Building a successful cannabis business is hard. Learn from one of the best: Evan Kajander from Apogee Gardens, a vertical operator located in Montana. Listen to how he started his business and grew it into the profitable operation that it is. Evan shares secrets including how he raised money for his indoor grow, extraction, production and retail facilities and his strategy behind the strains he grows and products he manufactures and sells. He also shares stories about a few of the challenges he faced and how he overcame them.

Hate deficiencies? This one’s for you.

ProCanna USA’s Founder, Dede Perkins, talks with Mike Trowbridge, founder and CEO of Compliance Playbook, former compliance director for Mohave Cannabis, and current compliance consultant for JARS Cannabis, as they share best practice ways to 1) avoid deficiency notices, 2) respond when you receive them, and 3) ensure they don’t reoccur.

You’ll learn how to:

• Develop a proactive, comprehensive compliance plan that prioritizes highest-risk operations
• Prepare for all types of inspections and NOT scramble when an inspector comes knocking
• Use public data to shape and update your compliance plan and response
• Use a 3-step process to respond to deficiencies:
  • Temporary plan to fix issue
  • Permanent plan to fix issue
  • Monitoring system to prevent issue from reoccurring

Money is tight most everywhere right now, but especially in the legal cannabis industry. So how does a legal operator maintain compliance in the face of compressed pricing, high tax rates, and low profit margins?

Join ProCanna USA’s Founder, Dede Perkins, talking with Amber D. Lengacher, CEO and founder of Purple Circle Consulting Services, former attorney at Vicente Sederberg and Licensing Manager—and later Corporate Counsel—for Trulieve Cannabis Corp., one of the top five multi-state cannabis operators in the industry, as they talk about cannabis compliance on a budget.

Learn how to:
- Set up a cost-effective cannabis compliance program
- Determine the minimum number of SOPs you must develop, implement, and maintain to satisfy compliance requirements
- At a minimum, control the top five regulatory risks no matter which state or states you operate in
- Keep up to date and adapt to changing rules and regulations
- Develop, implement, and maintain an inspection readiness program in your cannabis facility – and make sure everyone is on board