Originally from Rhode Island, Andrew Rosener is a serial entrepreneur and investor, and the founder and CEO of boutique domain brokerage firm Media Options. He founded Ganjapreneur.com in 2014 with the goal of creating a cannabis business resource and media outlet to educate cannabis entrepreneurs and help them grow their businesses.
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Originally from Kansas, Cody Stevenson is a United States Marine Corps veteran turned serial entrepreneur. He has founded and built multiple successful online media platforms and managed large scale operations for many Fortune 500 companies. After realizing the benefits of cannabis and how it can help the veteran community, he decided to focus all of his attention in the industry. Cody heads up business development and strategic partnerships for Ganjapreneur.com and would love to connect with you!
Abby is a freelance writer and founder at Cannabis Content, a marketplace where cannabis enthusiasts can earn income selling creative work to cannabis businesses and advertisers. Visit CannabisContent.net to learn more.
Savana's self-prescribed purpose in life is to promote peace, spread love, and help others. Cannabis represents all of that, which is why it has become her passion. She enjoys researching, writing, and advocating, and hopes her writing for Ganjapreneur is only the beginning of a long future in the magical world of cannabis.
Shango Los is a cannabis business strategist, patient advocate and host of the Shaping Fire podcast. He is the founder of the Vashon Island Marijuana Entrepreneurs Alliance and was founder and original host of the Ganjapreneur.com podcast.
Derek Davis is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in the State of California and is the Founder of California Cannabis CPA, a team of professionals that help entrepreneurs entering and thriving in the cannabis industry create business plans, optimize revenue, and navigate the ever-changing landscape of the marijuana industry. Derek has over half a decade of professional experience at both PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) LLP and Deloitte Tax LLP and has nearly two years of professional taxation experience as a sole proprietor.
Matthew Lopez has been aiding the cannabis community since 2010. From budtender beginnings, he honed his knowledge to become a passionate contributor to many cannabis disciplines. As a member of the American Chemical Society's Cannabis Chemistry Subdivision, he continues to work alongside distinguished cannabis scientists to further help the industry.
Vanessa Gillette is a creative digital marketer and professional writer committed to helping entrepreneurs and business owners in the cannabis industry succeed. In 2015, she co-founded the digital marketing agency, EasyStart Marketing. Grab more information about her writing and social media services on her website.
Kent Gruetzmacher is a California-based freelance writer and the West Coast Director of Business Development at Mac & Fulton Executive Search and Consulting, a recruiting firm dedicated to the indoor gardening and hydroponics industry. He is interested in exploring the many cultural and business facets of the newly emergent cannabis industry by way of his writing and recruiting enterprises.
Doreen Sullivan in an ultrapreneur, creative strategist, speaker, and CEO of award-winning agency Post No Bills. As founder of My Bud Vase, Doreen continues to advocate for entrepreneurs and business owners in the cannabis industry, committed to helping develop creative solutions for marketing, branding, and packaging needs.
Leslie Clary is founder of Leafy Botanicals, offering handcrafted salves, bath salts and other personal care items using cannabis and other medicinal herbs in a natural carrier oil. The whole plant infusions provide a gentle, non-invasive treatment for pain management and relaxation.
David Hodes is a freelance business journalist based in Washington, D.C., writing and reporting on the cannabis business and other economic development issues. He is the former editor of seven different business magazines, and now writes for regional business/lifestyle magazines. Hodes is a member of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., and the deputy chair of the club's newsmakers committee, where he organizes and moderates hour-long press conferences on topical issues of the day.
Matthew Chatham is a recent graduate and re-transplant to California after attending university in Oregon. He studied economics and mathematics and hopes to work in the cannabis analytics industry in addition to doing freelance writing about cannabis. In his free time, he enjoys playing acoustic guitar, listening to new music, and playing Nintendo 64.
Azam Khan is a co-founder of Distru, software for cannabis distributors and manufacturers that provides inventory management, order fulfillment, and CRM functionality in a centralized platform. He is also a founding member of the Cannaslack community. Azam is dedicated to bringing quality content to cannabis professionals and investors.
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Emma Chasen: I think that it is this indica/sativa question. A lot of novice consumers who are looking to try out cannabis or explore cannabis look to popular blogs on the internet, look to sites like Leafly to help them kind of uncover the language needed to speak about cannabis. So, they find a lot of indica and sativa, cannabis indica makes you sleepy, cannabis sativa makes you energized. So, that’s still one of the biggest gaps in education that I see and dispensaries in the legal industry proliferate this idea and that definitely doesn’t help either. There’s also, as the