An Innovation Template
Jeremy Gutsche is one of my favorite futurists. He’s the super smart Canadian behind TrendHunter.com. He has established a template to help innovators bring the future forward faster! Mr. Gutsche has identified Six Innovation Limiters: 6 Neurological Shortcutting 5 ...
Huge Week In Washington
With all the commotion in D.C. this week around the start of impeachment hearings, you’re forgiven if you didn’t see the OTHER huge news out of Washington, D.C. this week. The U. S. House of Representatives passed the SAFE Banking Act, a bill that if it becomes law,...
National Voter Registration Day
Today is National Voter Registration Day. https://nationalvoterregistrationday.org If you or someone you love isn't registered to vote, please encourage them to do so! Visit https://www.usa.gov/register-to-vote to check your voter registration. Good, sound public...
What Is Public Policy?
Here’s a great definition of public policy, written by Mark Riso, in an article he had published in a trade magazine: “The vast majority of Americans don’t have a specific expertise in medicine, law enforcement, or health and safety (to name a few), and we go about...
Emerson’s Law of Compensation
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote one of the great works of business when he penned his famous Law of Compensation. I encourage everyone, from grizzled business veterans to first time sales people to read the pearls of wisdom in Emerson's words. I love his essay so much, I...
The R-Word
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but a recession looms. In fact, we may already be in a recession and just don’t know yet. Let me briefly explain why recessions are natural, why this is nothing to fear, and why the longer we put it off - assuming we can with...
Prohibition Is Over!
With the words "Prohibition is over" Congressman Ed Perlmutter closed out the August 22nd CannaGather event at Cultivated Synergy. The crowd was exclusively cannabis industry professionals, and given Congressman Perlmutter's work to get the SAFE Banking Act crafted...
March 6 – Save The Date!
March 6, 2020 is the date of the Cannabis Public Policy Conference. We will look at Financial Issues (banking, investment), the future of medical (CBD, FDA, and the for-profit model) and the Marketing Restrictions of the cannabis industry, all from a public policy...
MED Looks To Get Social
It was standing room only today at the Colorado Department of Revenue Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) Rule Making Work Group meeting. There appears to be interest in social consumption of marijuana based on the turnout at today's MED Rule Making Work Group...
$300,000 A Month
"How much money are you losing every month due to marketing restrictions in the cannabis industry?" I asked one local cannabis industry pioneer. He shifted uncomfortably. He sat silently. I could see the numbers rumbling around in his head. "Three hundred thousand...
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