Mgmt professor at UVA/McIntire. Interests: consulting, leadership, strategy, business of cannabis, sports, coaching. Husband, dad of 3 boys, proud Canadian 🇨🇦
@cville_weekly interviewed me for this April article on new Virginia legislation that would commercialize adult-use cannabis by Jan 1, 2027 after years of delay. By May 22 we will find out if @SpanbergerForVA will veto the bill or allow it to be become law https://t.co/2rl0mazBDP
Most people know @Reddit as the $27 billion dollar company.
Almost nobody knows about Mark White
In 2004, @alexisohanian was at an entrepreneurship conference in Singapore when he pitched his UVA Commerce professor an idea over drinks. White had seen hundreds of student pitches. He told Ohanian it was one of the best he'd ever heard.
Ohanian emailed his roommate Steve Huffman that night: drop everything, we need to do this.
Huffman had been planning grad school. Ohanian had been planning law school.
Neither of them went.
That idea became Reddit.
Mark White is my professor today.
I sit in class today where every lecture my mind wanders to that night in Singapore... a professor who could have nodded politely and moved on, but instead told Ohanian to go all in. Who wanted to join the board. Who already knew people to call for capital, that's not just encouragement, that's belief.
He is the best professor I've ever had and honestly, after seeing this email, it makes complete sense. The same energy he brings to the classroom is exactly what Ohanian needed in that bar in Singapore.
Isaiah Hamilton is considered Canada’s next rising basketball star.
Some call him the best prospect since RJ Barrett & Andrew Wiggins. How does he deal with it? ”I haven’t done anything … my name hasn’t been called in the NBA draft yet.”
My latest https://t.co/sIiY6HUUbB
As a professor who studies the legal cannabis industry, moving from Colorado to Virginia in 2019 was the equivalent of going back in time. But after many years of delay, Virginia is likely to have a legal adult-use commercial market in place by the end 2026. Busy times ahead!
A Virginia delegate filed a bill to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana sales while also increasing the amount of cannabis that adults can possess under the state's current noncommercial legalization law.
https://t.co/JRE4K6HHDD
The lack of access to legal medical cannabis in Virginia HSA 1 continues. Originated from decision to only issue one permit per HSA & compounded by a flawed reapplication process that randomly chose 1 applicant from 33 "tied" for highest score rather than conduct a proper eval
New: Governor-elect @SpanbergerForVA wants the University of Virginia to pause the process of selecting a new president until she is sworn in as governor and a full Board of Visitors is appointed.