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The Excellence Project with Eric Worre

Kevin Thompson: A Legal Look at Network Marketing

The Excellence Project with Eric Worre

Eric Worre

Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.8636 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Meet Kevin Thompson

Kevin Thompson is a Network Marketing attorney and founding member of Thompson Burton PLLC. Named as one of the top 25 most influential people in direct sales, Kevin has extensive experience in helping entrepreneurs launch their businesses on secure legal footing. Recently featured on Bloomberg TV and in several national publications, Thompson is considered a thought-leader in the Profession.

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Show Notes

Kevin shares one of the biggest misconceptions about Network Marketing from a legal standpoint. [1:56]

Kevin talks about the number of Network Marketing companies that exist, the number that are problematic, and the difference between a good company and a questionable one. [3:45]

Kevin defines a pyramid scheme, a ponzi scheme, and provides the difference between the two. [9:00]

Kevin shares his recommendations on what people should look at when they are deciding on a Network Marketing company to join. [13:15]

Eric and Kevin discuss the consumer protections that exist within the Network Marketing Profession. [20:17]

Eric asks Kevin if, as a business attorney, he’s aware of another business opportunity outside of Network Marketing that provides a lower risk and the same or higher amount of reward and support. [24:57]

Kevin explains why he became an attorney who focuses on Network Marketing. [29:21]

Kevin shares some of the ethical standards that a majority of Network Marketing companies adhere to. [33:26]

Kevin and Eric discuss some of the most outrageous claims they’ve heard from both critics of Network Marketing and companies themselves. [35:34]

Kevin provides the advice that he would give to a best friend if they asked him about joining a Network Marketing company. [40:50]

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Ask for money and get advice.

0:03.0

Ask for advice. Get money twice.

0:07.0

He's a best-selling author and the world's number one trainer for

0:12.0

entrepreneurship in network marketing.

0:13.4

It's time to go pro with Eric Warry.

0:19.6

Hey everybody, Eric Warry here.

0:21.0

Welcome to go Pro with Eric Warry and I'm excited to be able to share another in-depth long form interview with you.

0:29.0

The purpose of this podcast is to try to bring you information from unique and interesting sources and today is no different.

0:38.0

I did a documentary film a while back called The Rise of the Entrepreneur and that documentary film if you have a chance to see it I would recommend I'll put a link into the show notes for this podcast but during that my the purpose of the whole thing was to kind of explore

0:56.2

where network marketing fit in today's economy where does it fit and why is it so misunderstood?

1:04.6

What are the ins and the outs?

1:06.8

Why does some people look at it so poorly

1:09.7

and other people look at it as a great opportunity?

1:11.7

And part of that adventure was

1:13.8

interviewing lots of different people and the interview that you're going to hear

1:17.6

today was actually one of the interviews I did for that documentary and I did it with an attorney. His name is Mr

1:26.8

Kevin Thompson. He's going to describe to you what is legal, what is illegal inside of network marketing, why he feels it may be misunderstood, where he sees the opportunity today and moving forward.

1:40.0

I think you're going to find it fascinating the legal aspect and the

1:44.0

reputational aspect and the future of network marketing from an attorney's

1:49.8

perspective. So enjoy, Kevin Thompson.

1:54.0

So Kevin, I appreciate you taking the time to sit down and chat with us.

1:59.0

We've been exploring this idea of why network marketing is so wildly misunderstood in the world,

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