How Regulation Unlocks Opportunity

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[00:02:51] – How changes in regulation create market opportunities 

[00:05:38] – Why VC’s need to pay attention to regulatory changes

[00:06:50] – Story of Section 230 of the communication decency act

[00:08:54] – Relationships between rules, laws, and free markets

[00:11:56] – How regulatory changes impacted recent business ventures

[00:13:30] – His initial interest in the cannabis space

[00:17:28] – How the industry participants have changed over time

[00:21:04] – An overview of the cannabis industry and different pieces of the chain

[00:25:51] – What has led to delays in the legalization of the marijuana industry

[00:28:52] – How the dosage of the product impacts the business 

[00:31:34] – CBD vs THC industry differences

[00:32:53] – How much of this industry is left to be unlocked and potential timing

[00:35:55] – Business and investing opportunities in the space

[00:38:16] – Competitive frontier in cannabis

[00:40:37] – The timeline and pending changes coming

[00:43:03] – Margins and business factors of his business

[00:45:51] – First big break for the business

[00:49:47] – What he learned working under Tim Wu

[00:50:34] – Why we are in the golden error for fraud

[00:52:11] – Avoiding fraud 

[00:55:12] – What he wants to learn more about in the cannabis space

[00:56:50] – Kindest thing anyone has done for him