ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We acknowledge those individuals we admire as business experts and pioneers, whom we have mentioned throughout this book, namely: Dr. Taylor Hartman, Robert K. Greenleaf, Larry Spears, Alfred Alder, Warren Buffet, Sam Walton, Harland Sanders, Larry H. Miller, Dave Thomas, and Henry Ford. We also thank professional network marketers and personal friends, Jerry Campisi, Albert Muir, A. J. Monte, Marshall Douglas, and Judge Vernon Douglas.
A special acknowledgment to Vincent Hall, patriarch to a new generation of American citizens, who, as a coal miner in Yorkshire, England, had the vision for a better life at age 34 to uproot his wife and four children and emigrate to America, seeking the opportunities only this great country can provide.
—Derek and Shelby Hall
Heartfelt thanks to those professional networkers whose leadership continues to inspire so many to follow their own path to freedom, fulfillment, and legacy and whose stories we have told here: Margie Aliprandi, John Terhune, Debbie Campisi, Donnie and Dianne Walker, Danelle Rich, Laura Kall, Donna Imson, and Amber and Dean De Grasse.
We’re so grateful to our talented daughter Christine Perkio for her many years of outstanding support in our writing and networking endeavors.
—Valerie Bates and Mark Yarnell