Kristen Abelon

Even though it's a real business, right?

I was a firm believer of that.

But after I sold it, I had to protect a lot at night because it would help me sleep.

And, you know, it really shuts off your brain because...

When you're the type of person that's just got ideas and you're like, oh, I can make a business out of this.

I can make a business out of this.

But if I would actually partake either being edible or smoking it, it actually kind of calms your mind and kind of helps you organize a little bit better.

Right on.

Well, I just grew organically.

I mean, started a lot of the stuff actually underground and continued to grow organically.

A lot of people came into the industry with millions and millions of dollars.

I mean, when I did a bunch of consulting in Vegas, these people, you had to show liquid of $750,000 per license.

Wow.

And plus you had to show liquid in building it, the liquid for at least one year.

Like that's a lot of money.

And that really pushes out the people that really enjoy and love the industry.

So I really did.

We grew organically, built one room at a time and just we just ran with it.

Well, and that's the crazy part, because when Vegas actually came online, they came up with so many different regulations about certain pesticides and stuff like that.

And as I've spoke at some of the symposiums, I'm like, you do realize these are all the same pesticides that you use on food.