A Brief History Of Mark Cindy Pentecost Essay - 1174 Words

First, a brief history of the company It Works Global. Mark Cindy Pentecost began the business in 2001, with Luis Mijares, the formulator behind the It Works body, contouring and skin care products. The company was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Don VerHulst, MD joined the company in 2005 to expand products to include vitamins and nutrition. By 2009 the company was completely debt free. In 2010 It Works went international. The company was moved to Bradenton, Florida in 2011. It Works Global has 115,000 distributors, worldwide. (It Works Global, 2016) This brings us to Nikki Jones, an independent distributor with It Works. It Works Global considers their distributors to be entrepreneurs. Nikki began her business March, 13th 2014, by this time It Works Global had reached the $450 million mark. (It Works Global, 2016)Nikki is enjoying her business and the structure behind it, she has had much success with her business, although there were some obstacles along the way. The structure of an It Works Global Independent Distributor business is what led Nikki to start her own business. Nikki would not have begun this journey had it not been for the support of an already established company that sold unique products. This took out most of the fear associated with starting one’s own business. Nikki is a certified veterinary aide, having attended Wayne Community College, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, and OSU Agricultural Technical Institute. (Jones, 2016) She was not