Introduction to the Cannabis Industry at SDSW

I lead the cannabis topic track at San Diego Startup Week, this year (SDSW18). Here's a video, with so-so sound (some clicks and pops) from my presentation in June:
http://mobile.joemoreno.com/sdsw18

 You can skip the first four minutes and twenty seconds and see a better (HD) version of my intro video here:
http://sdcbg.org/snoop

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