The Wall Street Journal continues a recent trend towards mainstream coverage of the legal cannabis industry, exploring its push towards innovation as it transforms. The article begins with a discussion of Eaze, the delivery app. Its founder, Keith McCarty, who has previous tech startup experience leading Yammer, which was bought by Microsoft, says:
Those larger, stodgier companies aren’t always the most innovative. With startups, we can get in earlier, be agile, and define the industry before the incumbents step in.
The article includes a discussion of Flowhub, Leafly and Potbotics and also includes the perspective of Privateer Holdings CEO Brendan Kennedy.
Read Elizabeth Dwoskin’s “Silicon Valley’s Unlikely New Frontier”: http://www.wsj.com/articles/silicon-valleys-unlikely-new-frontier-1447810134?alg=y
