I like the Ponemans and Chris & Janet Attwood. Janet has brought some good
people to town, such as Lynn Twist of the Panchamama Alliance. But I'm
afraid they have a track record bring or running rip-off things. Fred
Poneman was head of an investment firm that used high-pressure tactics to
get people into risky investments who never should have touched them. They
were responsible for a lot of people losing a lot of money and were
eventually shut down by the SEC. The Attwoods brought a multi-level thing to
town that they claimed they had researched thoroughly. That eventually fell
flat too. But I'm not above blame. I brought a guy to town who charged $3750
or so for a T-Bonds trading course, which turned out to be ineffective.
About 30 people took it and I made $10K in commissions. It ended up fizzling
out. In my defense, I hadn't taken the course myself and all of us who took
it did as much due diligence as possible together before signing up, but I
still feel bad about having facilitated it.
