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About IGCI
SECTION I- THE INSPIRATION
SECTION II- GENERAL BUSINESS, ADMINISTRATION & START-UP
SECTION III- PRODUCTION
SECTION IV- SALES, MARKETING, AND RETAIL
SECTION V- GLOSSARY
1. Apotcalypse Now
2. The Legacy of Legalization (and Many Other Alliterations)
How Did We Get Here?
Green States
A Sea Change on the Horizon
A Historic Case of Insane Proportions
Leary of Some Clients
What Can I Do Now?
Is Medical Marijuana Just an Excuse to Get High?
A Wrist of Fate
1. The Lowdown on the Lingo
2. Applying Yourself to the Application
3. How to Locate a Location?
4. Regulations and other State Sanctioned Insanities
5. Getting Started- It’s Just Rocket Science!
6. Your So-Called Team
Applying for Permissions
Application Writing
Clean Financing/Background
Raising Money
Banking
Your Cash Burn
Exit Strategy
Differentiation
Vertical Integration
Too Late, I’m Already Disqualified…
How to Stay Sane?
Common Sense for Uncommon Zoning
Perfect Spot in the Wrong Zone?
Zoning Requirements Change
Water Rights
Infrastructure
Get High on Your Own Supply… After Work
A Violation of State Cannabis Regulations
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Mistakes
The Example You are Setting as a Leader
Inspection
Not everyone likes weed, even in this industry!
Not Even Tommy Chong Smokes Weed All Day!
Don’t Be a Dick!
You Will Do Nothing with No Energy.
Self-Awareness (or Lack Thereof)
Project Mismanagement
Partner Pitfalls
Motivationally Challenged
Many Ways to Skin a Cat…
Industry Groups
Start Your Own Group
Temp Gigs or Internships
Plans, Products and Other Dumb Ideas.
Your Capital Requirement
DIY
Finding and Training Your Insubordinates
How Do I Find the Nugget in the Rough?
What About Packaging for People?
What Do I Need a Procurement Manager for?
What Do You Mean Pot Doesn’t Actually Sell Itself???
Sales Reps- The Deeply-Disturbed People that You Need for Your Team
Consultants
1. Terpenes, THC, CBD, CBG, CBWTF?
2. The Nitty-Gritty of the Market
3. Genetics
4. Cultivation Basics
5. General Tools of the Trade
6. Setting up Your Garden
7. Growing Techniques
8. From Weed to Widget
9. How to Grade Pot?
10. De/re-mystifying the Process of Processing
11. Advanced Processes and Equipment
12. Refinement
s Weed Stronger Today or When I was a Kid?
Terpenes
Terps and Trichs
Which is More Desirable, THC or Terpenes?
What’s Best for Product Formulations?
Indica vs Sativa?
Best Application: Edible, Combustible, or Suppository?
“What About the Kid Who Ate a Pot Brownie and Died?”
So Just What the Heck, Am I Eating?
Long Live the Weed-Hipsters!
What Are the Cannabinoids?
Tell Me More About This CBD?
Is CBD Safe?
Just Be Honest with Me, is CBD Really Legal?
What Does the Law Say?
What About Confusing State Laws?
What Does This All Mean for Consumables?
What about ‘CBD-Free’ Hemp Products?
What’s the Difference Between CBD Oil and Hemp Seed Oil?
What are the Most Common Types of CBD Extracts?
Isolate
Full Spectrum
Broad Spectrum
What About CBD for My Emotional Support Pelican?
Risk & Enforcement
CBD Me-Too?
What About Other Naturally Occurring Cannabinoids?
CBG
CBC
CBN
CBL
Legality
Product Applications
What About Synthetic or Hemp Derived Psychoactive Cannabinoids?
Delta-8
THC-V
THC-O
HHC
Sourcing Genetics
Seeds
Clones
Tissue Culture
So, WTF is a Filial Line?
Pheno-Hunt
What Type of Ammunition Should I Use?
Grow Space
Growing Medium
Coco Coir
Soil
Hydroponics
Aeroponics
Aquaponics
Zeroponics
Location, Location, Location!
Sun-grown Cannabis Cultivation.
The Best of Both Worlds- A Greenhouse Garden
Light Deprivation
General Sanitary Requirements
Nutrients, Fertilizers, and Pesticides
Non-Chemical Warfare
Quit Being a Pest!
Water and Soil PH
Temperature Range
Trellising
Plant Spacing
Grow Pan
Planning for Bad Weather
Planting
Low-Stress Training
Super Cropping
Lollipopping
Topping
Pruning Leaves
Flush
This Kind of Sounds Like an Assembly Line?
Harvest Considerations
Harvest
Hanging vs. Dry Racks?
Drying and Curing
Drying
To Destem or Not to Destem?
Curing
Killer Cure Job
Taste & Effect
Trim?
Packaging
Processes and Equipment
Decarboxylation
Non-Solvent Extraction Methods
Bubble Hash
Rosin
Live Resin
Organic Solvents
Breaking Bud
BHO
CO2
High Pressure vs. Low Pressure?
DME
EHO
Ultrasonic
Winterization
High Vacuum Distillation
TFE
Isolate
Preparative Liquid Chromatography (High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography)
1. Slinging Pot
2. Marketing Mary-Jane
3. The Detail about Retail
4. Your Pipe-Dreams
Difficult Customers
How Do You Beat the Odds to Get to Market?
How to Stand Out from All of the Other A**holes Out There Trying to Sell Similar Products?
Well, What About Bribes? Does That Work?
Logo
High Impact Marketing
Billboards
Social Media
Influencers
Loyalty and Word of Mouth
Vendor Days
Giveaways
Branded Merchandise
Expos
Community Outreach
Yeah, Yeah, I Get All the Civic Responsibility Crap, But Seriously… What IS in it, for Me?
Retail Floor Plan
Who Are Your Customers?
Make Educated Guesses but Keep Learning
Thematic Elements and Setting
Shelf-Space and Assortment
Ambiance
Discounts, Promotions, and Events
Consistency
Less is More!
Vendor Management
Inventory Management
Staffing
Budtenders- Your Face at POS
Goals and Game Theory
Procurement Manager or Buyer
Menu
Home
Give Us A Shout
About IGCI
SECTION I- THE INSPIRATION
SECTION II- GENERAL BUSINESS, ADMINISTRATION & START-UP
SECTION III- PRODUCTION
SECTION IV- SALES, MARKETING, AND RETAIL
SECTION V- GLOSSARY
1. Apotcalypse Now
2. The Legacy of Legalization (and Many Other Alliterations)
How Did We Get Here?
Green States
A Sea Change on the Horizon
A Historic Case of Insane Proportions
Leary of Some Clients
What Can I Do Now?
Is Medical Marijuana Just an Excuse to Get High?
A Wrist of Fate
1. The Lowdown on the Lingo
2. Applying Yourself to the Application
3. How to Locate a Location?
4. Regulations and other State Sanctioned Insanities
5. Getting Started- It’s Just Rocket Science!
6. Your So-Called Team
Applying for Permissions
Application Writing
Clean Financing/Background
Raising Money
Banking
Your Cash Burn
Exit Strategy
Differentiation
Vertical Integration
Too Late, I’m Already Disqualified…
How to Stay Sane?
Common Sense for Uncommon Zoning
Perfect Spot in the Wrong Zone?
Zoning Requirements Change
Water Rights
Infrastructure
Get High on Your Own Supply… After Work
A Violation of State Cannabis Regulations
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Mistakes
The Example You are Setting as a Leader
Inspection
Not everyone likes weed, even in this industry!
Not Even Tommy Chong Smokes Weed All Day!
Don’t Be a Dick!
You Will Do Nothing with No Energy.
Self-Awareness (or Lack Thereof)
Project Mismanagement
Partner Pitfalls
Motivationally Challenged
Many Ways to Skin a Cat…
Industry Groups
Start Your Own Group
Temp Gigs or Internships
Plans, Products and Other Dumb Ideas.
Your Capital Requirement
DIY
Finding and Training Your Insubordinates
How Do I Find the Nugget in the Rough?
What About Packaging for People?
What Do I Need a Procurement Manager for?
What Do You Mean Pot Doesn’t Actually Sell Itself???
Sales Reps- The Deeply-Disturbed People that You Need for Your Team
Consultants
1. Terpenes, THC, CBD, CBG, CBWTF?
2. The Nitty-Gritty of the Market
3. Genetics
4. Cultivation Basics
5. General Tools of the Trade
6. Setting up Your Garden
7. Growing Techniques
8. From Weed to Widget
9. How to Grade Pot?
10. De/re-mystifying the Process of Processing
11. Advanced Processes and Equipment
12. Refinement
s Weed Stronger Today or When I was a Kid?
Terpenes
Terps and Trichs
Which is More Desirable, THC or Terpenes?
What’s Best for Product Formulations?
Indica vs Sativa?
Best Application: Edible, Combustible, or Suppository?
“What About the Kid Who Ate a Pot Brownie and Died?”
So Just What the Heck, Am I Eating?
Long Live the Weed-Hipsters!
What Are the Cannabinoids?
Tell Me More About This CBD?
Is CBD Safe?
Just Be Honest with Me, is CBD Really Legal?
What Does the Law Say?
What About Confusing State Laws?
What Does This All Mean for Consumables?
What about ‘CBD-Free’ Hemp Products?
What’s the Difference Between CBD Oil and Hemp Seed Oil?
What are the Most Common Types of CBD Extracts?
Isolate
Full Spectrum
Broad Spectrum
What About CBD for My Emotional Support Pelican?
Risk & Enforcement
CBD Me-Too?
What About Other Naturally Occurring Cannabinoids?
CBG
CBC
CBN
CBL
Legality
Product Applications
What About Synthetic or Hemp Derived Psychoactive Cannabinoids?
Delta-8
THC-V
THC-O
HHC
Sourcing Genetics
Seeds
Clones
Tissue Culture
So, WTF is a Filial Line?
Pheno-Hunt
What Type of Ammunition Should I Use?
Grow Space
Growing Medium
Coco Coir
Soil
Hydroponics
Aeroponics
Aquaponics
Zeroponics
Location, Location, Location!
Sun-grown Cannabis Cultivation.
The Best of Both Worlds- A Greenhouse Garden
Light Deprivation
General Sanitary Requirements
Nutrients, Fertilizers, and Pesticides
Non-Chemical Warfare
Quit Being a Pest!
Water and Soil PH
Temperature Range
Trellising
Plant Spacing
Grow Pan
Planning for Bad Weather
Planting
Low-Stress Training
Super Cropping
Lollipopping
Topping
Pruning Leaves
Flush
This Kind of Sounds Like an Assembly Line?
Harvest Considerations
Harvest
Hanging vs. Dry Racks?
Drying and Curing
Drying
To Destem or Not to Destem?
Curing
Killer Cure Job
Taste & Effect
Trim?
Packaging
Processes and Equipment
Decarboxylation
Non-Solvent Extraction Methods
Bubble Hash
Rosin
Live Resin
Organic Solvents
Breaking Bud
BHO
CO2
High Pressure vs. Low Pressure?
DME
EHO
Ultrasonic
Winterization
High Vacuum Distillation
TFE
Isolate
Preparative Liquid Chromatography (High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography)
1. Slinging Pot
2. Marketing Mary-Jane
3. The Detail about Retail
4. Your Pipe-Dreams
Difficult Customers
How Do You Beat the Odds to Get to Market?
How to Stand Out from All of the Other A**holes Out There Trying to Sell Similar Products?
Well, What About Bribes? Does That Work?
Logo
High Impact Marketing
Billboards
Social Media
Influencers
Loyalty and Word of Mouth
Vendor Days
Giveaways
Branded Merchandise
Expos
Community Outreach
Yeah, Yeah, I Get All the Civic Responsibility Crap, But Seriously… What IS in it, for Me?
Retail Floor Plan
Who Are Your Customers?
Make Educated Guesses but Keep Learning
Thematic Elements and Setting
Shelf-Space and Assortment
Ambiance
Discounts, Promotions, and Events
Consistency
Less is More!
Vendor Management
Inventory Management
Staffing
Budtenders- Your Face at POS
Goals and Game Theory
Procurement Manager or Buyer
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