Canadian Schools Set to Capitalize on Marijuana Businesses
Canadian schools and grads are in a position to capitalize on pot.
Brendan Kennedy first caught a whiff of opportunity six years ago. The former software entrepreneur—newly armed with an M.B.A. from Yale—was working at a Silicon Valley venture capital firm when he spotted something unusual amid the thousands of dossiers on tech, software and biotech firms: a start-up focused on medical marijuana.
Intrigued, Kennedy searched the vast databases at his fingertips. There were zero companies of significant size operating in the space—a surprise given the push to make weed available for patients in the U.S., Canada and other countries. So Kennedy embarked on a marijuana world tour, travelling to pot-friendly U.S. states, Canada, Spain, Jamaica and the Netherlands. His conclusion? Cannabis is a mainstream drug, consumed by regular people and, as a result, will eventually be legalized, creating a global industry worth more than $200 billion. Those who get...
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