Hey Kevin, I came here from the RH newsletters/blog posts - love your content (works as a great reminder to keep hustling) and it's great to see you on Steemit, I'm pretty new too but plan on creating my own blog posts soon too :)

Man the comparisons to MLM takes me back I remember when a lot of my friends got into Vemma and damn was it hard resisting that the way these MLMs used to target kids by promising these extravagant lifestyles was shady AF. I think one of the ways to avoid getting sucked into these scams is to run it past the people who are close to you to see what they think. I probably would've bought into Vemma if I didn't speak to my parents about it and at 15 y/o back then the startup costs were a fortune themselves 😅

Finally just wanted to give my condolences about the loss of your father, hope you and your family find the strength to get through these tough times which I'm sure you will 🙏