Plandai Biotechnology Inc (PLPL)

[Rdhoughton]

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"Ron Throgmartin thinks so, and believes his company is a contender. “We saw the opportunity to come into this because there are no specialty brands in the market,” says the CEO of Kirkland, Wash.-based Diego Pellicer. Named after a legendary hemp grower in the colonial-era Philippines, the brand is sold through dispensaries, though its ambitions go well beyond that. “We’re hoping to create the Apple of marijuana,” Throgmartin boasts.

It’s not a surprise that some of the best, brightest and most ambitious entrepreneurs have designs on the space—Diego Pellicer’s seed money comes from Jamen Shively, a former corporate strategist at Microsoft. But building a cannabis brand isn’t as easy as throwing money at it."

http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/who-will-become-starbucks-pot-159145