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UNIVERSE ONE An Overview |
THIS is a momentous time in history. Some monumental things are happening. There's a convergence of trends taking place that will change your life forever. And whether you decide to take part in this with us or not, this change will take place - you can't stop it. This is not a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. No - this is a one time in history opportunity, never to be repeated. If you have the vision to see the future the way we do, and this document may well open your eyes, then now is the time to position yourself to participate in the biggest markets on the planet. This participation has never been available to individuals before, only big corporations. But now Universe One and my parent company are leveling the playing field. I believe the next few pages will convince you of the enormity of this opportunity.
FIRST of all, the deregulation of telecommunications and electricity are creating never before opportunities. Billions of dollars will be changing hands in these industries. Last year - in Feb of '97 - the World Trade Organization had 69 countries sign a document agreeing to open up their telecom markets for competition. Sixty-nine governments, representing 95% of the global telecoms revenue, made multilateral commitments to deregulate in a market that approaches $1 Trillion annually. We have already established strong business relationships in many of those countries with 25 international offices in place. Electricity represents $250 Billion in this country alone and worldwide deregulation of energy is just starting. Secondly, and more significantly, is the explosive growth of the Internet and E-commerce, both still in infancy. Internet related activity poses an even greater potential. E-commerce is predicted to grow some 40 fold over just the next five years.
OUR company was created to capitalize on these new opportunities by offering a broad suite of competitively priced, high quality technology-oriented products/services like: Internet access, dynamic web pages, electricity, long distance, local dial, cellular, paging, E-Commerce and much, much more. Our goal is to offer virtually every connection that comes into the home or business, offer the consumer savings and at the same time create a lucrative on-going bonus system for the entrepreneurs who help expand the company.
I want to talk in more detail about the three areas I see immediately in which our company will participate:
Let me add to the mix, information you'll undoubtedly see as crucial:
We have a very rock-solid, international company as a controlling investor, or primary financial backer, of this carefully planned venture. In 1997, this company reported $1.5 Billion in sales. They have a proven track-record as evidenced by their sales. Dun & Bradstreet has given them a 5A1 rating. Folks, not even Coca-Cola has a 5A1 rating. This is the highest possible rating D&B awards - and that places us in the top 1% of all companies in the world in terms of financial strength. They're debt free - they have some of the deepest pockets of any company you'll find. Portions are publicly traded on the NYSE (NUS), so you know you can get your hands on other information that you might not normally be able to get. I encourage you to do your homework and check out this backer, or partner, if you will. They have already committed $50 Million to the start-up of this high-tech company in up front cash investments and ongoing commitments to the biggest technology companies in the world that we've set up strategic alliances with now.
Now, this is an important point that I want you to get, so I'm stating it first and foremost. With the deregulation of utilities already upon us, we're seeing many new companies arise in their attempt to capitalize on this opportunity - with electricity being the only carrot they're dangling in front of prospects. While electricity is a very enticing carrot, the fact of the matter is they don't have any product to offer. Most, if not all, of these new companies have not signed agreements with any power company. Why? They don't have anything to offer the utility providers in return - they're brand new, untried, untested. They have no track record. That equates into RISKY BUSINESS for any utility provider. These new companies are desperately scrambling to put together a sales force in hopes they can entice a power company to allow them to sell electricity for them. Should they succeed in that, they'll be a one-commodity company. I'm going to show you why, aside from the fact that statistically they only have a one-in-a-hundred chance of survival, being a one-trick pony is a bit risky.
It should easy to see that you wouldn't even get into discussions with these companies, the top providers in the nation, if they hadn't checked you out every way from here to Sunday. If they didn't know you could produce results, they wouldn't even have considered talks. But after doing their due diligence and seeing that we were legitimate and serious, these conversations did in fact, take place. We have signed agreements with some of the largest providers in the world. According to a recent MSNBC Online article, Selling the Net Door to Door...
| "The big thing about this coming together of our companies...is that both of us are creative in our spaces," says Netscape CEO James Barksdale. | ![]() |
You could hardly ask for better testimonials: the CEOs of Oracle Corp. and Netscape Communications Corp. endorsing a new Internet marketer. |
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"If you've got a home office, kids in school, or just feel the need to stay in touch with
our fast-paced, ever-changing world, (we) have a solution for you," adds Oracle Corp.
chairman Larry Ellison.
Stock analyst Patricia Negron, with Adams Harkness & Hill in Boston, who follows Nu Skin's publicly traded arm and signed up as a...distributor to learn more about the program, says the company has an incentive structure that could prove especially appealing to would-be distributors. |
"It seems like a terrific opportunity," Negron says, adding that Excel
and Amway may eventually mimic (their) approach.
So why did Ellison and Barksdale endorse (this company) in a promotional video shown at the Delta Center and given to distributors? Simple. They see (this) as a way to sell network computers to people who might need help from a friend or neighbor to get online. Microsoft's WebTV unit is experimenting with a similar sales channel that so far has accounted for more than 9 percent of sales, officials say. |
These companies have never entered into network distribution agreements before, but now they've caught the vision. They are absolutely sold on this concept, this method of tapping into these markets.
ELECTRICITY DEREGULATIONThe federal government has decreed that all states have to have open and free competition in their electric markets by 2002. So, it's coming - in fact some states are starting right now. California is a $20 Billion market by itself. Maryland, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, have all said they're going to start in 1998 - the high cost states, typically. So, deregulation has been mandated by the government - you're going to see this happen. This is a $215 Billion market in the US alone, and now this is up for grabs.
When was the last time a quarter-trillion dollar industry deregulated? Never. That's never happened before. Some people say, "What about long-distance telephone service?" No, this is some three times bigger than the long distance market. This is really big.
The way it works today is, you buy your power from some utility company. And today, you don't have any competition, so you don't have any choice other than - take it or leave it!
The way it will work in the future is we*, and other companies, will offer you a choice. You'll get a competitive price. And I doubt that any other competing utility company will put together a full-blown networking opportunity so that you can actually get your utilities for free. Only this network marketing opportunity makes that possible.
People who have been dealing with monopolies for a number of years are actually pre-disposed to switch. We're Americans, you know - we like freedom, we like choice. When we haven't had one and we get one, well, we're predisposed to bail, to get away from the monopoly.
Now, how is this going to work? Are you going to get new power lines? Are they going to come out and dig up your yard? No. In most cases it'll be generated at the same plant. It'll go through the same transmission lines, right to your house, through the same breaker box. If a tree knocks it down, the same guy will come out and put it back up - your local utilities will still handle repairs. The only difference is you're going to get a different bill - just like you did with long distance. It's real simple. With the choices that will be available, your local provider won't be able to afford to take you for granted anymore. You can't lose by having companies compete for your business. Enron, one of the nation's largest energy producers, has a great Q&A page that will answer virtually all your questions about what choice will mean to you.
Today there is no national electric utilities company. There's not even a statewide utility. There are only regional and municipal utilities.
This will offer some tremendous advantages. One is buying power. When you combine the purchases of millions of homes you naturally have more bargaining power, and then can pass the savings along to consumers. Then there's national alliances. When new technologies are developed - and they will be - the developers of these technologies will want to come to a company that has nationwide marketing so they only have to deal with one company. Rather than have 400 contracts they'll come to a company where they only need one.
*We have no immediate capability to sell electricity and consequently do not plan to offer electricity service in any market at this time. However, we are currently working with expert consultants to assess the opportunity as deregulation unfolds. In the future when all details about deregulation and necessary partnership arrangements with providers have been solidified, we hope to add electricity sales to our existing suite of services.
Because the market is so fragmented, these regional and municipal utilities will not only not share these technologies, they're going to compete against each other. We believe, because they're so divided, they stand to lose more of the market share than AT&T lost after deregulation.
Now, we don't have to speculate as to what will happen with the deregulation of utilities. We have a model, a pattern of what we can expect. The impact is obvious when you look at the history of deregulation of other industries over the past 20 years. It's amazing to see what happens in a deregulated environment. Older companies diminish or vanish completely and new ones take their place. At the end of the 1970s, when the airline industry deregulated, many companies that had dominated that industry disappeared. On the east coast, you couldn't fly to a city where Eastern wasn't represented. Eastern, Pan-Am, Braniff, and a host of other companies thrived on the regulated market. They were giant airlines that dominated their terrain, but when deregulation came, they slowly but surely went out of business, they just couldn't compete. As a consequence, billions of dollars changed directions and new companies started. Southwest, as an example of an airline which started in that period of time, is becoming a dominant player nationwide. And then there is the precedent set forth by long-distance telephone deregulation...

