WELCOME
CONTENTS
Feature story
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Verne Harnish:
The Four Rules To Scale Up
Letter From M 3 BOA 5
Annoucing The M3BOA.com Website
Michigan Marijuana
Doing It the Right Way
Six Hacks To Drive Massive Referrals 6
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WE ARE OFF TO
THE RACES!
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Nine Critical Questions Incredibly
Successful People Ask Themselves 10 Coaching:
It’s An Ongoing Process 12 Your Brain On Stress
The Human Epidemic 14 About TED
A Tale Of Empowerment 16 The Power Of Beliefs In Business 20 Building Your Focus Cave
Avoiding Distractions 22 Once licenses are awarded, the real fun begins. New
businesses will be formed, and existing businesses will take
off while others perish. Capitalism at its best.
Are You Curious To Learn “Lean”?
Lean Culture 24 Seed-to-sale tracking, radio frequency identification (RFID)
tags, software for compliance, Metrc, transportation, testing,
retail sales, and the like—all will need to be figured out to stay
compliant and still run an effective and profitable business.
The M3BOA is here to help! On the cover this quarter is Verne
Harnish, “the growth guy” as he is known (business growth,
that is). Also in this issue we deal with insurance and software
as two examples and will continue to provide the insights that
matter to help you succeed!
On December 15, 2017, the state of Michigan began taking
applications for the first commercial licenses. The process
was launched on schedule as promised by the officials at
Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). Were there issues?
Sure…but they got it done. All reports were that the help
desk staff members were fantastic and the online tools
worked well. Given the short time frame and tremendous
number of things to be figured out, the team at LARA should
be commended!
Now the waiting begins. For those that have submitted
applications, it will be a long couple of months as the state
processes the applications. The initial pace of applications
being submitted was slow at first but picked up quickly. It will
be interesting to see when the first licenses are awarded!
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Verne Harnish
Cannabis Industry Insurance
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You Are Probably Not Covered Today
Marijuana Comp liance Software
Compliance And Helping You Grow
Your Business
Sincerely,
The Michigan Medical Marijuana Business Owners Association
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www.TheMBOA.com
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