A 19-year-old high-achieving business builder

Jerome Chan, 19, addresses a room full of fellow business builders, all senior to him in age and most, more senior to him in business-building experience.

He learnt well from us so that now the rest of us get to relearn the same and more from him.

Jerome, a student of Temasek Polytechnic in the midst of his internship, joined the Bios Life Franchise in June 2008 with his mom's financial backing. Grace agreed to support him provided he doesn't come home whining about not being able to make money or anything like that. That steeled his determination.

Within the first month in business, he learnt fast, did some retail sales, signed up two Preferred Customers, doing all the work by himself, and climbed the first of the 12 ranks in Unicity International's compensation plan. Jerome has quickly become a Manager-rank distributor, which is why he is being recognized at this event.

He inspired others by relating his "textbook experience" in signing up one of his Preferred Customers. He drank Bios Life during his meals at his internship workplace. A technician spotted him doing that, and asked questions. He engaged the 55-year-old colleague in non-intimidating conversations. The technician asked more questions, and Jerome pointed him to a website, shown on his business card. The colleague came back soon after, convinced Unicity is a company he can trust and Bios Life is a product he needs to wean him of the statin drugs he has been taking for his poor cholesterol profile. The technician also has a problem with high blood pressure. When the technician came back to place orders for Bios Life and one or two other products including the wonder utility oil, Green Tea Oil, Jerome offered the 15% discount that came with the Preferred Customer account ....

That, and other businesses, made a Manager out of our youngest business associate.

Jerome, well done! You are an inspiration. (And I do mean that! Among others, Pastor Andrew Khoo of New Hope, who was at the event, said after the meeting, that Jerome's story made him see how easy it is with a product like Bios Life to get people interested.)