Tech exec's grass-roots venture
Keith McCarty had already given his parents plenty of reason to be proud of their only son.
In 2012, a technology company he helped build was bought by Microsoft for $1.2 billion. At 26, the Orange native was sitting pretty.
So later that year, when McCarty met his parents in a local taco shop to tell them about the first tech company he was launching on his own, expectations were high.
McCarty said his company would be called Eaze, and it would be an on-demand health care service that connects medical marijuana patients with deliveries from local dispensaries.
With a couple of taps on a smartphone, he explained, patients could order buds or edibles for discreet delivery in 20 minutes or less – much like calling for a ride from Uber.
His mom, concerned over what her son was getting into, had a question:
“What am I going to tell...
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