Tag: Profiles

About a year after enrolling at Golden West College, Bri Finell met a fellow student who managed a ShowGrow in Santa Ana, California. “Right when...

Ray Perique, 24, has an extensive background in retail and customer service. He’s worked the sales floor for such companies as Spencer’s Gifts and Liz...

My introduction to Kyle Kushman, one Adam Orenstein, took place last year over the phone during a short call that lasted two hours before...

After raising a cool $46.7 million, PAX Labs Inc. is loading up for massive expansion of a nine-year-old, vape-turned-lifestyle brand. Here, founders Adam Bowen and...

Michael “Big Mike” Straumietis is a lot of things to a lot of people—entrepreneur, celebrity, jet-setter, boss, mentor, father—but beneath everything else he’s a...

As a graduate of the world-famous culinary school Le Cordon Bleu chef Melissa Parks is revolutionizing the edible industry by creating dishes worthy of...

From a $50,000 initial seed round of investment just a little over a year-and-a-half ago to begin building the social media hub of the...

Aaron Justis is a tireless and ubiquitous proponent of rational regulations and an optimistic sea of calm in an industry with a wild-child reputation. It’s...

Attorney Stewart Richlin rails against the unfairness and constitutional deficiencies in California’s trio of new cannabis laws. I have an appointment to interview attorney...

The farmer-slash-policy wonk head of the Emerald Growers Association is making his mark in the state capital and beyond at a critical moment in the legalization movement. Like...