
He started with a $30,000 check and a narrow sales tool. Then customers pulled Distru into the far messier business of making cannabis inventory, orders, and compliance agree.

The Happy Cabbage founder left billion-dollar spreadsheets for dispensary back rooms. His current obsession is simple to state and difficult to solve: turn dusty inventory into cash without leaving customers empty-handed.

After his former company folded, John Manlove had no finished product and no time to mourn. He called the customers, opened a spreadsheet and began rebuilding wholesale cannabis from the awkward details up.