Interesting development. He says he wants to become the "Starbucks" of pot.
Former Microsoft manager proposes national marijuana brand, robust pot trade with MexicoJamen Shively will announce the ideas in a joint news conference with former Mexican President Vicente Fox on Thursday.
These days, former Microsoft manager Jamen Shively is thinking different.
Shively will hold a news conference with former Mexican President Vicente Fox on Thursday during which he will propose legal marijuana trade between the two countries, as well as the first national brand of pot in the U.S.
“Let’s go big or go home,” Shively, who worked at Microsoft for six years, told The Seattle Times. “We’re going to mint more millionaires than Microsoft with this business.”
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Sensing that there is more than a few bucks to be made from the emerging legal marijuana market, Shively has been buying up medical pot dispensaries in Washington state and Colorado.
“I’ve just fallen in love with the plant,” Shively told the Times. “Especially in the medical realm I’ve gone from entrepreneur to advocate to activist, seriously.”
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