Ep. 3062 - Q&A: “Are there any ‘good’ MLMs?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project
4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Are there any ‘good’ MLMs, or are they all a bad idea? In this episode, we break down the truth about multi-level marketing and why it’s rarely a smart side hustle.
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| 0:41.3 | Well, I'm probably going to get some listener email about this question. |
| 0:58.2 | I always do whenever I talk about the topic of network marketing or multi-level marketing |
| 1:03.8 | MLMs. |
| 1:05.3 | Maybe there's some other terms. |
| 1:06.4 | I don't know. |
| 1:07.0 | A listener wants to know if there are any good multi-level marketing companies. |
| 1:11.8 | Or are they all a bad idea? |
| 1:13.4 | Like, is it categorically bad? |
| 1:15.3 | In this episode, let's break down the truth about multi-level marketing, why it is rarely a smart side hustle. |
| 1:21.9 | You know, you've heard of these companies or you see them everywhere. |
| 1:24.4 | There's skincare, supplements, kitchen gadgets, all kinds of, |
| 1:27.7 | all kinds of different stuff, right? And some people claim that they have made real money from them. |
| 1:32.5 | Others warn that they are just legal pyramid schemes. There's all kinds of documentaries, |
| 1:37.2 | podcast series. You can watch that kind of walk you through the destruction, the rise and |
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