John Mueller, Scaling a Midwest Cannabis Empire

2024-10-24

Welcome to the Green Rush, a weekly conversation at the intersection of cannabis, psychedelics, the capital markets, and culture, produced by KCSA Podcast Labs. Today our hosts sat down with John Mueller, veteran cannabis entrepreneur and CEO of Greenlight Dispensary. Greenlight is a vertically integrated multi-state operator with more than 30 dispensaries, 3 in-house brands, and more than 750 employees across Missouri, Ohio, West Virginia, Illinois, Nevada, and South Dakota. John is an expert in navigating the complexities of limited license markets and running a debt-free, profitable organization. John...

Welcome to the Green Rush, a weekly conversation at the intersection of cannabis, psychedelics, the capital markets, and culture, produced by KCSA Podcast Labs.

Today our hosts sat down with John Mueller, veteran cannabis entrepreneur and CEO of Greenlight Dispensary. Greenlight is a vertically integrated multi-state operator with more than 30 dispensaries, 3 in-house brands, and more than 750 employees across Missouri, Ohio, West Virginia, Illinois, Nevada, and South Dakota. John is an expert in navigating the complexities of limited license markets and running a debt-free, profitable organization.

John has extensive experience in all areas of cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, dispensing, and retail. Prior to founding Greenlight in 2019, he served as Co-Founder and CEO of Acres Cannabis, successfully building and selling operations to Curaleaf, which included a 19,000 sqft experiential dispensary and over 300,000 sqft of cultivation. Under John’s leadership, Greenlight issued the first known consecutive dividends by a private cannabis MSO, each totaling over seven figures. John also created “The Underground” and “Greenlight Garage” the world’s first-ever cannabis farmers markets where vendors and consumers can directly interact.

So don’t sit back, lean forward and enjoy!

Social Media:

John’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-mueller-6a3749a/
Greenlight’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greenlightdispensary/
Greenlight’s X: https://x.com/greenlightdispo

Other Links/Mentions:

Greenlight’s website: https://greenlightdispensary.com/
Greenlight Ohio: https://greenlightdispensary.com/wintersville/
Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana: https://nebraskamarijuana.org/

Show Credits:

This episode was hosted by Anne Donohoe and Maria Petsanas of KCSA Strategic Communications.

Special thanks to our Program Director, Shea Gunther, and Executive Producer, Maria Petsanas.

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