WELCOME
CONTENTS
Feature story
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Mel Robbins:
Five Second Rule
Letter From M 3 BOA 5
Demetri Kouretas
Q & A with The CEO of The Grove
Best Time to Never Send Email
Restorative Leadership
Courageous Leaders
Neil Pasricha
Path to Success 6
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The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA)
approval process (or denial process) is now in full gear, and it
is expected that the first complete licenses will be granted
within the next couple of months!
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Gary Vaynerchuk
Sales vs. Branding 14
Mel Robbins
Five Second Rule 16
Deb Gabor
Brand Personality 20
Career Mentors 22
Customer Xperience Executive 24
The Tax Nightmare for Business Owners
The Beginning of Botanicare 27
What The Heck Is A Daberatus? 30
WELCOME TO
THE SUMMER
ISSUE
As the industry emerges, there will be businesses of all types
that are birthed and that create jobs, hire other companies,
and help build the industry. Some interesting examples:
a law consulting firm that specializes in compliance and
tax optimization, a t-shirt company focused on marijuana
clothing, and a payroll company that accepts cash and
provides payroll checks. And when the law allows for it, look
for a plant harvesting firm, a delivery service, and a “vault”
company. The new businesses that will benefit from this
emerging industry are endless!
Another illustration of the birth of an industry is the number
of trade shows that are starting to come to Michigan. Last
month the CannaCon business-to-business trade show was
in Detroit at Cobo hall and had over 4,000 attendees! There
were over 200 exhibitors and the show was a huge success by
all accounts.
In this issue we have several topics to help launch this
industry, including a best practices article from one of Las
Vegas’s leading dispensaries
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Let’s work together to launch an industry in Michigan!
The MBOA
TheMBOA.com
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