Marijuana Business Magazine - February 2018

Post Polak Goodsell & Strauchler has one of the leading Hospitality & Alcoholic Beverage practices in New Jersey. We pride ourselves on our familiarity with New Jersey liquor laws and regulations and our positive working relationships with the administrators and governing personnel who enforce those laws and regulations and with municipalities throughout the state. We are proud to welcome Jerey Warsh to establish a new cannabis industry practice group. Je is an alcoholic beverage and cannabis law attorney and registered governmental aairs agent with over 30 years of experience in highly regulated industries. Our practice group advises entrepreneurs in the complex and evolving field of cannabis law, providing guidance and insight into entity formation and capital raising, real estate and zoning, permitting and regulatory compliance, and enforcement and transactions related to the licensing of alcoholic beverages and cannabis. A Long-Time Leader in Serving New Jersey’s Alcoholic Beverage Community A Pioneer in Serving New Jersey’s New Cannabis Industry Contact us to learn more: Paul D. Strauchler Jeffrey A. Warsh Douglas J. Sherman Jerry Fischer 425 Eagle Rock Avenue, Suite 200 • Roseland, NJ • 07068-1717 • (973) 228-9900 • postpolak.com It was really valuable to be able to bring some sizable early accounts to Headset that we might not have been able to get if we didn’t have the background or relation- ship from Leafly. Headset, their earlier work with Leafly gave the trio a ready trove of poten- tial customers in the form of product manufacturers and retailers.The three were able to convert those businesses into Headset clients. “That really helps when you have your second endeavor and you can lev- erage a lot of those relationships.That really helped fast-track us,” Scott said. “Coming from Leafly we have a similar customer base – the retailers, the prod- uct manufacturers, spending all those years with them and really listening to them and understanding their pain points and their needs.” Those relationships also helped the Headset founders understand the problems those companies faced while 60 • Marijuana Business Magazine • February 2018