man who taught so many so much! I have personally helped many of his clients with their home based business's and have seen many succeed becouse of this! Not all business's become successful. All business's require you to take a chance. Don always said ..."YOU DON'T HAVE A CHANCE UNLESS YOU TAKE A CHANCE"
Donald D. "Don" Lapre (May 19, 1964 – October 2, 2011)<sup id="cite_ref-suicide_1-0" class="reference">[2]</sup> was an American TV pitchman. He was a high school dropout<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_2-0" class="reference">[3]</sup> who became a multi-level marketing/infomercial salesman.
His work involved such products as "The Greatest Vitamin in the World" and the "Making Money Package". Lapre was criticized as selling questionable business plans that often did not work for his clients. In June 2011, Lapre was charged with 41 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, and promotional money laundering related to his Internet businesses. He was arrested on June 24, 2011, for failing to appear in court to face these charges.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference">[4]</sup> On October 2, 2011, Lapre died of an apparent suicide while awaiting trial in federal custody.[2
A high school drop-out, in 1990 Lapre and his wife started a credit repair business called Unknown Concepts. Lapre then began selling a 36-page booklet explaining how to recover a Federal Home Association insurance refund after paying off a home mortgage. He also began offering "900" phone lines. On TV infomercials that ran during the early-mid 1990s, he claimed that by placing "tiny classified ads" in newspapers he was "able to make $50,000 a week from his tiny one-bedroom apartment". <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference">[5]</sup>
In 1992, Lapre began broadcasting The Making Money Show with Don Lapre, which promised viewers that they could make money as easily as he had. For several years the show was ranked among the ten most frequently broadcast cable television infomercials. The principal product was Lapre's "Money Making Secrets", a package of booklets, tapes, and common-sense tips for placing ads and operating a 900-number business. The product was sold through "New Strategies", whose parent company was Tropical Beaches.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_2-1" class="reference">[3]</sup>
In 2005, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned Lapre about claims his vitamins were intended as a drug for diseases such as diabetes, stroke, heart disease, insomnia, cancer, and arthritis. The FDA stated "Your products are not generally recognized as safe and effective for the above referenced conditions." In 2006 the FDA again warned Lapre about untruthful claims.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference">[6]</sup>
Donald D. "Don" Lapre (May 19, 1964 – October 2, 2011)<sup id="cite_ref-suicide_1-0" class="reference">[2]</sup> was an American TV pitchman. He was a high school dropout<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_2-0" class="reference">[3]</sup> who became a multi-level marketing/infomercial salesman.
His work involved such products as "The Greatest Vitamin in the World" and the "Making Money Package". Lapre was criticized as selling questionable business plans that often did not work for his clients. In June 2011, Lapre was charged with 41 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, and promotional money laundering related to his Internet businesses. He was arrested on June 24, 2011, for failing to appear in court to face these charges.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference">[4]</sup> On October 2, 2011, Lapre died of an apparent suicide while awaiting trial in federal custody.[2
A high school drop-out, in 1990 Lapre and his wife started a credit repair business called Unknown Concepts. Lapre then began selling a 36-page booklet explaining how to recover a Federal Home Association insurance refund after paying off a home mortgage. He also began offering "900" phone lines. On TV infomercials that ran during the early-mid 1990s, he claimed that by placing "tiny classified ads" in newspapers he was "able to make $50,000 a week from his tiny one-bedroom apartment". <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference">[5]</sup>
In 1992, Lapre began broadcasting The Making Money Show with Don Lapre, which promised viewers that they could make money as easily as he had. For several years the show was ranked among the ten most frequently broadcast cable television infomercials. The principal product was Lapre's "Money Making Secrets", a package of booklets, tapes, and common-sense tips for placing ads and operating a 900-number business. The product was sold through "New Strategies", whose parent company was Tropical Beaches.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_2-1" class="reference">[3]</sup>
In 2005, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned Lapre about claims his vitamins were intended as a drug for diseases such as diabetes, stroke, heart disease, insomnia, cancer, and arthritis. The FDA stated "Your products are not generally recognized as safe and effective for the above referenced conditions." In 2006 the FDA again warned Lapre about untruthful claims.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference">[6]</sup>
