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StaffDecember 10, 2021
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Klee Irwin is an author, physicist and businessman who serves as CEO and Chairman of Irwin Naturals Inc and Director of Quantum Gravity Research (QGR), a non-profit research institute he founded in 2009.

Founded by Klee in 1994, Irwin Naturals is an award-winning global nutraceutical company providing with products selling in nearly 100,000 outlets, ranging from Whole Foods to Walmart, and having a North American brand recognition in excess of 100 million people. The company expects to be the world’s first household name level player to move into the cannabis and psychedelic mental health spaces. Irwin Naturals is a long-time supporter of Vitamin Angels, which aims to provide lifesaving vitamins to mothers and children at risk of malnutrition thereby reducing preventable illness, blindness, and death and creating healthier communities.

As the Director of QGR, Klee manages a dedicated team of mathematicians and physicists developing emergence theory. The mission of the organization is to discover the geometric first-principles unification of space, time, matter, energy, information and consciousness. Since 2009, the team has published over 60 papers and journal articles laying out some of the mathematical building blocks and axiomatic ideas for this unification model.

Outside of his work in physics and nutraceuticals.  Klee is active in supporting students, scientists, educators and founders in their aim to discover solutions leading to high-impact positive change in the world. He has supported and invested in a wide range of people, causes, and companies including Change.orgUpworthyDonors ChooseMoon Express, the X PRIZE Foundation, and Singularity University, where he is an Associate Founder.

Full birth name: Klee Martin Irwin

 

Title: Chairman & CEO

 

Company: Irwin Naturals Inc.

 

Years at current company: 27

 

Education profile: Some College

 

Most successful professional accomplishment before cannabis: Founded and then led Irwin Naturals to 27 consecutive years of profit culminating with 2021 as the single most profitable year.

Company Mission: To heal the world with plant medicine.

Company’s most successful achievement: We created a brand not just known by over 100 million North Americans but a rare “cult-brand” or brand that sells at the top of its class with virtually no advertising. As part of this, we were able to become one of the largest sellers of CBD in the mass market while also having one of the lowest prices per dose.

Has the company raised any capital (yes or no): No

Any plans on raising capital in the future? Yes

 Most important company 5-year goal:  In Q1 of 2022, we expect to be the world’s first household name brand to move into cannabis. In order to remain profitable, we will do this as a licensing model in most or all legal states in the US and other countries around the world. In addition, we will become the first nationally recognized brand to extend into the psychedelic mental health space, again remaining profitable because of the legality of the psychedelic ketamine. We intend to become the Jenny Craig of psychedelic mental health clinics. That is, the first large scale national chain offering price accessible healing.


StaffDecember 1, 2021
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5min00

Jesus Burrola is Chief Executive Officer of POSIBL, the cannabis farm of the future and engine for several of California’s leading brands. With over 1,000,0000 units of the packaged product to date, POSIBL is redefining what it means to produce the highest quality cannabis. Jesus is a proven leader who believes in his teams as the primary driver of growth. He leads the organization’s growth strategy in sales and operations and the best team at POSIBL to position the company as a global market leader. Prior to POSIBL, Jesus worked for 15 years at Beacon Building Products, the largest publicly traded building materials distributor in North America. Jesus was at the company during growth from $1 Billion to $8 Billion — through a combination of 30+ acquisitions and launches into new markets. Jesus worked his way up from a trainee to a National Vice President, managing a $700M  business segment. During Jesus’ time there, he held roles in both Sales Management and Operations and was tasked with integrating several large acquisitions. Jesus holds a Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management from Arizona State University. He enjoys quality time with his family, playing golf, and exploring great cuisine.

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Full name: Jesus Burrola

Title: CEO

Company: POSIBL

Years at current company: 1 year

Education profile: BS in Supply Chain Management from Arizona State University

Most successful professional accomplishment before cannabis: Playing a role in growing Beacon from a $1B to $8B during my 15 years there, through a combination of greenfields and acquisitions into new markets and verticals.

Company Mission: To grow the perfect flower in an ethical, sustainable, pesticide-free and cost efficient way year round.

Company’s most successful achievement: Being the engine behind 12 of the leading cannabis brands in California, and supporting over 50 different SKUs for our partners.

Has the company raised any capital (yes or no): Yes

If so, how much?: +$38M including all rounds

 

Any plans on raising capital in the future? As growth opportunities arise, we would consider future rounds.

Most important company 5 year goal: Completion of our High-Tech Greenhouse and new processing facility buildout, which will allow us to produce the highest quality greenhouse flower at a very affordable price.


Kaitlin DomangueMay 27, 2021
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6min00

Full name: Fabian Monaco

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Company: Gage Growth Corp. (CSE: GAGE) 

 

Years at current company: I have been with Gage for over 3 years, since the Company’s inception.

Education profile: 

The University of Western Ontario – Richard Ivey School of Business

M.B.A.

2010 – 2011

 

The University of Western Ontario – Faculty of Law

J.D., Corporate & Securities Law

2008 – 2011

 

York University – Schulich School of Business

B.B.A. (Hons.)

2003 – 2007

 

Most successful professional accomplishment before cannabis:

I have a vast investment banking and legal background with over 10 years of capital markets experience, however, my most successful professional accomplishment truly lives within the cannabis space. I was fortunate enough to become a key member of the investment banking team at GMP Securities LP (“GMP”) in Canada, which ultimately contributed to the development of the cannabis industry in its early days. While at GMP, I worked on a number of industry-firsts including the first acquisition (Tweed, now Canopy Growth, acquiring Bedrocan), one of the first initial public offerings (MedReleaf) and the first $100 million financing round in the space (Canopy Growth).

 

Following GMP, I transitioned to XIB, who co-founded Canopy Rivers with Canopy Growth, an investment and acquisition firm that has underwritten a number of equity financings, ultimately supporting the industry’s ability to grow. One of the companies Canopy Rivers invested in is TerrAscend, which is now an over $4 billion market cap company.

 

Company mission: 

Gage Growth Corp.’s mission lies in providing premium cannabis to market, positively shaping cannabis culture and nurturing the community. By committing to these core values, we believe we are primed for success and rapid economic growth.

 

Company’s most successful achievement: 

We are proud of the successful build-out of our assets and our brand in a relatively short period of time, and with very limited capital. I believe this tells you two things: 

(1) We have the right people with the right expertise. You cannot build a strong cannabis brand, with expansive cultivation facilities and retail footprints, in a competitive market if you don’t have the proper team in place.

(2) We are an extremely prudent capital allocator. We raised a little less than $60 million before our Reg A+ financing in the fall of 2020, and with that we were able to create a dominant brand, three cultivation facilities and numerous retail dispensaries. This contrasts wildly when you look at some other US companies that raised $300-400 million just to build their core infrastructure.

 

Has the company raised any capital:

Yes

 

If so, how much:

To date, the Company has raised US$110+ million including our recently closed Reg A+ offering which raised a full US$50 million.

 

Any plans on raising capital in the future:

We have a very healthy balance sheet at the moment. Post our Reg A+ offering, we have ~US$40 million cash on hand. I’d also like to highlight the fact that the Company has very minimal debt. So with the cash we have on hand, we are fully funded for all our operational and expansion plans in Michigan.

 

Most important company 5 year goal:

Gage’s most important goal is to build the most dominant brand in Michigan first, and then follow by expanding into other states. We believe Michigan will be a top five cannabis market in the US, and we’d like to capture a significant market share and then replicate the same success in other markets.


StaffMarch 12, 2021
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8min00

 

24-year-old entrepreneur Narmin Jarrous is the Chief Development Officer of Exclusive Brands, Michigan’s first-ever licensed dispensary. From her own life experiences, Narmin has dedicated her life to ensuring the industry succeeds in the best way possible while educating others about the health and wellness benefits of cannabis.

Narmin graduated from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 2018 with a degree in Behavioral and Biological Sciences and a minor in Sociology and then went into medical sales and was promoted to the Director of Marketing in just three short months.

Narmin worked at a restaurant management company throughout her high school and college tenure, where she was introduced to the team that would eventually be Exclusive Brands. She left her role in medical sales to run Exclusive’s Business Development department because her values aligned with the overall company mission of making clean and safe cannabis accessible to all while promoting social equity. She is the youngest executive in Exclusive history and hopes to make her mark on the cannabis industry.

The state’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) turned to Narmin to structure and run its first remote Business Resource Workshop as part of the state’s social equity program. The presentation was a huge success and over 70 attendees turned out (usually there’s a crowd of about 10 for such state workshops). Narmin was diagnosed with Endometriosis about 10 years ago. Using different cannabis wellness products significantly helped her minimize the complications caused by Endometriosis and improved Narmin’s quality of life.

 This inspired Narmin to launch a new cannabis lifestyle and wellness product line Neno’s Naturals that offers both medical and adult-use consumers access to superior quality natural products by utilizing ingredients sourced from local farmers to support health and strengthen communities. The line has a tranquil aesthetic and includes vaporizers, topical patches, tinctures, and capsules.

 

Full name: Narmin Jarrous

Title: Chief Development Officer

 Company: Exclusive Brands

 Years at current company: 1 year, 10 months

 Education profile: University of Michigan-Dearborn, BA in Behavioral and Biological Sciences with a minor in Sociology.

 Most successful professional accomplishment before cannabis: After graduation, I went into medical sales, where in just three short months I got promoted to Director of Marketing. This really pushed me out of my comfort zone as I never thought of myself as someone who’s necessarily creative, and I think marketing takes a lot of creativity. I’m much more of an analytical person, and I think that I brought a lot to the role, and the things I learned in that position really influenced the way I wanted to roll out Neno’s Naturals. 

Company Mission: Increasing access to safe, clean cannabis on a nationwide scale by applying the same successful business model that Exclusive Brands established in Michigan in other states.

Company’s most successful achievement: Securing Michigan’s first adult-use licenses in cultivation, processing, and retail is something that I’m very proud we accomplished. We’ve managed to grow our retail presence, including opening a new retail store in Grand Rapids, while continuing to produce Michigan’s top brands. Being able to reach almost every cannabis consumer through our retail partners is such a great feeling. 

 Has the company raised any capital (yes or no): We have not raised any capital, and are completely self-funded and debt-free as of 2021.

 Any plans on raising capital in the future? The market is changing every day. Our plans to secure capital will depend on the changing market conditions and how aggressively we choose to pursue our expansion in 2021 and beyond.

Most important company 5-year goal: My vision for the company is to continue expanding in a way that allows us to increase access to cannabis for everyone who needs it. As marijuana gains acceptance on the federal level, I hope we continue to see growth into other states where safe, high-quality cannabis isn’t accessible.

Cannabis has historically been difficult to access – especially in black and brown communities. These communities have been demonized, excessively policed and disenfranchised from the industry. Our hope is to increase cannabis accessibility in every way – from a geographic standpoint to an affordability standpoint. Anyone who wants access to this medicine should have it. That’s the idea behind Neno’s Naturals, the latest brand being launched through Exclusive Brands. Neno’s Naturals is committed to amplifying the message that cannabis is for everyone. Everybody is different, so people need a comprehensive approach to their cannabis consumption. Neno’s Naturals offers that through our wide selection and combination of patches, tinctures and vapes.

 


StaffMarch 9, 2021
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2min00

 

Full birth name: Madison Adel Fiore

 Title: Head of Growth

 Company: Hawke Media

 Years at current company: 4 years

 Education profile: BA Chapman University

 Most successful professional accomplishment before cannabis: Before focusing primarily on cannabis marketing, I helped scale Hawke Media and grow revenue from $2M to $100M+ in 4 years.

 Company Mission: At Hawke Media, we are dedicated to launching, scaling and invigorating businesses of all sizes, industries and revenue models. Since joining the team in 2016, we have exponentially grown our cannabis-focused marketing efforts. We are now considered one of the major players in the space, and our greatest mission is to raise awareness and normalize cannabis.

 Company’s most successful achievement: We have averaged 100% year-over-year growth throughout the company’s seven years in business.

 Has the company raised any capital (yes or no): Hawke Media has not raised any capital to date.

 Any plans on raising capital in the future? Currently, we do not have plans to raise capital.

 Most important company 5 year goal: We will remain bullish on the cannabis industry. Our team understands the massive growth potential, especially throughout the next year, and we will continue to navigate the ever-evolving space on behalf of our clients. In five years, Hawke Media plans to be among the most successful cannabis marketing agencies in the U.S.

 


StaffMarch 1, 2021
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4min00

Full birth name: Gyula Kangiszer 

 

Title: Chief Regional Leader North America, President of RotaChrom North America

 

Company: RotaChrom Technologies

 

Years at current company: 1 year, 7 months

 

Education profile: University of Humberside, BA in European Business Administration

 

Most successful professional accomplishment before cannabis: I founded and successfully grew a startup software development company. I love challenging traditional practices and creating innovative new business models by bringing together the perspective of the converging industries. I’m excited about the potential impact of cannabinoids on our lives.

 

Company Mission: RotaChrom is a technology company on the front lines of purification solutions for a myriad of industries. We manufacture world-class chromatography platforms widely used for botanical extract purification within the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and botanical industries. 

 

Company’s most successful achievement:  RotaChrom Technologies invented the first Centrifugal Partition Chromatography (CPC) machine, which is made for industrial-scale purification. The platform is scalable, versatile, and cost efficient compared to older versions of chromatography. 

RotaChrom offers a more efficient solution to chromatography with the world’s first commercially available, industrial-scale CPC technology platform. The technology has revolutionized the purification industry by providing cost-effective, commercial-scale chromatography solutions to clients worldwide. The platform allows companies to expand high purity production capacity with flexibility and scalability, while decreasing environmental impact.

As the cannabis and hemp industries grow, the technology for mass production must evolve to meet the increased demand. Advanced technology solutions are adapting to meet the needs of increasingly complex, highly regulated markets. Chromatography, a technological system for purification of botanical extracts, is making strides to keep up with the booming business of legal hemp and cannabis.

RotaChrom’s unique industrial-scale CPC offers unmatched purification of botanical extracts, rendering a highly pure form of compounds of interest, from APIs to macromolecules, at large scale. Since the RotaChrom platform is scalable, producers can easily increase production to meet growing demand for a product, such as minor cannabinoids or pure CBD. 

Has the company raised any capital (yes or no): No. 

Most important company 5 year goal: 

As additional states in the U.S. legalize cannabis and hemp, we have the opportunity to expand our reach to new companies in those markets. Our systems purify minors at the highest level and many companies will need to turn to solutions like ours in order to meet a more regulated market. Regulation of the CBD industry is good. While some people consider it a problem, we see it as a positive, so that high-quality, regulated products make it to consumers. 

We at RotaChrom aim to keep advancing our purification technology and solutions, which will help our customers meet their purification goals.

 


StaffJanuary 13, 2021
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8min00

Paola Fernandez is the 30-year-old Founder & CEO of High Hemp, an all organic herbal wrap company. While working at her father’s cigar company, Paola came up with the idea ‘natural’ alternative to tobacco-based rolling paper and wraps. In 2016, the company created a revolutionary product, hemp wraps: an all-organic sheet of hemp paper made to roll your own herbs. Sales skyrocketed right from the get-go and, as a result, she has turned her idea into a $10 million company in under five years – and all before the age of 30 (which she just turned back in October).

Being first to market definitely has its advantages, but that doesn’t mean Paola did not/does not experience challenges along the way. “As a brown female in the LGBTQ community, my business and legitimacy in the hemp/cannabis industry is at times questioned – but that only makes me work harder and more determined to prove people wrong.” Paola’s goal is to take the cannabis market, which has been heavily dominated by males and make it more approachable to the female consumer.

 

  • What is your full birth name?
  • Paola Fernandez
  • What is your title at the company?
  • CEO
  • What is your company name?
  • High Hemp (a part of JPG Herbals LLC)
  • How many years have you been at your current company?
  • I have been part of the company since it started four years ago.
  • What is your education profile?
  • I received a GED and some college for graphic design.
  • What is your most successful professional accomplishment before cannabis/your company?
  • High Hemp is my most successful professional accomplishment. It has allowed me to become an entrepreneur with just a high school diploma and minimal college education.
  • What is your company mission?
  • To create a new normal in hemp products. Challenging existing tobacco products and creating a 100% hemp version.
  • What is the company’s most successful achievement(s)?
  • How quickly our product started gaining traction across the US with 500,000 units/pouches per week.
  • Has the company raised any capital (yes or no)?
  • Fortunately, since the initial investment, we have been able to continue expanding without raising any capital.
  • Any plans on raising capital in the future? Why or why not?
  • As our goals continue to grow we see it in the future we will need to seek capital investment
  • What is the most important 5-year goal(s) for the company?
  • Our biggest 5-year goal is to continue increasing production, in order to sustain the global demand for our products.
  • Anything else you’d like to add?
  • High Hemp is a great passion of mine, and I’m excited to take on the challenges to move a world dependent on tobacco to an all-around better alternative hemp.

StaffDecember 2, 2020
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Mike Beaudry is the founder and CEO of HERBL, which has quietly become California’s largest distributor – with dozens of popular brands (Raw Garden, Select, and Garden Society, etc.) and 850+ dispensary customers. Mike came out of the natural foods space – he was president of UNFI as the organic industry came to the forefront. While Mike and HERBL are all about helping the CA cannabis industry grow to its fullest potential, Mike feels it’s equally important to ensure the success of the OG’s as this happens. HERBL is the largest supply chain and distributor of recreational cannabis in California serving 98% of all storefronts statewide. It has revenues of more than $250 million thus far in 2020; EBIDTA positive for 2020.

Full birth name: Michael Beaudry

Title: Founder and CEO

Company: HERBL Solutions (“HERBL”)

Years at current company: Four 

Education profile: 

High school was as far as I made it academically. My business education has always been in the real world. College was never a consideration and as an eager 18 year old fresh out of high school, I owned and operated a small Italian restaurant in Rhode Island that was financed by my parents. For the five years straight I worked 85+ hours a week–it was a crash course in learning how to run a business, and I didn’t know enough to stop. It was a business with a high failure rate and to me, failure was not an option. I bought it in 1982 and sold in 1987, and that was the education I needed to further my drive as an entrepreneur.

Most successful professional accomplishment before cannabis: 

Given where I am today, my most successful professional accomplishment prior to founding HERBL was certainly my time in the organic food space, and specifically as president of UNFI, the largest wholesale distributor of natural foods in the U.S. It prepared me for this endeavor in cannabis.

Cannabis is on the same trajectory of the boom of the organic foods space in the early 2000s, and the similarities are remarkable. Legalized cannabis is only here today because of all those who fought to establish it, and who never gave up on what they believed in. Like natural foods, cannabis has centered upon lots of smaller, quality brands developed by people passionate about their product and the plant. Today’s multi-billion natural food industry was also established by artisans who came together with a communal mission.

While president of UNFI, within ten years we rapidly scaled from a multi-regional company with $800 million in sales to a national company with $5 billion+ in the books. I see the enormous potential again now. With all that has transpired with the recent election and cannabis reforms, we are now more than ever on the cusp of the same boom.

Company Mission: To connect the cannabis community. 

Has the company raised any capital (yes or no): Yes

If so, how much?: Undisclosed 

Any plans on raising capital in the future? Yes

Most important company 5-year goal: In five years we’d like to have helped all of our partners, both brands and retail, meet each of their growth goals, and hence to be known for delivering exceedingly great services that create loyal customers, appreciative brands, and happy employees. I’d love to look back and feel we have lived up to our core principles of demonstrated passion, unrelenting integrity, flawless execution, and to have honored the legacy of California cannabis while helping create its future. 

 


StaffSeptember 16, 2020
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4min00

Marie Montmarquet is co-founder of MD Numbers Inc., a family of vertically integrated cannabis brands — MD Farms, Marie’s Deliverables, and Legacy Coterie — that provide a range of goods and services to the California supply chain, retail customers, and equity community. Marie is a legacy cannabis operator who’s been passionate about the plant for over 13 years. Her cannabis business expertise and equity activism have put her in the national spotlight. After graduating from the University of Tennessee with a B.A. in Political Science and Psychology, she moved to California from Nashville in 2010. Over the last decade, Marie has created several successful cannabis businesses along with her brother Allen Hackett with whom she co-founded MD Numbers Inc. and its subsidiaries. Marie and Allen are also minority owners of Cannabis Express, having helped build one of the Bay Area’s biggest delivery providers. In addition to developing and scaling successful cannabis businesses, Marie is focused on being an advocate for social justice and equity in the industry. She’s an advisor to the cannabis equity program for Success Centers and offers monthly tours to MD Farms for equity applicants. Marie’s goals for 2020 are to expand MD Numbers and MD Farm’s capacity, develop new properties and build more equity brands; advising, supporting, and championing equity in every way possible.

Full name: Marie Montmarquet

Title: Co-founder

Company: MD Numbers Inc.

Years at current company: 5

Education profile: University of Tennessee — Bachelors of Arts, Double Major Political Science & Psychology

Most successful professional accomplishment before cannabis: Prior to cannabis, I ran my own commission sales company called Direct Effect Marketing based in Tracy, CA. I hired, trained and oversaw the sales team for Direct TV connections inside Costco, Walmart and BestBuy. I started with the company in Nashville, Tennessee, and within three months had generated enough connections to earn a paid move and promotion to California. I excelled at commission sales and won a Dale Carnegie Sales Award for best sales presentation, which then led to becoming a Sales Strategy Coaching Assistant for Dale Carnegie in the Bay Area.

Company Mission: MD Numbers’ primary mission is centered around corporate responsibility, sustainability, and equity in every facet. We believe in being accountable stewards to the environment, our customers, the community, and our employees, including making sure every decision made is centered around leaving the earth better than we found it.

Company’s most successful achievement: MD Farms and Marie’s Deliverables are 100% Black-owned. Through the years, MD Numbers has retained full ownership and control of its enterprises in a space that is generally hostile toward minority operators and predatory of equity licensees.

Has the company raised any capital: Yes

Any plans on raising capital in the future? Yes

Most important company 5-year goal: Continuing to expand our cultivation footprint and vertical integration into Marie’s Deliverables and future retail opportunities.


StaffAugust 5, 2020
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Executive Spotlight: Alex Levine, Co-CEO, Green Dragon

Title: Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer

Company: Green Dragon

Years at current company: 5+

Education profile: Tufts University

Most successful professional accomplishment before cannabis: My entire professional career has been in every aspect of cannabis, from cultivation to manufacturing and retail. I have been involved in real estate transactions, acquisitions of new licenses, operations, and logistics. Green Dragon is now one of Colorado’s largest retail chains and I’m proud to have been integral in building a start-up business into the company that it is today. Outside of the office, I am an accomplished musician, and I play both piano, guitar, and drums.

Company Mission: Our mission is to provide premium products at the most competitive prices, with the best service and lowest operating costs in the industry. Cannabis consumers deserve access to a quality experience at an affordable price point, but too many dispensaries follow an outdated model with high-pressure sales, tiered pricing, or daily promotions. Green Dragon set out from the start to offer every day, Low Pricing, which is how we have established such a loyal customer base in Colorado. Our customers know to expect the best products at the best prices.

Company’s most successful achievement: Growing Green Dragon from a small company of three stores to one of the largest and most profitable chains in Colorado, as well as growth outside of the state with a recent acquisition of a Florida license, are accomplishments that we are very proud of. Staying profitable while operating in the most competitive cannabis market in the country is a top achievement for us. We’re a dispensary in a space where there are more dispensaries than there are Starbucks locations. To remain successful, we continue to focus on our core value of always improving the shopping experience, which guides our decision-making as we adapt to today’s challenges and expand to new markets.

Has the company raised any capital (yes or no): No

Any plans on raising capital in the future? Yes

Most important company 5-year goal: To become a key player in the Florida market. As one of the few approved Medical Marijuana Treatment Center Licensees in Florida, Green Dragon will be opening cultivation, production and extraction facilities, and medical marijuana dispensaries across the state. I was born and raised in Florida, and I’m ready to bring my cannabis knowledge and experience back to my home state.


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