Forward By,

Gabriel Alon Greenstein

If you are asking yourself this question right now then buckle up, you’ve come to the right place! As a savvy, serious entrepreneur, a hobbyist, an enthusiast, or someone who’s just really bored, you’ve been drawn here for answers and information from credible, knowledgeable veterans, with real-world experience from and about the cannabis industry, presented to you in an engaging, dynamic, and entertaining format that won’t make you feel as if you’re reading from the owner’s manual of a new washing machine.

As far as our credentials are concerned, the Cannabis Industry Insiders are pioneers who helped build the legal cannabis industry and lead the transition and the way out of the shadows of the cannabis black market. The Cannabis Industry Insiders each played a role in helping to make history and had an impact on where the legal cannabis market is at today.

While the Cannabis Industry Insiders are not the first or only activists, advocates, or entrepreneurs that have contributed to the legal cannabis movement, we chose to share their stories, and include their voices alongside our own in this platform for one simple and practical reason…

The Cannabis Industry Insiders are some of the people we’ve personally worked with and partnered with throughout our journey; and over the course of entrepreneur-ing at a multitude of different start-ups, ventures, and projects both in the past and in some cases, still to this day. In other words, we can ‘vouch’ for all of them.

While we can’t speak for everyone in the Cannabis/CBD industry, we can definitively attest to the authenticity, expertise, experience, quality, and value of the Cannabis Industry Insiders.

Together we’ve experienced numerous successes and failures. We’ve learned a lot about what to do, and even more, about ‘what to do’s’ evil twin. Now as we take a moment of reflection to see how the industry has grown, evolved, and changed since we started, we stand ready to share our wisdom and experience with you, or at the very least, if no when reads this, then at least we’ll be able to entertain ourselves with the disembodied, narcissistic, sounds of our own voices.

Many thanks to Troy for his help with editing, ideas and content, and to all of amazing contributors for agreeing to do interviews and providing other types of content, information, and resources for this project!