Episode 8 - Maggie Connors
Today’s guest is Maggie Connors
After spending half a decade working in brand management for Pepsi and Starbucks, Maggie moved to California in order to live in a state with legal cannabis… and get her MBA from Stanford.
In 2017 she launched besito with branding that was way ahead of it’s time and quickly made besito one of the most well known cannabis brands in California.
In this episode we discuss Maggies journey with besito, from developing supply chain relationships to her recent acquisition with SPARC.
Episode 7 - Andrew Watson
This episode features Andrew Watson, Co-Founder and CEO of Happy Cabbage Analytics.
After spending some time in the tech/finance world, Andrew started to offer some data consulting to a Bay Area delivery service to help boost sales.
Well, it worked. Fast forward a couple years later, and Happy Cabbage Analytics just closed a $1.5 million dollar seed round to help dispensaries better understand their data.
Andrew’s smart, funny, and very much so himself. I’m sure you’re going to enjoy his story.
This, is happy we met.
Episode 6 - David Goldman and Michael Koehn
This episode features David Goldman and Michael Koehn
Known for wearing their matching hats with a cannabis leaf on the front, David and Michael have been cannabis advocates for more than a decade. They lead the Brownie Mary Democratic Club of San Francisco where David is the President and Michael is the Secretary.
Their advocacy has helped keep compassionate cannabis , increased access for medical patients, and made cannabis a real issue that San Francisco legislators acknowledge and take seriously.
Check out a Brownie Mary Democratic Club meeting for yourself on the Second Tuesday of Every Month.
That’s the plug!
Episode 5 - Kaisha-Dyan McMillan
Kaisha is a cannabis journalist and freelance copywriter with a knack for storytelling. Kasha’s writing has been featured in DOPE Magazine, the bold Italic, and MJ Lifestyle - where she wrote the cover story for the summer 2019 issue. She’s also provided copy for major brands like Hello MD, Pax. In this episode we discuss why Kaisha uses her talents to document these historic times in the cannabis industry. You’ve probably already read some of her work, and if you haven’t, you will.