Published in Authority Magazine·Oct 16, 2020Women Leading The Cannabis Industry: “Cannabis Isn’t Free Until Everyone is Free”, With Anne-Marie Fischer of CannaWriteCannabis Isn’t Free Until Everyone is Free — One of my passions is cannabis amnesty, and working towards the eradication of incarceration and criminal records because of cannabis-related crimes. While many of us work freely and without too many challenges in the industry, and many of us are making thousands…Business15 min readBusiness15 min read
Published in Authority Magazine·Oct 1, 2020Women Leading The Cannabis Industry: “Share, share, share”, With Natalie Cox of Afro Cannada BudsistasShare, share, share…There is more than enough cannabis business for everyone. Together we can do so much more. Partnerships are crucial at this stage in the cannabis game. Elevating one another; I am all about that. …Business8 min readBusiness8 min read
Published in Authority Magazine·Oct 1, 2020Stan Thompson of Remedio Wellness: 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Started Leading a CBD BusinessNever forget that people depend on your products to make them feel their best. Without your customers, your business wouldn’t exist. Listen to their feedback and respond. Be empathetic and authentic As part of my series about “5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Started Leading a Cannabis…Business8 min readBusiness8 min read
Published in Authority Magazine·Sep 30, 2020Nick Tennant of Precision Extraction Solutions: 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Started Leading a Cannabis BusinessAs a business owner, you must be ready to take risks. This was an area I was very wary of in the beginning of my career, and I believe I lost out on some really wonderful opportunities because I wasn’t willing to put myself — or my team or my…Business10 min readBusiness10 min read
Published in Authority Magazine·Sep 30, 2020Gregory Dicum of Cultivating Wellness: 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Started Leading a CBD BusinessI’m also worried that hemp farmers are being left behind as CBD turns into a commodity crop. Farmers take a great risk in planting and growing hemp and we owe it to them to make it a sustainable livelihood. …Business9 min readBusiness9 min read
Published in Authority Magazine·Sep 16, 2020Women Leading The Cannabis Industry: “Don’t focus on a particular age bracket” With Asha Richards of Mellow Fellow Smoke WrapsDon’t focus on a particular age bracket — you might think your customer is a certain demographic, but you might really be surprised at the age range of users. While I have never been surprised by this since I grew up in a traditional Rasta family where people of all…Business9 min readBusiness9 min read
Published in Authority Magazine·Sep 16, 2020Thanh Nguyen of Good Company Tea: 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Started Leading a Cannabis Business…How stigmatized it can be when you say you work in cannabis and how many people scratch their heads on why you left a career for it. Think this comes with the territory and as a founder in this space; you really play the part of educator and advocate 90%…Business7 min readBusiness7 min read
Published in Authority Magazine·Sep 16, 2020Women Leading The Cannabis Industry: “Do a few things well; Quality over quantity” With Shimyrre Britt of Mana Artisan BotanicsDo a few things well. Quality over quantity. If you do products, focus on the most impactful ones. If you have a store, create a niche. In a hemp market saturated with over 3,600 brands, it’s too easy to disappear into a sea of options. …Business8 min readBusiness8 min read
Published in Authority Magazine·Sep 8, 2020Women Leading The Cannabis Industry: “Don’t try to know or do it all” With Andrea Meharg of Reveal CannabisDon’t try to know or do it all. I like the idea of learning about a topic in the “inch wide, mile deep” fashion. This means you really dig into the one topic you’re interested in instead of skimming the surface of many. If you’re looking to work with cannabis…Business14 min readBusiness14 min read
Published in Authority Magazine·Sep 6, 2020Women Leading The Cannabis Industry: “You don’t always need to be the smartest in order to succeed but you do need to work very hard” With Jessica Cadmus of Rogue PaqThe rapid growth of the industry has excited me from the beginning. There’s so much unlocked potential for healing that will only reach the masses through normalization and education. More recently a source of excitement exists around cannabis’s status being moved to “essential.” The pandemic has been a difficult time…Business11 min readBusiness11 min read
