Illicit Roots: How to Grow Into the Legal Market

Seed to CEO

English - May 06, 2021 16:00 - 46 minutes - 36.3 MB
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In this episode of Seed to CEO, Chris Ball shares his experience with transitioning from a very lucrative illicit market operator to a very successful legal licensee. He talks about how he leveraged his legacy experience and network, what types of know-how he needed to hire to complement his legacy experience and how he brought his illegal operation up to legal norms and the challenges of financing the project. Now that Ball is thriving in Southern California, he’s looking to expand.

Who is Chris Ball?

Chris Ball made more money in the illicit market than he did as a professional football player, but when Los Angeles opened a social equity cannabis business licensing program for people with marijuana-related felonies like himself, he decided in to apply for and in 2018 won a social equity license for Ball Family Farms.