jasonzbtzl
Active Member
Ok so I've watched this show and I have mixed feelings about it. First off, any publicity is good, I firmly believe that and the overall theme of the show is positive in my opinion, as far as how it portrays the industry as a whole. That being said, I'm not 100% sure how I feel about some of the people they showcase on the show. Some of them seem so clueless about the very thing they claim to be "passionate" about, and it just comes across as fake and Donald Trump'esqe to me. There are a few of them that seem to be more down to earth and real, but a few just seem over the top on the douche meter.
Something I am really curious about is how they are planning to go to other states to open stores? Like the last few episodes it shows them flying to Nevada and Chicago to flesh out the new prospective markets...??? How can they do this, I'd think that every state is going to have a residency clause in the licensing, so how are they planning to get around that?? Are they just gonna setup some shell company with a resident as a figure head?? That sounds a lot like money laundering to me? Or are they just finding other rich a-holes in those states and saying hey I'll throw you a bunch of money to get started and we will split the profits, etc...
If that is the case, well then we have just lost the game as far as legalizing and it being a movement of the people..your average Joe entrepreneur who just wants to break into the industry when it goes legal in his or her state, won't be able to because the folks in states that have gotten a head start can build such a huge capital reserve they can go to each state that legalizes and buy their way in. This will lead to monopolies, etc...the same thing happened in the petroleum industry years ago and the monopolies had to be broken, which didn't actually happen FYI...
I'm sure I'm just being naive, and in reality it a business like anything else, but I for one was really just hoping that this time it could be different and that the industry to grow and thrive differently. Don't get me wrong I have nothing against people making money, it just seems like the ones that are currently, like those on this show, if not now, will eventually be doing it at the expense of other people....
Something I am really curious about is how they are planning to go to other states to open stores? Like the last few episodes it shows them flying to Nevada and Chicago to flesh out the new prospective markets...??? How can they do this, I'd think that every state is going to have a residency clause in the licensing, so how are they planning to get around that?? Are they just gonna setup some shell company with a resident as a figure head?? That sounds a lot like money laundering to me? Or are they just finding other rich a-holes in those states and saying hey I'll throw you a bunch of money to get started and we will split the profits, etc...
If that is the case, well then we have just lost the game as far as legalizing and it being a movement of the people..your average Joe entrepreneur who just wants to break into the industry when it goes legal in his or her state, won't be able to because the folks in states that have gotten a head start can build such a huge capital reserve they can go to each state that legalizes and buy their way in. This will lead to monopolies, etc...the same thing happened in the petroleum industry years ago and the monopolies had to be broken, which didn't actually happen FYI...
I'm sure I'm just being naive, and in reality it a business like anything else, but I for one was really just hoping that this time it could be different and that the industry to grow and thrive differently. Don't get me wrong I have nothing against people making money, it just seems like the ones that are currently, like those on this show, if not now, will eventually be doing it at the expense of other people....