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Early 2015
LIFE IS GOOD
• Transitioned from corporate to private practice
• Running international development non-profit
• Working 2 days a week, surf/yoga daily
• Investing in fun lifestyle businesses
Don’t invest in your friends
(or your midlife crisis)
LET’S DO THIS
Build an extractor (this should have been stupid dumb)
Create a “brand” (SO EASY, RIGHT?)
Develop sales channels
Buy sweet van to sleep in and make deliveries
Hand off company to operator (WHAT COULD GO WRONG?)
Late 2015: Sublime v1.0
2 Strains branded for effect
Melt...
Premium co2 oil
no additives
indica
girl scout cookies
medical use only
500 mg
sublimeconcentrates 56.69
• Only a childhood friend would screw you like this
• ALEX IS COLORBLIND
• QA is Key (having 2 jobs is not)
• People want more selection (just not too much)
• Strain Drain (I’m too old for this)
KEY LEARNINGS:
Early 2016: v2.0
Alex finds a scientist
and nearly kills him…
2017 TRENDS
• Clear is king (and boring)
• TERP IT UP
• The “strain” departure worked!
• Time to make a “real” brand!
• We’re running out of space(chargers suck)
GO FOR THE GOLD
The most complex terpene
profile on the planet
SUBLIME TODAY
KEY BENCHMARKS
• 35 innovative Sku’s
• Closed series A 6.2MM
• Partnered with former owner of Ferrara Pan
• Launching multiple edibles in 2018
• Entering Canada
• approx 80 FTE’s with a KILLER team
ETHOS
• We don’t own our brands, our customers do
• Our Mission is to manufacture everything
cannabis for everyone, everywhere.
• You CAN’T just manufacture a brand
• Consistently excellent/Incredible value/Scale
• Be “Brilliant at the Basics”
ALEX FANG of SUBLIME CANNA at REVEL: CANNABIS + THE CONSUMER

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ALEX FANG of SUBLIME CANNA at REVEL: CANNABIS + THE CONSUMER

  • 1.
  • 2. Early 2015 LIFE IS GOOD • Transitioned from corporate to private practice • Running international development non-profit • Working 2 days a week, surf/yoga daily • Investing in fun lifestyle businesses
  • 3.
  • 4. Don’t invest in your friends (or your midlife crisis)
  • 5. LET’S DO THIS Build an extractor (this should have been stupid dumb) Create a “brand” (SO EASY, RIGHT?) Develop sales channels Buy sweet van to sleep in and make deliveries Hand off company to operator (WHAT COULD GO WRONG?)
  • 6.
  • 7. Late 2015: Sublime v1.0 2 Strains branded for effect Melt... Premium co2 oil no additives indica girl scout cookies medical use only 500 mg sublimeconcentrates 56.69
  • 8. • Only a childhood friend would screw you like this • ALEX IS COLORBLIND • QA is Key (having 2 jobs is not) • People want more selection (just not too much) • Strain Drain (I’m too old for this) KEY LEARNINGS:
  • 9.
  • 11. Alex finds a scientist and nearly kills him…
  • 12. 2017 TRENDS • Clear is king (and boring) • TERP IT UP • The “strain” departure worked! • Time to make a “real” brand! • We’re running out of space(chargers suck)
  • 13.
  • 14. GO FOR THE GOLD
  • 15.
  • 16.
  • 17. The most complex terpene profile on the planet
  • 19. KEY BENCHMARKS • 35 innovative Sku’s • Closed series A 6.2MM • Partnered with former owner of Ferrara Pan • Launching multiple edibles in 2018 • Entering Canada • approx 80 FTE’s with a KILLER team
  • 20. ETHOS • We don’t own our brands, our customers do • Our Mission is to manufacture everything cannabis for everyone, everywhere. • You CAN’T just manufacture a brand • Consistently excellent/Incredible value/Scale • Be “Brilliant at the Basics”