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JILL ELLSWORTH
CEO, Willow Industries
Denver
Be patient. I am not a patient
person, fundamentally. And being
in this industry for six years? I
mean, if I look back at my financial
models from 2016 and look at
where I thought adoption would
take place and where we would
be, it's unbelievable how off we
were. But what's so important is
that I continued to be patient for
this journey.
I continued to focus on my
mission and my goals and allowed
myself to really look at the industry
as a whole. And I have to say,
I'm very proud of myself for being
patient-because had I not, I
probably would have given up on
this business years ago.
So, if anyone else is looking
to start a business in a very
regulated, challenging industry,
my advice to you is to be patient,
because you just stay the course
and what you believe will happen.
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JOHN LORD
CEO, LivWell Enlightened Health
Denver
Have faith in yourself. So many
people invest in other businesses
and other people. Invest in
yourself, have faith in yourself.
I believe that gives you a robust
drive. If you've committed your
everything to something, failure is
not an option at that point.
Don't go off investing in others.
Get into the training, get into
becoming robust in your business,
enjoy your business. You've got to
be happy.
SARA GULLICKSON
CEO, The Cannabis
Business Advisors
Phoenix
The best business advice I ever
received was negative. It was
sitting down with somebody that
was like, " Hey, you're never going
to be able to sell this thing. " And
basically, " Go work for the man. "
And I don't know if that's necessarily
advice. But from that day
forward-not even that I wanted
to show him specifically-I
wanted to show me specifically
that I could do it.
The naysayers and the negative
feedback have always been
my No. 1 driver to do better, or
to learn more, or to refine my
skill set to make sure that I'm
constantly doing the best job
possible.
Comments have been edited for length and clarity.

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