Posts Tagged ‘Entreprenuer’

Whenever you try to make positive changes in your life, you’ll experience resistance. Sometimes, the resistance is internal, meaning you vs. yourself. Waking up earlier to go to the gym sucks. Much easier to press “snooze.” Politely declining that slice of pizza when your coworkers just happen to be throwing...

Alan Gertner is the co-founder of Tokyo Smoke, an international coffee, clothing and cannabis brand(Jesse Milns) One year ago, I was 30 years old, leading a $100-million-plus business as head of an Asia-Pacific-wide sales team for Google, and making more money than I ever imagined. I had lived in New York, San...

The coffee shop Tokyo Smoke Found is sandwiched between two warehouses in Toronto’s West End. Built in a former loading dock, the 330-square-foot space—outfitted with custom steel shelving, exposed brick, a rough-hewn common table, and Tolix stools—is the face of a new lifestyle brand that aims to elevate...

  The Herb Co. Society marijuana dispensary at 1189 Main St. is one of 12 pot shops that could be the first in Canada to receive a business licence from a municipality. Photo Dan Toulgoet The City of Vancouver is still a few months away from making Canadian history by being the first municipality in this country to...

Montreal is abuzz with the federal Liberal government’s electoral promise to legalize marijuana. So CBC Montreal’s Daybreak is rolling out a week-long series it’s calling Montreal 420, which will take a look at the challenges and opportunities facing the city if the federal government legalizes marijuana for...

Don Briere already runs the biggest chain of illegal marijuana dispensaries in the country, with 19 locations throughout B.C. Now, he’s expanding eastward, inking deals to open six pot-shop franchises in Toronto. Sent to prison for once heading British Columbia’s biggest network of marijuana grow operations, Mr....