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Capone of Cannabis Has A New Cover

I told myself—sell so many copies of the book—ask my friend Lindsey to redesign the cover art. Buy the book. Visit the Artist

I need a book recommendation about the Iroquois confederacy and included an old picture as payment

Ryan in high school before bowl cuts were a thing.

How I Founded the Marijuana Patients Organization | Ryan Richmond Cannabis · Advocacy · Origin Story Why I Founded the Marijuana Patients Organization Before…

Trump, the Constitution, and America’s Favorite Hobby: Criticizing the President

America just turned 250 years old, and somehow it felt like more people spent the birthday party bashing Trump than praising the country. But…

Fishing With Two Lines in the Open Ocean

We just finished building our second residential property tax assessment site: LowerPropertyTax.com. Yes, it will compete with AppealTax.com. And that is kind of the…

So I Did a Podcast Hungover

When I was invited to appear on a podcast in Tampa, I said yes for two reasons. First, I was already going to be…

Turning a Pet’s Health Scare Into a National Pet Wellness Brand

Most entrepreneurs think they need a perfect business plan. Sometimes the better starting point is a real problem sitting in your own kitchen, your…

What is Abrogate.org?

Around 2016 — somewhere in there — activists were trying to get a cannabis proposal on the ballot for Michigan voters (legalize all weed…

Appeal Tax: The Business I Built Out of the Housing Crash

The best businesses come from real problems. Appeal Tax started after the Great Recession and housing crash of 2009. Property values were falling everywhere,…