Black Entrepreneurs in Cannabis Industry Push for a Piece of the Profits | WSJ
Black Entrepreneurs in Cannabis Industry Push for a Piece of the Profits | WSJ
Black people comprise only a small percentage of those profiting from the burgeoning legalized pot market, according to state data. Public initiatives and private funds, like one started by Jay-Z, aim to boost minority participation. Photo: Rob Alcaraz/The Wall Street Journal
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Nice update!
I’m so happy 🤗 My life changed totally, I’ve been earning $27,486 returns from my $6,500 investments every 14 days
Qp kinda a lot but not 10 yrs a lot. You can literally kill someone for that amount of time.
Sounds like she is using her own product… Mistake number one..
M a s k o f f w e b did it again
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Opening a dispensary in a saturated market with the only differentiation from your competitors is your skin color. Sounds like a sound investment lol.
Lol no one is held back once it was legalized. Stop making excuses for yourself
Racist and sexist.
Sounds like a bad investment especially here in LA where there’s a dispensary in every corner
Good luck to her and I’ll stop by when it opens to buy some edibles 🤙🏼
Not news.
Surely any good business idea has as much chance as any other to get capital no matter the race of the person who comes up with it. I’d be all for government programs to promote small businesses over big ones but it should never be based on race. Anyway good luck girls I hope you kill it!
All small cannabis companies will get blown out of the water once more actual farmers get involved. There is no reason THC needs to be so expensive. I don’t want to pay a bunch of middlemen in expensive LA storefront property I just want the product.
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https://youtu.be/pYaAun17kuY
Good for them? Good on them for being entrepreneurs and creating jobs.
M a s k o f f w e b, did it again
We contribute billions of dollars yearly to the economy yearly , pool those moneys together
HIGH profits!!😂
What about the Asian Entrepreneurs?
New Jersey the only state where it’s legal recreationally but illegal to home grow. I will never buy from a dispensary. Once it’s legal to home grow I’m going to grow my own and give it away to friends and family.
Everything racial nowadays. I can’t be a stock trader because I’m black is a very degrading mindset. There are no legal barriers a white person has that a black person doesn’t not have
see who is top 10 richest man in the world? there’s reason why the list is not for everyone
Racist nonsense
Like capitalism, Cannibus does not discriminate and only the strong survive. Either it is worth smoking or not.
Cat packer??? xD Funny name
Let the people who sell it best sell it.
Starting your business with no money is a suicidal move.
How dose one make it in the show?
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I’m old, ugly & disabled, can I get in on the gravy train too?
Grow your own. It’s not that hard.
Everyone paying for mids in fancy boxes.
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So many things wrong with this video. I would love to start a business like loads of other people but if you don’t have the capital it can’t happen. Secondly the market is already saturated with weed as they just fling licenses out. Also why use your colour as an excuse to why you can’t raise the capital. Its a cop out.
And lastly why is it wrong to say coloured people but people of colour is okay.
Anyway if I was an investor I would not give money to this woman.
Never knew a business like this exist
Given that the Black community in America has historically relied on the drug trade, I understand why Black owned businesses should have a seat to the cannabis business.
Imagine you can’t get a loan becuase you don’t qualify for that social equity program. 25 years from now…..
I never noticed this because my only friend in the business is a blk medical marijuana grower .I think it depends on the state .Some states since Reaganomics make a business incarcerating minorities with "make work" jobs and free labor .Just the new slavery
The last thing America needs is more drugs.
I just wanna be able to grow my own for my skin cream.
This has nothing to do with her skin color.
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https://youtu.be/2YfIidijajk
All the great male hustlers and this is what that came up with this is BS
What are Whitney’s qualifications to run a business? Yet another example of demanding things without putting in the work. 😒 Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution means everyone has a equal chance to succeed or fail. Governments giving out funds or other benefits based on race is illegal!
Stop calling people black or white.
Everything gotta *race* side 2 it huh?
Keep on pushing ladies
I’d love a piece of this action. I know lots about marigolds and edibles. Lived in California when it was 1st legalized for medical only, great dispensaries, was an activist along with my kid, who got Gavin Newsome to protest in LA with her. She’ll be my partner, 2 generations of girls… 💄
More black owned cannabis businesses in the San Luis Valley, please!
It costs 2 million just to open the shop. Maybe you should move
Let’s be honest, they’re been profiting from it for years… waaaaay before went ‘legal’
Nice video.