Week One assignment

Topic 1

1. I want to learn how to grow my business in the most productive way. I have looked into a look of marketing strategies already but I want to develop my skills in a single area.
2. I am a business major, specifically in operational business management.
3. I really want to learn about event promotion. The process of creating, funding, and getting people to show up. This may not be covered in this course but if you have tips, details, or course recommendation please let me know.
4. I am interested in growing my business and doing what i love. Thrifting clothes is my favorite past time for the last 4 years.

 Topic 2

Marijuana is the hot topic for people young and old around the dinner table and there is rarely a neutral side. This brought attention to something even I hadn't thought about. Is it fair to tell the same people that grow weed for dispensary that they cannot sell it independently? It's a good idea to regulate, and to what extent is pretty clear in the eyes of the law. Advertising these illegal bushiness is not however.

This article brings into to question the legality of supporting drug dealers that both sell the exact same product, to the exact same customers, but very in the amount of licenses they hold. Weed maps CEO doesn't seem to care. Weed is weed and its their job to show you were to get it. California legislators are saying this is shouldn't be allowed.

Weedmaps is an app the shows users the all the weedstops and products they carry. I think their value proposition would be to provide users with all the possible information available about weed in there area. The CEO is defiantly sticking close to this.

This is crisis engagement in the face of legislator. He will have to not only convince users but law makers of why weed maps shows illegal vendors of weed. Also legal vendors can't be to happy about weedmaps potentially hurting the legalization process. With no real age verification even children could potentially purchase weed illegally.

I thought it was very interesting the CEO said this was all apart of there plan and they saw no problems. I was surprised the police wouldn't be happy knowing the exact places to stop by.

If i was the CEO i would be openly condemning this kind of behavior. I highly doubt i user would want to be recommneed by my to app to stop by a shady place. As for the legal aspect i would love to see weedmaps go to court for the sake of legalizing private marijuana sales from user to user.

  I learned weedmaps can show me all kind of places to buy and sell weed, and they are determined to grow that market place no matter what.