Pure speculation, but Mike was just a middleman between Tom, Judah, and the business plan for the CannaCig. It's like if you wanted to start a business, but your wife was a stay at home mom and wanted to be a part of every decision. You would have to explain it to her, then give her time to say ok. Things would get done, but it would take forever and is annoying!
At least, that's my though. Mike will still be there doing the exact same thing, without slowing down Toms process. Tom can now pull the trigger on things without having to sit down with mike and explain it all to him before it gets done.
