CannaInsider Podcast Interview with Jazmin Victoria Hupp
In this podcast from 2015, I share all the information on why women will be successful at running cannabis businesses and how to get started.
What I Learned in 2016
See how I learned how to be in a museum, how to Burn in Spain, new psychedelic treatments, the final Summit at Sea, winning licenses, and at the very bottom, everything else I’m up to this year.
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How You Can Create a Cannabis Industry We Can All Be Proud Of
Aaron Smith, co-founder and executive director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, reminded us that before cannabis was an industry, “we were a social movement, and we still are a social movement.” The legalized states are leading the way for what general use cannabis will look like after prohibition ends. Aaron reminded nearly a thousand attendees how the steps they take now will be the foundation of a Cannabis industry that we can all be proud of. 1. Be A Good Neighbor Reach out to your neighborhood–from local businesses to local citizens. When the federal government shut down Oaksterdamn, the NCIA got neighborhood businesses to hang green flags in solidarity. It’s a lot easier to move forward with neighborhood organizations on your side. 2. Be Professional Everything from answering the phone to paying your bills on time affects your own business and the cannabis industry as a whole. Don’t use marketing that you wouldn’t want your mother to see. Create a professional industry that shows the country what they’ve been missing. 3. Engage Politically Find out who your elected representatives are and get on their email list. Attend their events and give money to their campaigns to support your cause. Be present and make phone calls so that they hear from the Cannabis industry a lot more than they do now. Make it easy for your customers to engage their officials as well. Reward customers that call their elected representatives or send emails. Make it easy for customers to engage while they wait. Harborside Health Center has a robust Patient Activist Center that rewards customers with product for participating. 4. Join a Trade Organization If you...
Prioritizing Product Features for Cannabis Companies
Whether you’re starting a MMJ dispensary or edibles brand: cannabis product feature strategy will be vital to your success.
The Rise of the Design Executive Officer
To solve the world’s problems: we need to think like designers, feel like designers, and act like designers.
Jazmin Victoria Hupp co-founded Women Grow, the largest professional network in the cannabis industry. Since it’s launch in 2014, Women Grow has connected over 25,000 entrepreneurs at events in 45 cities across the US & Canada. The organization hit $1 million in revenue in 2015, with no outside funding. In 2016, they earned 6 billion media impressions. Jazmin was named a “genius entrepreneur” by Fortune Magazine and Forbes considers her one of the “top businesswomen” in the cannabis industry. Inspired by Women Grow’s impact, Newsweek ran the headline “WOMEN IN WEED: HOW LEGAL MARIJUANA COULD BE THE FIRST BILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY NOT DOMINATED BY MEN.”
Jazmin’s mission to support female entrepreneurship began in 2011, when she took the role of Director of Digital Media for Women 2.0, an organization that helps women start high-growth ventures. During her tenure, the brand expanded from the Bay Area to hold events across six countries for over 100,000 business women.
Jazmin’s background is in Theater and Management Information Systems. She creates magical transformative opportunities that scale with new technology.
In the last half of 2016, Jazmin dropped 40 pounds without dieting by learning how to process stress effectively. She creates happiness through a practice of yoga, meditation, cannabis consumption, and self-love.
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