I was wondering what everyone’s thoughts about the actual event(not the after parties) were… if any of you actual remember them.
My thoughts: there was more equipment there than the entire US needed for extraction. There was 12 more companies “owning” cart factories than actually exist. Theres too many people fighting for the same dollar and the tertiary and supporting companies are about to have their bubble popped.
Unless it would be legelized world wide
But i guess thats yust a dream
it was very overwhelming for me.
First off it was way too big. There was stuff i didnt get to see and people i really didnt get to meet.
It was really hard to sit down and have a true business meeting there in any shape or fashion.
Overall, i met some companies i hope i can distribute products for…
I did come home with a lot of cool things. I have enough clipper lighters to last me a year…
@BeastCoast probably had the coolest lighters of the show.
Look at this mini gas tank key chain lighter!
For the most part my head was down trained on the floor numbers looking for the exact booths I needed to hit. After 30 years this space is way crazy. Glad I got my sea legs.
That lighters gas.
I agree, it was so big I barely got to meeting half the people i planned on meeting. The after parties is where I got all my actual work done.
This is why I am a nomad. Expectations lead to nothing but negative results.
As far as the convention. I walked up, looked around at all the cannon fodder and walked right back to my hotel room. I don’t have time for dealing with that.
Wasnt really impressed myself. A bunch of different extraction machines that generally do the absolutely same thing. I was hoping to see some really good looking end products too but unfortunately i wasnt impressed with that too.
I was happy only for the fact that i could see different filling machines as i am currently looking to buy some./ However the vibe of the event had maybe more than doubled the prices which i would definitely wait to be reduced.
Apart from that, networking was really hard with all the fuzz and business of the event and the fact that you are rushing and running to be able to check all booths.
There are only a few extraction companies that in my opinion are doing anything new and interesting. I did find a couple of new ones there. I go to conventions like this to network and if i find at least one useful new product i consider it a good one. I found 2-3 equipment vendors i hadn’t heard of that were doing interesting things so it was a success in my books.
The prices of some of the filling machines were astronomical considering they barely fill faster than hand filling.
Got a lot of apologies from people for this, which are completely unnecessary. BizCon Vegas is way too big to fit everything in to a neat little package. I expect zero meetings to actually happen, and the ones that do are a bonus.
As for the show, I used the incredibly handy BizCon website to map out my days and then allocated 30 minutes to each of my affiliates at their booths. Spread my Crutch Card hemp paper Future4200xGLG flyers to every booth, we were by far the most ubiquitous advertiser there and it didn’t cost anything more than some airfare. While at multiple affiliate booths I landed sales for said affiliate, so money was definitely being spent.
The vast majority of the people here, other than Californians, were from the Midwest and the south. The emerging markets are about to blow the fuck up, and a lot of them are already at scale with some similar crop processing they are looking to switch from.
Talked with multiple people with large plant oil facilities looking to convert, one guy with a corn ethanol plant that’s going to bring in hemp waste.
By far the most valuable aspect of the whole thing was hosting 3 GLG events while so many people were in one spot, we had well over 500 people attend. The mastermind knowledge circles were next level. Imagine the best technical conversations here on the forum, at real time speed, face to face with all of its benefits including the social norm of acting like a pleasant fucking human. Rapid fire exchange of information.
Yes everyone and their mother is going to wanna make ethanol. They may or may not be barking up the wrong tree tho IMO.
I had a blast meeting putting faces to names. Great conversations were had for-sure. Glad to be in the room with those who are on the level.
sick haha
Hi @SanitatemDime explain your stance on the tertiary & supporting companies. I’m interesting in hearing more.
I wish there was a verification process for the hemp slangers that were going up to pretty much every booth and handing out their cards, like there is on this forum. Vetted before they can just hand their cards out to anyone on the showroom floor. I realize that is impossible, but would be nice to weed out the brokers from the actual producers.
Wish I hadn’t been too nervous to go to the GLG events. I totally have social anxiety and tired of some of the mansplaining that’s occurred when I just want to talk about the science. I hesitate to post sometimes because of this specifically. Maybe I’ll make it out to some other events in the future!
We had a client last year who refused to acknowledge that my partner (a woman) was capable of anything but providing financial backing and tube packing, despite having personally witnessed her doing every step herself.
Would refer to everything as if I was the only one even directly in front of her. And would argue her about process despite not knowing anything about it
We not only welcome women into the GLG, we strive to empower them.
@murphymurri @onedabbitch and half of @Mosaic_Co-Labs as well as @cbddent are female regional GLG Ambassadors.
@sidco_cat is one of my best friends
All of these powerful women, and countless more, are the backbone of the Gang.
Trust me when I say all the boys shut up and line up when Murphy has something to say.
MjBizCon was a lot of copy cats in our opinion. Everyone had a good idea, but honestly our industry is so new that’s what you’re going to see for a few years as we wade through the BS. We got a ton of interaction at the GLG sponsored event with actual business owners, and everyone was talking shop while having fun.
We walked the convention floor and had some great conversations as well with companies we’re interested in partnering with. The convention was a lot to cover, but if you used the map you could dodge people to easily get to your destination. I felt bad for the companies that paid for an ungodly expensive 10x10 tucked away in the corner with not much exposure.
Nice meeting everyone. Until next year.
That’s seriously awesome to see!
Definitely glad I posted then, and am definitely looking forward to making it out to an event!
The amount of times this has happened to me makes it harder for me to open up. I love collaboration and I love honestly just geeking out together. Glad to know there are people out there looking to empower!
We need more people like you contributing to the science side. You never know, you might be holding information that could substantially help someone. Don’t let anxiety hold you back!
I have anxiety in general and after watching this video of Steve Jobs preach that knowing you are going to die is the best way to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
Basically I wake up every day and put the fear of death in my eyes and I get sh*t done
