Business budding for marijuana startup as investors change attitude after legalization

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With the former president of Mexico beside him high up in Seattle’s tallest skyscraper, Diego Pellicer founder Jamen Shivley announced to the world last Thursday plans to turn his commercial marijuana company into the Starbucks of Pot. While the press conference produced headlines across the globe, it also drew the ire of Washington’s “Pot Czar” Mark Kleiman, who called Shively… Read More…

What legalization means for a medical marijuana startup

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Over the past few years, Leafly CEO Brendan Kennedy has told potential investors that marijuana legalization is both inevitable and much closer than people realize. He refers to a “Berlin Wall” of marijuana prohibition that’s waiting to be taken down. With Washington (I-502) and Colorado (Amendment 64) becoming the first two states to legalize marijuana… Read More…

Leafly: Like Yelp and Consumer Reports … for medical marijuana

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Brendan Kennedy had done his homework and knew it was a financially smart decision. That wasn’t the issue. What caused him to reach out to family and friends, though, had to do with a question centering on his moral compass. Was entering the controversial medical cannabis industry the right thing to do? That was a… Read More…