california-cannabis
(4)
Jigar Patel Knows the Crop Doesn't Read Spreadsheets
The NorCal Cannabis co-founder has spent more than two decades turning instinct, regulation and agricultural reality into an operating system. His enduring lesson is simple: the model matters, but the living business gets the last word.
John Oram Put a Lab Coat on California Cannabis - Then Built the Store Around It
Before California cannabis had a dependable rulebook, John Oram was buying used lab equipment and asking unfashionably precise questions. His next experiment was larger: turn quality control, manufacturing and retail into one coherent company.
Blake Marchand Put a Bar in a Dispensary - Then Let the Neighborhood Take a Seat
A real estate operator spent two years wrestling with permits, risked his savings, and turned a restaurant habit into March and Ash’s defining idea: make a complicated category feel like a place where people can linger, ask questions, and choose for themselves.
Nico Enea
Nico S. Enea is a co-founder, board member, and distribution lead at NUG, Inc., a state-licensed, vertically-integrated California cannabis company he helped build from the ground up starting in 2014. Operating out of Alameda and Oakland, NUG has grown into one of California's most recognized cannabis brands, represented in over 80% of the state's dispensaries, with $28M+ in annual revenue, 150 employees, and a $15M Series A round under its belt. Enea also serves as Founder and CFO of Bloom Innovations Holdings LLC, a cannabis holding company managing diverse assets including property, IP, patents, and securities.