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Mina Le | let's discuss MLMs, Pyramid Schemes, and Grindset Culture @gremlita | Uploaded April 2023 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
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PRODUCTION
written by Ella Gray and Mina Le
Edited by Charlee Reiff

SOURCES

Multilevel Marketing: A Historical Perspective by William W. Keep and Peter Vander Nat (2013)
Avon Products 1964-2014: The Slippery Slope of Direct Selling by William W. Keep (2015)
Islamic Marketing: Understanding the Socio-Economic, Cultural, and Politico-Legal Environment (Management for Professionals) by Cedomir Nestorovic

consumer.ftc.gov/articles/multi-level-marketing-businesses-pyramid-schemes
ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/public_comments/trade-regulation-rule-disclosure-requirements-and-prohibitions-concerning-business-opportunities-ftc.r511993-00008%C2%A0/00008-57281.pdf
smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/story-brownie-wise-ingenious-marketer-behind-tupperware-party-180968658
history.com/news/tupperware-parties-brownie-wise
theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/sep/15/lularich-lularoe-amazon-docuseries
vice.com/en/article/ep4y7n/multi-level-marketing-schemes-target-gen-z
nytimes.com/interactive/2015/01/06/upshot/where-working-women-are-most-common.html?
religionnews.com/2017/06/20/10-reasons-mormons-dominate-multi-level-marketing-companies
kutv.com/news/local/follow-the-profit-how-mormon-culture-made-utah-a-hotbed-for-multi-level-marketers
time.com/6096777/lularich-true-story-amazon
jacobin.com/2022/09/multilevel-marketing-covid-crisis-economic-precarity-loneliness-isolation-financial-independence
latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2013-feb-15-la-fi-herbalife-latino-20130216-story.html
imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2000/03/jarvis.htm

0:00 - intro
4:22 - history
13:01 - gender
19:27 - religion
25:34 - vulnerability
29:01 - conclusion
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