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Briefly: At the recent Benzinga Cannabis Spotlight in New Jersey, industry experts talked about potential pitfalls and tips for success in legal cannabis.

More attractive for the traditional investor: They discussed the potential benefits of DEA rescheduling for the cannabis industry, highlighting that it could attract more traditional lenders and investors.

That being said, experts agreed that the “banking crisis for cannabis has been over for a few years.” but warned against this regulatory change.

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Briefly: "For us, everything starts with cultivation," Laurie Holcomb founder and CEO of Gold Flora told the crowd gathered at the recent Benzinga cannabis event –Cannabis Market Spotlight on Monday in New Jersey

So: This seed-to-sale publicly traded cannabis company is the third in terms of retail footprint and eighth in the California market in terms of shelf space.

And that's not all, the company has about million dollars of accounts receivable (AR), which is a "phenomenal statistic, given the size of Gold Flora," according to Tom Zuber, a managing partner at Zuber Lawler, which represents top cannabis companies and Fortune 500 clients.

In this exclusive chat, Holcomb tackled the hot topic of challenges and opportunities associated with East cannabis companies going out West and shared the company's secret sauce to this success.

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