I want to write here. I really do, but for some reason I’ve hit a wall. It’s not really the lack of material, believe me, I have a lot to say. I suppose I just don’t know where to start.
I guess I’ll start with some recent news…
We just got back from Las Vegas and the Spring CHAMPS trade show. It was nice seeing old friends and making new ones. Which seemed to be the theme of this show. Though let me start in the beginning with the 21 hour drive from Austin to Las Vegas. Not terrible, but not something I think I want to do again. My boney ass just can’t take it. It did give me and my copilot time to talk about a wide range of topics and that’s something that I think we both enjoyed immensely.
The show itself was great. There wasn’t a lot of doom and gloom about the economy. This only reenforces the fact that our industry is somewhat immune to the recession. I believe this is due to a couple of factors. The most important one being the fact that people turn to their vices even more in times of hardship. I think most cannabis enthusiast will give up going out for dinner and cable before they give up smoking their favorite herb. The other reason I think our industry is doing so well is the fact that cannabis is getting a lot of positive press lately. I truly believe that there is a good chance that we’ll see the legal regulation and taxation of cannabis in the next 5-10 years on a national level. Even sooner at a state level. Change is in the air and it smells like sweet, sweet bud.
So needless to say, we wrote a lot of orders, and we’ll be busy for weeks to come. We also became good friends with some people from the MPP (Marijuana Policy Project) and made a few other contact that good pan out into some new products for us later this year. Yes, it’s top secret.
Now that we’re back from the show production and shipping will go into high gear and I’ll be able to start focusing on other projects. The biggest one being our new website. We’re planning a top down redesign of our entire site. I’m really looking to simplify the interface and make it easier to use. Not that it isn’t pretty good now, but we have some ideas that we’d like to implement that will hopefully result in more jar sales. Or at least make us feel better about ourselves.