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Who Is Involved with Our Academy and What Is the Schedule?

Who Is Involved with Our Academy and What Is the Schedule?

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DATE + TIMES ROUNDTABLE TOPICS ROUNDTABLE LEADERS
Tues 8/25/2020
5 PM PST
Orientation Mentees Timeka Drew
Hilary L. Yu
Mike Lisek (Althea.Solutions)
Weds 8/26/2020
5 PM PST
Orientation with all Mentors + Workshop LeadersTimeka Drew
Hilary L. Yu
I Am Perspective
Thurs
8/27/2020
5 PM PST
SOCIAL EQUITY DEALS: How to find a capital partner or incubator and questions to ask when discussing a partnership. Timeka Drew (Our Academy)
+ Ed Brown (Original Equity Group) + DeJanae (Evins of Green Goddess Glow)
Tues 9/1/2020
5 PM PST
Meet Your Mentor + Mentee
Thurs 9/3/2020
5 PM PST
PREPARATION FOR PARTNERSHIP: How to prepare for a meeting with a potential capital partner. Habib Bentaleb (Ragghianti Freitas LLP)
Timeka Drew
+TBA
Weds 9/9/2020
4 PM PST
**Special workshop with SUCCESS Centres** MAINTAINING PARTNERSHIPS: How to maneuver a social equity partnership after the deal has been signed Timeka Drew + TBA
Tues 9/15/2020The new LA Ordinance to the LA social equity program Clark Howell LLP
Ariel Clark
Elizabeth Barket Kremser
Thurs 9/17/2020
5 PM PST
SUPPLY CHAIN: How to find the right partners for you & maneuver through an existing supply chain network Austin Stevenson (Vertosa)
Morris Kelly (SF Roots)
Mike Davila (KGB Reserve)
James Victor and John Henry (James Henry)
Thurs 9/24/2020
5 PM PST
DISTRIBUTION José Torrez (HERBL Solutions)
Thurs 10/1/2020
5 PM PST
BUILDING COMMUNITY: How to reach the local community your business serves and build partnerships with community organizationsTimeka Drew
(Our Academy)
Nina Parks (Original Equity Group)
Tahir Johnson (NCIA)
Darius Kemp (Eaze)
Tues 10/6/2020
5 PM PST

Understand Point of Sale Systems and Metrc
100 level
Wally Wong
(Meadow)
Thurs 10/8/2020
5 PM PST
PREPARING A COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN: How to set community reinvestment goals and communicate them with potential partners TBA
Tues 10/13/2020
5 PM PST
Understand Point of Sale Systems and Metrc
200 level
Wally Wong
(Meadow)
Thurs 10/15/2020
5 PM PST
Tax Planning: 280E and 471c
Leanne Miller (Blunt CFO) & TBA
Tues 10/20/2020
5 PM PST
Understand Point of Sale Systems and Metrc
300 level
Wally Wong
(Meadow)
Thurs 10/22/2020
5 PM PST
MARKETING AND TELLING YOUR STORY: Practice crafting and sharing your personal narrative around cannabis to pitch yourself and your business to potential partners, investors, and community stakeholders Kimberly Dillon (Frigg)
R’Chelle Mullins (Higher Stakes)
Tues 10/27/2020
5 PM PST
LICENSING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYThompson Coburn LLP
+ Rusty Wilenkin (Old Pal)
Thurs 10/29/2020
5 PM PST
DATA MARKETING: Why capturing data is so important and how to do it Marcus Estes (Chroma)
Tues 11/3/2020
5 PM PST
BUYING: What buyers of dispensaries and distro groups look for before bringing on a brandJen Seo (Kiva) + Michelle Mendoza (Sweet Flower)
Thurs 11/5/20
5 PM PST
FUNDRAISING: Which financial documents to have ready before you fundraise and what you’ll need to create them Helene Servillon & Samala (JourneyOne Ventures)
Joyce Cenali (Big Rock)
Julia Jacobs (Aster Farms) +TBA
Thurs 11/12/2020
5 PM PST
INVESTOR RELATIONS: So you raised money, now what? Different ways to contemplate your financial runway and how to keep your investors up to dateHelene Servillon & Samala (JourneyOne Ventures)
Julia Jacobson (Aster Farms) +TBA

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