It’s no surprise why Steve Fox is one of the biggest names in cannabis. Boston born and bred, he has been on the front lines of cannabis legalization across the nation since the early days the movement started to gain momentum. After his start working …
Cheryl Shuman was introduced to the spotlight through a news report on her hometown at 4 years old, and she hasn’t been far from it since. From her first act as “America’s Coupon Queen,” to her role as “Optician to the Stars,” to Hollywood Producer/Mar …
Bruce Schulte had been working in commercial architecture in California, until one day he decided to book a one way ticket to Fairbanks, to fly bush planes full time and experience the beauty and freedom of Alaskan life. Nineteen years later, he is act …
Andy Joseph, President of Apeks Supercritical, cut his teeth in service of our country, as part of the US Navy’s Nuclear division. The integrity and discipline he learned there stuck with him throughout his varied professional life, which saw him worki …
If you’re in the Cannabis industry, you probably know Leslie Bocskor’s face better than you know his name- he’s the guy with the eyebrows. He’s also the Chairman of the Nevada Cannabis Industry Association and the Managing Partner of Electrum Partners. …
Scott Greiper knows homeland security. And now he knows Cannabis; he has started Viridian Capital Advisors based on the success of the Secure Strategy Group. He draws parallels between the two industries, discusses similarities and common themes…an …
Cynthia Franklin was appointed by the Governor of Alaska, Bill Walker to head up the Alcohol Beverage Control Board. She knew when appointed that she would head up Cannabis regulation as well. Cindy lets us know exactly what’s happening on the ground …
The largest cultivator in Illinois, Tim McGraw is an unlikely activist. He started out as a loan officer at age 19. He started his own mortgage company at a young age. Despite financial success, nothing connected until he found the industry of cannabis …
The Medicine Man backstory continues with Andy Williams who expands on the his and his sibling’s various early business offerings; mowing lawns, shoveling snow, paper routes and baby-sitting, expounding on his mother’s message of never quitting. Stop a …
Patrick Rea is running Canopy Boulder, a business accelerator exclusively in Cannabis. At the time of the interview, Patrick was about two months into the first cycle. We’ll check back with him at the close of that cycle (around the middle of the year) …
Doug Leighton has been investing in companies since he was in college. A few years out of school he and his partner started Dutchess Capital, which he has run for the past 20 years. Doug takes us through his early investments in the Internet and Wi-Fi, …
May 2015: Trent provides updates on Connecticut, Massachusetts, Nevada, Minnesota, Colorado, Washington, Arizona, New York, Florida, Maryland, Oregon, DC, Alaska, Missouri, Canada, the UK, Uruguay and Jamaica…along with a little bit about what brought …
Jay Czarkowski, with business partner and wife Diane, have been cultivators and dispensory owners. They were active in the campaign for Amendment 64- that was them with the sign in High Times. They’ve been on the legal cannabis Colorado scene since ‘ …
Lezli Engelking is establishing standards for the Cannabis industry. She’s got a gargantuan task in front of her, but she’s perfectly suited for the task. Informed by her mother’s leadership in mental health, she was able to serve patients in that sp …
Cannabis has been John Davis’s life for over a quarter century now. He began as a grass-roots activist for drug policy reform, and helped produce HempFest in its early years. As he began to sense that the national tide was turning in regards to cannab …
Fresh off his Time Magazine cover story, “The Highly Divisive, Curiously Underfunded and Strangely Promising World of Pot Science,” Bruce Barcott shares his own story with us. From his start at Seattle Weekly, to his years at Outside and National Geog …
Rock drummer turned cannabis entrepreneur Bob Eschino tells us about how he started Medically Correct LLC, driven by a desire to make high-quality, properly-tested edibles, that could help patients the same way cannabis helped his own grandmother. He d …
Julie Dooley has carved out a niche for herself in the industry by focusing on making the highest quality, gluten-free, sugar-free, and pesticide-free edibles on the market. She talks about how her personal health problems led her on this path, and her …
Looking for on-the-ground retail insight in Cannabis? ‘Pot Baroness’ Jamie Perino of Euflora explains that when deciding to develop a dispensary, she and her partner set out to establish something competely different. They sought out a location on th …
Charlie Rutherford has nothing in common with what is presented as the stereotypical legal cannabis advocate. That’s not his only surprise- he has made decisions that very few people have made, when given the choices he was given. A motorcycle accide …