Doug Poretz Doug Poretz is a writer and independent public relations consultant, based in the Washington, DC area.  He attempted retirement after a 50-year career of starting, building and selling public relations and communications firms, including one that grew to more than 100 people and was for a time the largest independent PR firm in the region. But retirement didn’t work for him, and he initiated an effort to create a national agency for the cannabis business. He decided that such an opportunity wouldn’t be viable for his plan unless and until taxes and other issues were fundamentally changed.  Although he left the cannabis industry as a business opportunity, he stayed intrigued by the industry, and when he discovered the Zenabis story he wanted to know more. His interest resulted in this article. This user account status is Approved How Zenabis Transformed From Ingenious Concept To Crash in 11 Months 3 years ago in: News & Insights no comments How Many More Crises Will It Take For The Cannabis Industry To Realize That It Has An Irrational Structure To Run An Effective Public Affairs Campaign? 5 years ago in: Op-Ed, Opinions no comments The cannabis industry needs to rethink the entire approach to its lobbying and public affairs efforts. Now. 5 years ago in: Op-Ed no comments Who Is Going To Own “Medical Marijuana? Or: Those Who Define The Issue Win The Issue 5 years ago in: Medical Marijuana, Op-Ed, Opinions no comments As the Car Industry is to Detroit … As Finance is to NY … And As Jazz is to New Orleans … Cannabis is to — Would You Believe? — Washington, DC. The Implications Are Enormous But Are You Heeding The Lessons? 5 years ago in: Opinions no comments It’s Far’s Far Too Soon To Think About Celebrating The Legitimacy of Cannabis Because The War On Pot Is Still Raging 5 years ago in: News & Insights, Opinions no comments Cannabis Entrepreneurs Should Pay Close Attention To The PR Lesson Special Investigator Mueller Is About To Teach President Trump 5 years ago in: Marketing no comments If You Judge Your PR Efforts By The Number Of Media Mentions You Get, Then Its Time For You To Re-Evaluate Your P.R. Campaign 5 years ago in: Marketing no comments Want to Envision The Future of The Cannabis Industry? Just Look at The Radio Business 5 years ago in: News & Insights, Opinions no comments The Three Things You Absolutely Need To Raise Investor Capital 5 years ago in: Banking, Finance & Real Estate no comments load more posts