In this episode recorded on 02/02/2021, Jesse Betend talks to Rick Batenburg III, Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Cliintel Capital. Cliintel Capital Management Group was created to provide funding to emerging market companies. Rick talks about why he is feeling optimistic about the cannabis industry in 2021, the unique challenges the space has, and why brands need to make an emotional connection to their customers.

Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer Rick Batenburg III, a former college athlete who started his career as a broker at Merrill Lynch, specializing in high net-worth clients. Rick made the jump from Merrill Lynch to cannabis in 2015, the early days of the legal industry in Colorado, when he and his father found a way they could fund brands in the new industry

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