The Cannabis Business Coach Podcast Episode 47: Andrés Fajardo, Clever Leaves
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The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Andrés Fajardo, Co-Founder and President of NASDAQ listed multi-national Cannabis company Clever Leaves. There, amongst many other achievements, Andrés led the development of Clever Leaves first 18 Hectares of GACP and EU-GMP certified cultivation and post-harvest facilities.
Prior to Clever Leaves, Andres was a Founding Partner of Mojo Ventures, a unique late-stage company builder focused on working with startups and small companies to achieve unprecedented growth and profitability. Before being an entrepreneur, Andres was President/CEO at IQ Outsourcing, a leading Colombian Business Process Outsourcing Firm that is part of the Sanford Group of Companies. Prior to joining IQ, Andres was a Principal Member at Booz & Company, a management consulting firm. He also has an MBA from Harvard Business School.
On this episode, Andrés shares an overview of 5+ years in the Cannabis industry for Clever Leaves, the critical mistake most companies get wrong about the employee-employer relationship, the unpredictable nature of Cannabis business, 3 elements of successful leadership, why Cannabis entrepreneurs are the luckiest business people, and more!
In the business coaching portion, Mike Z mixes it up and asks Andrés for coaching around the question of choosing good partners, especially when an opportunity is time sensitive and so you don't have much time to get to know the other side.
Recorded on 5/19/2021
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