bs. Once she found out I am interested in business, she offered to stay in touch. At this point, I was naive as hell and though it was just people networking with like-minded people; I completely forgot about the incident after a couple days.

After a week or so, I received a phone call from this person, she offered to meet up so we could discuss business ideas and what not. At the meeting, I was sent a boring ass audio file to listen to and take notes so that I could do an over-the-phone interview later to see if I am qualified to proceed or not. I though I did a shitty job with the interview, but not even a second after I answered the last question, I was offered to attend a meeting where there were apparently entrepreneurs that make seven figures getting up there and talked about this vague ass business that they do (the company is Amway and BWW); they talked about common sense business stuff, and how I could make a grand a week if I find more like-minded people. I was like wtf at this point, and sensed that there is something sketchy. I proceeded to ask one of the speakers about their own company in the "getting to know each other" part of the meeting, the response I got was "We have a company with our last name" and they did not even tell me what kind of business they do.

I did some research and found bloggers that they had pretty much the same experience: they said they were in the same situation as I am, and that this Amway and BWW is an illegal pyramid scheme. I checked the Amway website, they sell all kinds of shit: I mean soap, kitchen stuff... ; hallmarks of an illegal pyramid scheme business.

I just want you guys, who probably has more experience with I am about this kind of stuff, to confirm that whether this is an illegal pyramid scheme or not.

I look forward to your response.

I appreciate every response.

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Texas Is About to Create OPEC's Worst Nightmare

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Please, help me sort my receipts...

Posted: 23 Nov 2018 02:33 AM PST

I have a big google drive folder of business receipts grouped by type. I'd like to use some kind of receipts software to catalogue them. In my fantasy, there's a way of uploading the whole lot to something like google photo scan in one fell swoop and it interpreting the photos, pdfs, excel documents etc. and understanding what's there and cataloguing them so I can search through. Like a snap of something from the post office could be found by searching 'post office'. Is there any way of doing this or should I just continue to put them away tidily by hand.

tl;dr: is there some good receipts software or another software which will help me catalogue receipts I already have on file?

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Oil prices plunged to their lowest since late 2017 on Friday in choppy trading, weighed down by an emerging crude supply overhang and a darkening economic outlook

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Has anyone used a pre-mortem before?

Posted: 23 Nov 2018 01:15 AM PST

Hi all,

I'll be running a 2019 planning event for my organisation's senior managers next month. 40+ of our top management will gather for presentations on the top objectives, initiatives and projects we'll be running in 2019.

I've read quite a bit about pre-mortems this year, and would like to run a session in which we split the room to complete a pre-mortem for the top 5 projects. Each of these will have 10 minutes to present, and my thinking would be that the presenter (in most cases the projects business lead) would then chair a discussion with a group of around 8 individuals from across the company, before playing back their discussions to the wider group.

I suppose my reservation is that the discussion wouldn't be solely amongst those working on the project, and may not be directly relevant to them. On the flip side, they're all experienced business leaders and the separation may be a positive for unbiased discussion.

Has anyone done something like this in a similar context before? Any tips for making a success of it?

TL;DR: I want to run a pre-mortem, any advice to make it a success?

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Apple resumes iPhone X production due to weak iPhone Xs sales

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Global Christmas Tree Market 2018-2022 | JSB Market Research

Posted: 23 Nov 2018 12:00 AM PST

The latest market research report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the Global Christmas tree market for 2018-2022. The Global Christmas tree market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.24% during the period 2018-2022.

https://www.jsbmarketresearch.com/consumer-goods/global-christmas-tree-market-2018-2022

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For Success | Always Surround Yourself with the Right People

Posted: 22 Nov 2018 11:17 PM PST

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Requesting small business advice;

Posted: 22 Nov 2018 06:57 PM PST

Hi pals,

To make a very long story as short as I can, my father started a small business about 30 years ago and has been pretty successful at making a name for the business as neighbourly people who will help out where they can.

He died last week and we have discovered that he did a lot more bartering than we had been previously aware of. Essentially making trades but not noting what he was trading for. This situation boils down to the business being in a decent amount of debt. We think that his life insurance will help to cover some of these costs., but we can't be certain as our mom is in charge of how the life insurance gets used.

My siblings and I are confident that we want to take over the business and keep it going, as it is our father's legacy and has always been his aspiration - for us kids to have the business and to work as a team.

None of us have any business management experience, but lots of customer service and knowledge about the services the business provides.

Tomorrow we have a meeting with the business accountant and I was hoping to have some pertinent questions prepared, but I really don't even know what I should be asking.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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Cross-border fintech startup Instarem raises $20M for global expansion

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China to Experience Biggest Decline in Soybean Imports Amid Trade Row

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Nissan board fires Ghosn as chairman following arrest

Posted: 22 Nov 2018 04:37 PM PST

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The farmer's son who created $9.7 billion worth of startup