Blazing New Trails: April Pride's Cannabis Industry Success Story

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Want a quick estimate of how much your business is worth? With our free valuation calculator, answer a few questions about your business and you’ll get an immediate estimate of the value of your business. You might be surprised by how much you can get for it: https://flippa.com/exit -- In this episode of The Exit: April Pride, a creative entrepreneur with multiple successful exits in the cannabis industry, shares her journey from interior design and branding to founding a cannabis accessories company, which she sold within three years for a 28X return. She discusses the challenges of raising capital as a woman in the cannabis industry and her decision to exit early despite criticism. April highlights the importance of timing in exits, emphasizing the need to sell before burnout and to trust one's intuition while considering market forecasts. She explains how her company's valuation was based on their email list's value in the Canadian market, where opt-in regulations made consumer data crucial. April is now working on SetSet, a platform providing education and integration tools for psychedelic experiences, aiming to make these resources more accessible and affordable. For more details and insights from her entrepreneurial journey, listen to the latest episode of The Exit. -- April Pride is a Seattle-based serial creative entrepreneur whose work has been featured in Forbes, Vice, and The Guardian. She’s developed brands and products for 20 years. In 2015, April turned her visionary focus to cannabis with the launch of Van der Pop, a cannabis lifestyle brand acquired by the world’s largest cannabis company three years after launch. As the CEO/Founder of SetSet, April created the world’s first clinician-approved consumer platform for safe, accessible psychedelic integration. Website: https://getsetset.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprilpride/ Check Out Flippa’s Data Insights Tool: https://flippa.com/data-insights -- The Exit—Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You’ll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/