The Cannabis Business Coach Podcast Episode 53: Andrew DeAngelo, Last Prisoner Project
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The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews visionary Cannabis business leader Andrew DeAngelo. As a co-founder and advisor to Harborside, Andrew has pioneered legal cannabis business processes and provided groundbreaking political engagement and thought leadership to the cannabis community. Andrew is co-founder and Chairperson of the Board for the non-profit Last Prisoner Project (LPP) and a founding Board of Directors member of the California Cannabis Industry Association (CCIA) where he served from 2013 to 2020.
Andrew began his political career as an activist while studying for his MFA in acting at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. He has starred in several films and runs an entertainment production company, DeAngelo Brothers Productions (DAB), with his brother Steve, another iconic Cannabis leader.
On this episode, Andrew shares his deep wisdom and amazing laugh as we discuss:
Pioneering the dispensary with Harborside
Andrew’s tips for transitioning from legacy to legal
How to hire good people and why it’s absolutely critical to avoid hiring bad people (based on Andrew’s experience of making thousands of Cannabis hires)
The investment that Andrew made that still pays dividends for him every day (spoiler: investing in his education)
Our big brothers
The Last Prisoner Project
Mike Z and Andrew share their most fulfilling Cannabis business moments
and more
Recorded on 9/15/2021
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