The benefits of joining with OYC extend far beyond whatever initial discounts you may or may not get when joining the Portfolio Companies:

• OYC gives you the tools required to build your team first.  These tools include: replicated websites, back office software, and in-depth training.
• If you used the Portfolio Companies systems to build your team, you would be violating their policies and procedures by taking the information stored in their database to start your team in another company.

If you were to try and do what OYC has provided for only $9 per month, you would need to develop multiple websites not only for you but for each member on your team.  You would more than likely be paying a license fee for some of the software.  All this would end up costing you much more than $9 per month.

In addition, you would need to get this all in place before you could recruit your first team member.  By that time, many of your prized associates may have already been recruited.