Joining The Cannabis Industry
As a Chicagoan, seeing your brands in the publications you grew up reading is a special feeling.
As a Chicagoan, seeing your brands in the publications you grew up reading is a special feeling.
It’s icing on the cake that I’m starting 2020 seeing my Chicago-based brands in @ChicagoMagazine’s cannabis edition celebrating the legalization of weed. And I’ve been fortunate to meet folks that have been leading this industry for years.
But we can’t celebrate something so great without acknowledging the price we paid to get here. As a Black man living in Chicago, I always feared that I was at a higher risk for being arrested for marijuana consumption or possession, 3.73x as likely.
I was luckier than others, and that can’t be forgotten.
Progress takes time, and there will be some hiccups in the road. But I look forward to sharing this journey with you.
Speaking at SocialRock Conference 2019
As a Chicago native, I was honored to speak at SocialRock Conference, sharing some of my learnings with entrepreneurs and small business owners in Rockford, IL.
Going over Community Management during my talk at SocialRock Conference 2019.
As a Chicago native, I was honored to speak at SocialRock Conference, sharing some of my learnings with entrepreneurs and small business owners in Rockford, IL.
SocialRock Conference is the most tactical content-rich single-day social media conference in the Midwest, dedicated to small and local business owners. Hosted by Buy Winnebago Local, In May of 2019, I had the chance to share a stage with a phenomenal line-up of speakers, including: international best selling author and keynote speaker, Jeff Goins, Tintero Creative founder Valerie Morris, Founder of Needle’s Eye Media, and the “DO WELL & DO GOOD “ podcast Dorothy Illson, and Brand Strategist & host of the #1 ranked podcast on personal branding on iTunes, Mike Kim.
It was a fantastic opportunity to not only share some strategic advice on influencer and social media marketing. But the real joy was providing actionable insights for local business owners, marketers, and entrepreneurs to improve their knowledge of today’s social media platforms. Just ask these conference attendees.
