New Weedreprener Course

I came across an advertisement on Craigslist for this: Hustlegreen.com

First online marijuana entrepreneurship course. Anyone heard of them before? The ad said it was developed by a marketing company. Wanted to get some insight from someone if they are currently a member.

May end up trying it out since its only 10 bucks for the first month.

What the fuck is this stupid shit?

They'll probably take your money and you'll never hear from them again like all these guys on craiglist promising to ship weed from Cali to your state after you pay them first.

Ended up signing up and its actually quite interesting. Has some pretty useful knowledge of how to create your own business ideas and leverage a niche market, the weed industry "a billion dollar industry". It's not your typical how to grow weed and sell it illegally to succeed in life. They give some examples of 100% legal, don't even have to touch the plant, methods of how to make some good money.

Couple things I would say though before you buy is if you are unmotivated and aren't willing to build your own business then don't sign up for the membership. Just gunna waste your time. Also, the site still looks pretty new and I don't think all of the content is inside. But they added 2 videos since I joined. I haven't gotten through everything yet but everything so far is pretty useful knowledge. Has a lot of strategies and ideas they didn't teach in school and I was a business major. Well worth the initial $10. Know that they charge a $30 monthly fee. I will probably stay signed up to see what other knowledge they have to give. I've started to follow the actual tasks they assign at the end of each video which will probably prove useful to know what steps to take next. Haven't made any money yet but I've only been signed up for a few days now.

I contacted them also from their craigslist ad and they have some internship positions available. Think it's mostly for article writing and some marketing tasks. They are only accepting people from San Diego right now.

Let you guys know if I make any money from it

Just like the rest of the agricultural industry, there won't be any money to make. A big corp like Monsanto will patent all the genetics and the growers will operate on razor thin profit margins.

@ficklejester I disagree. It's not necessarily the plant itself but the industry that will be created around the plant that is the real money maker. If you look at alcohol or tobacco industry they are both GIGANTIC industries and the Marijuana industry is projected to be bigger than both combined due to the recreational AND medicinal demand for Cannabis. There are new Cannabis related companies popping up every day that doesn't even have to do with the plant itself, such as the new eaze app that allows uber drivers to deliver medicinal cannabis: https://www.eazeup.com/

I think that the real money is in catering to the Green Rush. Similar to the Gold Rush, the real money isn't necessarily digging for gold (growing and selling marijuana), it is selling shovels and pick axes to all the miners

ficklejester said:

Just like the rest of the agricultural industry, there won't be any money to make. A big corp like Monsanto will patent all the genetics and the growers will operate on razor thin profit margins.

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People aren't going to stop being greedy with legalization. Colorado politicians thought prices would plummet when legalization hit. That's why they banned residential growers from participation in the legal market. They figured that legalization would make it so unprofitable for residential growers that there was no need to even allow them into the legal market.

Not only did it not go down in price, but the prices increased when the demand sky rocketed. The nature of cannabis horticulture doesn't really allow for big mega corporations to take over like they did with alcohol and tobacco. You're going to see a much more diverse market with cannabis legalization. There aren't going to be any McWeed Corporations in this industry. High quality cannabis is just too hard to grow on a large scale to make that possible.

Weed will be like wine. You don't see vineyards with patents on types of wine. Thousands of vineyards produce Cabernet just as thousands of companies will produce OG Kush, Skunk, etc. There will be patents on seeds, but the weed produced from those seeds won't be patented.

AK 47eventh Heaven said:

People aren't going to stop being greedy with legalization. Colorado politicians thought prices would plummet when legalization hit. That's why they banned residential growers from participation in the legal market. They figured that legalization would make it so unprofitable for residential growers that there was no need to even allow them into the legal market.

Not only did it not go down in price, but the prices increased when the demand sky rocketed. The nature of cannabis horticulture doesn't really allow for big mega corporations to take over like they did with alcohol and tobacco. You're going to see a much more diverse market with cannabis legalization. There aren't going to be any McWeed Corporations in this industry. High quality cannabis is just too hard to grow on a large scale to make that possible.

Weed will be like wine. You don't see vineyards with patents on types of wine. Thousands of vineyards produce Cabernet just as thousands of companies will produce OG Kush, Skunk, etc. There will be patents on seeds, but the weed produced from those seeds won't be patented.

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Of course people wont stop being greedy, but I didnt say anything to the contrary. From the posts on this site, it seems growers aren't making much in legal states. I make $300/oz for mid grade indoor grown, small buds, on the black market. I don't mean to insult anyone, but its a commodity for me.

It doesn't really compare to wine, except for maybe perceived differences in taste, high, etc, which are inestimable.

OgreBeastoid said:

@ficklejester I disagree. It's not necessarily the plant itself but the industry that will be created around the plant that is the real money maker. If you look at alcohol or tobacco industry they are both GIGANTIC industries and the Marijuana industry is projected to be bigger than both combined due to the recreational AND medicinal demand for Cannabis. There are new Cannabis related companies popping up every day that doesn't even have to do with the plant itself, such as the new eaze app that allows uber drivers to deliver medicinal cannabis: https://www.eazeup.com/

I think that the real money is in catering to the Green Rush. Similar to the Gold Rush, the real money isn't necessarily digging for gold (growing and selling marijuana), it is selling shovels and pick axes to all the miners

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I agree with a lot of your points. Scotts already specificalky targets cannabis growing.

ficklejester said:

Of course people wont stop being greedy, but I didnt say anything to the contrary. From the posts on this site, it seems growers aren't making much in legal states. I make $300/oz for mid grade indoor grown, small buds, on the black market. I don't mean to insult anyone, but its a commodity for me.

It doesn't really compare to wine, except for maybe perceived differences in taste, high, etc, which are inestimable.

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You mean legal growers, illegal growers, or both aren't making money in legal states? I'm pretty sure both are doing quite well in legal states. At least, I know people doing well.

The nature of the production of wine is different from weed, but the nature of the weed industry will be similar to wine. I still think we're decades away from full legalization as there are still a lot of people out there who don't want legal weed...politicians, corporations, and citizens all included.

I just don't see any big corporations making any significant strides in the weed industry until there is full legalization on a nationwide scale. Big companies don't want to touch this industry without federal approval. And, I don't see a lot of breeders turning over patent rights to their genetics in the near future. Breeders typically hate corporations and would die before handing over their life's work to a big company. That's not to say that some of them won't...as I'm sure there are those out there who would gladly hand their genetics over for the right price.

I also see big companies having a tough time getting patents on landrace genetics that were created by Mother Nature, but anything is possible I guess.

@ficklejester @AK 47eventh Heaven

AK is right about large corporations not wanting to touch Cannabis until it is federally legal. That is what is creating this HUGE influx of new small Cannabis businesses popping up every day. WeedMaps is now a Multi Million Dollar company and all it does it point to you on a map to where the nearest dispensary is, it has nothing to do with growing yet it is by FAR much more profitable and secure than any grow operation. I think companies that create NEW innovations within the industry are going to be the ones pushing the industry forward and making the green (pun intended).

I believe companies like Monsanto will eventually try to get into the market, but Marijuana is something that has always been a connoisseur product to a lot of people so I'm not too worried about Monsanto's dealings. Plus America will always have our Dutch and Swiss friends that have been breeding strains for over 400 years, since before America existed lol. Marijuana will definitely be something similar to wine as he was saying. It's like how you can get tons of different white wines (sativa), tons of red wines (indica), and even sparkling (hybrid?) and each one comes from a family of wine growers that are each known for their special secret family preparation methods. Can't wait for this day..

You also have to take into consideration almost all MMJ users have a common distaste for large soulless corporations. I believe the Marijuana market will be similar to the "organic" market, people will pay more to know their product came locally, fresh, and without pesticides.

Yall agree?

Many people buy cheap wine, non-organic, etc. But my original point was there's always more money to be made by the supplier in the black market.

We don't all have to agree..?

I think theres a lot more money in the legal market (hence the weedmaps example) and away from directly sellling marijuana, just my opinion. But the original point of this post was about a website for cannabis entrepreneurs, sounds like a pretty cool concept to me. I'm excited to see where the future of cannabis business industry will lead in the near future.

Not to mention weedmaps will be a little safer with sustaining their business compared to illegal grow opps. Safer investment by far.

What are you a salesman for the course. You got three posts and they are all in this thread. You don't need a course to open a pot shop or get involved in the business. You need a good lawyer.

haha naw just new to the business side of the industry and wanted to see if anyone on this forum had any experience with the website (which from your answers it appears you don't). I already signed up so it's irrelevant now anyway, but just for your info I'm not trying to do start a pot shop. The big money is going to be in the apps, software, services, and other supporting business that are popping up in the industry and are completely legal, like the other person gave the example of weedmaps.Thanks for those of you that helped though!

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