Michael Johnson, CEO of Herbalife, talks about how the company is based on recruiting. ” Today, we’re recruiting. We’re still a recruiting company, and we’ve got to never not be this [again pointing to the word “Recruiting” on the slide behind him]…”

This is the problem with multi-level marketing. The “business” is not about the product. It is about recruiting. The product is merely an inconvenience that is necessary to make it appear that these companies are not pyramid schemes. Read more at Quoth the Raven.

Update: Video is now available here.