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Warning: beware of online and offline scam artists

Announcement posted by Mero Samuel 12 Nov 2014

Melbourne entrepreneur speaks out following increasing reports of shonky operators
With increasing reports of online and offline scam artists, Melbourne entrepreneur Mero Samuel is warning business people to do their diligence carefully before committing to programs that offer false promises.

Mr Samuel has been prompted to speak out after hearing increasing reports of shonky operators, including a reality TV renovation nightmare by Feed a Starving Crowd, which saw two Sydney hairdressers win a $100,000 makeover of their salon to find it left in a complete shambles, failing on 19 building regulations and costing them thousands of dollars.

The founder of the Australian Graduate School of Coaching and Entrepreneurship has been a business owner and business educator for the last 15 years and said he was seeing shonky business operators ‘more often now than ever before’.

“It’s feeding people’s desires for a quick fix and selling the dream,” Mr Samuel said.

“People get in a state of overwhelm in business and get blinded by the promises. They need to learn the value of patience in building a business. Not everything that shines is golden and, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.”

He said there was a devastating, dangerous wave of inauthentic people who prayed on the weak and hopeful, especially on social media, by making false promises that they can build successful six and seven-figure businesses (literally overnight) by following their, ‘proven blueprint’, ‘secret formula’ or ‘systems’, which cost thousands of dollars and offered zero return or results.

“I have seen too many good Australians, good family people, go through incredible pain because of this and, on many occasions, they are left in very depressive states with guilt and identity confusion when they are not able to create the results that they are promised by those who sold them the false dreams in the first place. People are hurting because of this and the Australian people need to be warned,” he said.

“The worst part of all this are those who are selling the false dream and identity to people by convincing them that they can become coaches overnight.”

Mr Samuel said he had trained more than 250,000 people worldwide online and offline and while most people tried to do the right thing, often they burnt out in business and changed career.

“We need small businesses in Australia to keep the country growing. Business coaches must deliver value and guarantee results.”

He is teaming up with other top Australian and international business mentors to deliver a 12-month Australian Graduate School of Coaching and Entrepreneurship program, which starts in February 2015.

He is offering 100 scholarships nationwide to coaching professionals, worth $25,000 each or $2.5 million in total, to join the 12-month training program. To apply for a scholarship, visit www.ags.education

For more details on the reality TV renovation nightmare, see…
http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article/8917159/reality-tvs-renovation-shocker