We bring our experience as small-business creatives to work for you.

Cannabis
Consulting

12 years experience

Vanessa has managed full-scale operations for two of the most trusted and recognized dispensaries in Los Angeles over the last decade. Her cannabis retail management experience began as store manager at the Green Goddess in Venice Beach starting in 2010. Most recently she held the role of General Manager at 99 High Tide Malibu leading the team since its inception in 2015 until 2021.

Vanessa's experience and expertise is in the day-to-day leadership, logistics, operations and best practices of cannabis retail business, which includes compliance, sales, team training and retention as well as marketing and branding.

She has spent over the last ten years garnering unique knowledge with hands-on experience operating compliant California medical & recreational dispensaries, becoming accustomed to navigating the landscape and teaching others to attain the valuable competitive advantage in the ability to apply the necessary skill sets on demand flawlessly. Her work has made her a trusted name in the industry and the communities in which she operates.

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Creative
Consulting

20+ years experience

Thomas calls himself a Creative Polymath because his experiences have taken him through all the creative disciplines he could ever have imagined — Webdesign, Photography, Tyopgraphy, UI/UX, Branding, Fashion Design, Video Directing, Mural Painting, Graphic Design, and more.

Having been a partner at several design studios, Thomas is familiar with the needs of clients big and small. Over the years he has created websites, videos, and graphics for HP, BBC, MTV, Disney, Nike, History Channel, and many more. He also understands first hand the vast creative needs of small businesses from his seven years as creative partner at Late Sunday Afternoon in Venice Beach.

These days he leads Brand at Ironclad — an AI contracting company based in San Francisco.

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Cannabis Services

• Guidance and representation in the process of completing regulatory applications on the city and state levels in order to obtain licenses and permits neccessary to operate compliant cannabis businesses.
• Personnel planning: defining positions and roles, projecting scheduling needs and payroll budgets
• Menu building and product purchasing
• Accounting, financial planning, budgeting, revenue projections
• Equipment and software implementation
• Management systems: payroll, team communication, project planning & scheduling platform implementation
• Company manuals with policies and procedures guidelines
• Staff training & ongoing education
• Regulatory compliance for State & City requirements
• Banking & payment processing
• Daily and monthly reporting procedures
• Customer retention and targeting
• Online Menus, Reviews & social media campaigns
• Promotions, deals and holiday planning
• In-house brand development and brand identity creation