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Emet
06-27-2010, 08:25 AM
Donald Trump, son of a wealthy real estate developer, business magnate (multiple bankruptcies), television personality (reality TV show), and infamous hair (keeps folks talking don’t you know) is no stranger to MLM. He was chief spokesman for ACN, and recently launched The Trump Network (formally Ideal Health).

Here’s a few opinions.

Zac Bissonette (financial writer)


What happens when you combine one of the world's most ridiculed business personalities with one of the world's most ridiculed business models?
The Trump Network, the new Donald Trump-branded multi-level marketing business that is "designed to make people healthier with customized vitamins and nutritional supplements, and to encourage individuals to become entrepreneurs and to take control of their financial well-being."

If you do want to join the Trump Network, you can start with just $48. That will get you a marketing kit and three months of access to a Web site where you can direct your customers and recruits. But the AP adds that "participants are often sold a $497 package that includes the marketing kit, products, CDs, sales tips and coupons."

Although the strength of Donald Trump's brand has been in decline for some time, he's probably a good fit for multi-level marketing. While most serious businesspeople see him as a pariah, there are quite a few wanna-bes who look up him -- and might just be desperate enough for cash to give multi-level marketing a try.

Donald Trump enters the world of multi-level marketing (http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/23/donald-trump-enters-the-world-of-multi-level-marketing/)

Robert FitzPatrick (MLM educator)


Trump’s association with MLM is a red flag of flim-flam. A guy known for extravagant consumption, an overbearing braggart, a figment of PR spin, a regular on the covers of celebrity scandal magazines, a promoter of professional wrestling, a bankrupt executive in the gambling industry, a schemer notorious for skipping out on debts, a man famous for win-lose “deals.” This is the spokesman for a business based on person-to-person selling to friends and relatives?

The Face of Multi-level Marketing | Economics/Financial | False Profits Blog (http://www.falseprofits.com/files/438e29e0a6fb54286b76f7b7e06457fb-16.html)
Donald Trump: MLM's Bankrupt Hero | Economics/Financial | False Profits Blog (http://www.falseprofits.com/files/00082264d02c95dd2eedf6cefd13b009-19.html)

Janet Helm (registered dietician)


I wish The Donald would have done more of his homework on this. He’s joining forces with a multilevel marketing company called Ideal Health that’s been around for 10+ years (and has had its share of FTC complaints). The “custom-made” nutritional supplements rely on what’s called a PrivaTest, which is an at-home urine test that claims to tell you what supplements your body needs every day. Hog wash.

Go to your doctor for a physical exam. Schedule a consultation with a registered dietitian. That’s the best way to tell if your diet is inadequate in certain nutrients. Don’t take the advice of Donald Trump or a Trump salesperson who profits on the purported profile of your pee.

This new venture may make business sense for Donald Trump, but it certainly doesn’t make any nutritional sense.

Donald Trump: You’re Fired! as Nutritionist | Nutrition Unplugged (http://nutritionunplugged.com/2009/07/donald-trump-youre-fired-as-nutritionist/comment-page-2/#comment-2122)

I wonder if any hair care products are in the works for this MLM?

littleroundman
03-02-2012, 10:48 PM
Bioceutica : A New Network Marketing Company

https://www.empowernetwork.com/miseotin/files/2012/02/bioceutica2-212x300.png (https://www.empowernetwork.com/miseotin/files/2012/02/bioceutica2.png)Bioceutica, a new MLM company by 40 something Entrepreneur, Antoine Nohra of Montreal, PQ, Canada, has acquired the former Trump Network/ Ideal Health, network marketing company which recently fell on hard times.
Bioceutica CEO : Antoine Nohra

In addition to Bioceutica (https://douglashalfpenny.com/bioceutica/), Mr. Nohra is the founder and Chairman of Credico. He started and acquired various businesses over the years one of them being Credit Guarantee Corporation Limited, a company specialized in guaranteeing credit card receivables to banks globally.

He was also the cofounder of Cardex Corporation, a company that was focusing mainly on point of sale (POS) terminals. Mr. Nohra also acquired in 2001 Clegg Campus Marketing Ltd, a Toronto based company that was a leader in the area of student marketing.

Mr. Nohra is a dynamic businessman who brings tremendous marketing skills and business sense to Multi-Level Marketing, having been acknowledged for his business acumen in 2006 when he was nominated to the Top 40 Under 40. He has a natural ability to shift his focus onto his employees. evidence of the strong relationship-building skills that have propelled Mr. Nohra’s companies, Credico Marketing and Cardex, into the top rank of international face-to-face credit card acquisition companies.
Bioceutica Invites Trump Network Marketers to Join

Lou DiCaprio, one of the founders of Ideal Health and Co-owner of The Trump Network made the announcement on Monday, February 20, 2012, that Bioceutica will be accepting applications from all current Trump Network marketers on Wednesday, February 22, 2012.

Bioceutica (https://douglashalfpenny.com/bioceutica/) will continue to market all the familiar Ideal Health products including the flagship “Custom Supplements” and “Metabolic Wellness Testing”. This exclusive line of wellness products is unique in the Network Marketing industry and is identical to the wellness testing and supplementation programs of elite athletes and premier celebrities.

littleroundman
03-02-2012, 10:55 PM
IN THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR UTAH COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH THOMAS E. MOWER Plaintiff, vs. IDEAL HEALTH, INC., a Nevada corporation; TTN, LCC dba THE TRUMP NETWORK, a Massachusetts limited liability company;

TODD STANWOOD; SCOTT STANWOOD; and LOUIS DeCAPRIO, Defendants.

Plaintiff THOMAS E. MOWER alleges and complains of Defendants IDEAL HEALTH, INC., TTN, LLC dba THE TRUMP NETWORK, TODD STANWOOD, SCOTT STANWOOD and LOUIS DeCAPRIO (collectively “Defendants”) as follows:
PARTIES AND JURISDICTION

1. Plaintiff THOMAS E. MOWER (“Plaintiff”) is, and at all times relevant hereto was, an individual residing in Utah County, Utah.

2. Defendant IDEAL HEALTH, INC. (“Ideal Health”) is, and at all times relevant hereto was, a Nevada corporation, doing business throughout the United States and has held itself out as an owner of THE TRUMP NETWORK.

3. Defendant TTN, LLC (“TTN”) is, and at all times relevant hereto was, a Massachusetts limited liability company, doing business as THE TRUMP NETWORK throughout the United States. Plaintiff is informed and believes, and on that basis alleges, that at all times alleged herein TTN and Ideal Health were the alter ego of the other.

4. Defendant TODD STANWOOD (“T. Stanwood”) is, and at all times relevant hereto was, an individual residing in the State of Massachusetts.

5. Defendant SCOTT STANWOOD (“S. Stanwood”) is, and at all times relevant hereto was, an individual residing in the State of Massachusetts.

6. Defendant LOUIS DeCAPRIO (“DeCaprio”) is, and at all times relevant hereto was, an individual residing in the State of Massachusetts.

7. Plaintiff is informed and believes, and on that basis alleges, that at all times herein mentioned each of the Defendants was the agent, representative and/or employee of each of the other defendants, and, in doing the acts hereinafter alleged, was acting within the course and scope of such relationship and with the permission and consent of their co-defendants and, further, that the Defendants, and each of them, have authorized, ratified, and approved the acts of each of the other Defendants with full knowledge of those acts.

8. This Court has jurisdiction over the present matter pursuant to UTAH CODE ANN. § 78A-5-102(1) because this is a civil matter arising out of the parties’ transaction of business within the State of Utah. Defendants and each of them through the transaction hereinafter alleged have established sufficient minimum contacts with the State of Utah justifying this Court’s assertion of jurisdiction over them.

9. This Court is the proper venue for the present matter under UTAH CODE ANN. § 78B-3-304(2) and/or § 78B-3-307.

Read the full complaint HERE (http://www.businessforhome.org/2012/02/the-trump-network-lawsuit-going-down-fast/)