Budding entrepreneurs Brothers plan business for post-legalization Alaska

October 30, 2014
robomayor
Alaska, Cultivation, Policy & Legal
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For about a year now, business partners and brothers James and Giono have been planning and preparing, but the product they hope to provide to Alaskans isn’t legal yet.

Meet two of Alaska’s hopeful “ganjapreneurs.”

Originally from Minnesota, James started spending summers in Southeast Alaska about 10 years ago. After a few summers, he started a family and moved to Juneau permanently, inviting family members to come check the place out.

Giono moved to Alaska about six years ago, leaving behind a career as a semi-professional BMX athlete to sort out associated health issues and be around family.

“I moved down here and realized that Alaskans were dealing with a bunch of horrible marijuana,” Giono said. “It wasn’t easy to get here and the quality was horrible.” [Read More]

Rob Meagher

Rob Meagher, CBE’s Founder, President and Editor-in-Chief is a 30 year veteran of the media world. His career has spanned from stints representing the Washington Post, USA Weekend, Reader’s Digest, Financial World & Corporate Finance to the technology world where he worked at International Data Group and Ziff Davis where he was part of the launch team for The Web Magazine, Yahoo Internet Life, Smart Business and Expedia Travels before starting his own marketing and Publisher’s Representative Firm. He also ran all print and online media sales and marketing for the Society for Human Resource Management before partnering with Forbes and then Fortune to create Special Sections covering a variety of topics. Rob, who started CBE Press in 2014, can be contacted at [email protected].

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Babs says:

November 11, 2014 at 9:55 am

James and Giono, I read this article and I have to say I was surprised. There are some GREAT strains in Alaska that were there before you ever came to Alaska. I also have a question where you talk about the run off water. As long as you are growing 100% organic there is not any problem where the water goes. I am sad that as newbie Alaskans you think you have all the answers. Talk to the oldtimers in this industry in Alaska they can point you in the right direction. Alaska has a lot of them!

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