Monday, January 25, 2010

Turning down Maven

I've gotten a couple invites to Maven. I ignored the first, then replied to the second with this:

I appreciate the offer, but reading through just this email, it strikes me as an Amway equivalent where the product is professional services, not hard goods. Roughly intriguing, as that's something I can do, but I've known a bit too much about such pyramid product-selling systems. Eventually, there's nobody left that the tail-end guy would want to bring into the system, meaning all he gets is selling his own time (minus a cut to the Maven system). With the focus on knowledge-based sales, that pool gets even narrower.

I won't be joining; You don't need to send me any more invitations. Thank you for the offer.

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