The great tour of the southwest continued with three days in Las Vegas Baby! (I really wanted to say that on the radio, but Robin wouldn't let me--spoil sport) and three days in the Salt Lake City area.  Vegas was pretty much just fun (although Robin did have one of his downline fly in just to talk to him).  Salt Lake was a little more business with a visit to relatively new MLM called Orovo.

We get to Salt Lake and Robin, as usual takes over the desk.  He plugged in everything into every available outlet.  He has his laptop, his headphones, hearing aids, cell phone, etc. taking up pretty much the entire desk area.  There is, of course, only one desk chair.  "You can put your stuff up here he too" he says.  Right.... By now I haven't been on the computer more than a couple of time over the past 10 days and I feel like I really need to check at least my email.  I settle for the coffee table and the couch.  Seemed okay at first, but after 30 minutes of sitting there I noticed I couldn't feel my legs any more!  On top of that, I have to carry around an extra keyboard since my grandson decided it would be great fun to pop off the keys on my keyboard including the space bar!  Finding a replacement keyboard for a Sony Viao has turned out to be a challenge.

Moving on...

Two of our fellow network marketers joined us in Salt Lake, Pam and Kevin.  Kevin and Robin have worked together on a few projects, so it was great to finally meet them.  All four of us and the girls went to the Orovo offices.  Orovo is a fairly young company that is run by young people.  I don't think anyone in the company is over 30 and most are under 25.  The girls were less than enthused about this tour, but when they met the very young, very smart, very cute casual guys that run this company, they quickly decided that maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all.  We had a great time as they showed us not only the company offices, but also the company house--where some of the employees lived and worked.  Beautiful house in the mountains.  Very interesting concept and seems to work well for them.  We also took a scenic drive through the surrounding mountains.  The girls road with Skyler, one of the young men in Orovo, in the company Mercedes.  I'm in the van with Robin, Pam and Kevin are in their rental car.  The mountains were great, but driving back down through the narrow and curving road in a van while trying to keep up with the Mercedes was a bit of a challenge.  Needless to say, I didn't see much of the scenary since my eyes were glued to the road.  Robin was trying not to get car sick since all the weaving and turning was starting to resemble a roller coaster ride!

One evening we had the honor and priviledge to have dinner with the owner of Orovo, a 27 year old gentleman, Min.  Min is a seasoned businessman and had already enjoy great success in two other companies.  I was sitting between Robin and Min for the entire meal.  Now, usually when that happens, and they start talking business I start to wish I was a little kid again and could just slide out of my chair under the table.  Not the case this time.  The conversation was fascinating and I became totally intrigued by Min and his business philosophy.  This was perfect example of the power of experience (Robin and Kevin) combined with the energy, money, and ideas of the young (the young executives of Orovo).  Min had a very strong vision of what he wanted this company to be.  He wanted nothing but the best in his products--no matter the cost.  He wanted his representatives to make the most money possible (and Orovo does have a great compensation plan), and he wanted his employees to experience much the same lifestyle as his representatives. He recognized the value of Robin and Kevin's experience both in life and in network marketing.  He also wanted to continue to put all the money back into the company, which is what he had been doing.  He had taken no profits from the company and had even paid the taxes out of his own pocket!  He had so many ideas for the future and future products.  It was great to listen to everything and the evening went by very quickly.  To make it even better, they do have great products!

When you stick around in network marketing and pay attention to what is out there, some great opportunities can come your way with some great fringe benefits, like getting to meet people that you never would have met otherwise--even if it is on your vacation!

Thanks for reading!