oneinamillion, It doesn't take long because MLM people generally know if there is any new MLM companies that are starting up. Your top people know each other very well. It is just to get in on the ground floor at the Top, because everything done under you comes back to you as far as the money goes and if someone on the lower scale than you would quit then everything they did comes back keeps coming back to the up-line and they keep the contacts that have been made from the lower levels. It can escalate very quickly is the bottom line and Big money can be made in a New MLM company. How long will the MLM last, maybe years and years depending on how good they are at strategy and keep changing the pay plan. Look at Amway & Shaklee to name 2 MLM companies.
It is just like a Colony of Bees! The working bees keep bring the nectar back to the beehive & the queen bee.