Jamen Shively, a former Microsoft executive is looking to attract $10,000,000 in startup money for a national cannabis brand. He's purchased a chain of dispensaries and grows in Washington State, and is hoping to get one outlet approved in Colorado.
With that he plans to create a national cannabis brand like Starbucks. He hopes to import cannabis from Mexico, and former Mexican President Vicente Fox, was making the media rounds with him to hype the business. However Fox specifically said he isn't financially involved in the business, but wants to see marijuana legalized so that his country can live in peace.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/30/us-usa-marijuana-idUSBRE94T0ZE20130530
With that he plans to create a national cannabis brand like Starbucks. He hopes to import cannabis from Mexico, and former Mexican President Vicente Fox, was making the media rounds with him to hype the business. However Fox specifically said he isn't financially involved in the business, but wants to see marijuana legalized so that his country can live in peace.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/30/us-usa-marijuana-idUSBRE94T0ZE20130530