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April 6, 2021 at 2:49 pm
Exclusive Interview with MariMed President and CEO Bob Fireman
“Bigger doesn’t mean better,” according to MariMed (OTCQX: MRMD) President and CEO Bob Fireman. Cannabis MSO MariMed doesn’t have the footprint of some of its peers, but it is profitable and looking to grow. Fireman spoke with New Cannabis Ventures about the company’s current market presence, interest in M&A and bringing more attention to the company. The audio of the entire conversation is available at the end of this written summary.
A History of Organic Growth
The MariMed management team has been together for more than 10 years. Over that time, the team has built the company from the ground up, winning licenses to develop the core business. The business was financed through real estate management licensing fees, according to Fireman. Then a year and a half ago, the team made the decision to consolidate its client operating business into a public company.
Emory-Tibet Week 2021 will be different from years past because of its virtual format, but will still share insights with members of the Emory community and others through its theme of “Compassion, Practice and Well-being.”
The theme represents the shared mission of all the programs of Emory’s Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics (CCSCBE): CBCT® (Cognitively-Based Compassion Training), SEE Learning® (Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning) and the Robert A. Paul Emory-Tibet Science Initiative.
“These programs come together with the Compassion Center’s most recent endeavor an ambitious initiative called The Compassion Shift which aims to advance a global culture of compassion to the key areas of health care, education, business and social services across the world,” says Hannah Smith, CCSCBE program coordinator. “Drawing from years of experience and research, we strive to make the need for compassion in our world more visible and to sh
Registration for the free course is open at CompassionShift.Emory.edu.
The challenge is designed to help people recognize their capacity for compassion and learn how to practice it each day. Over the course of three weeks, participants will progress through a series of topics that explore the transformative power of compassion. Each topic includes daily guided meditations, simple everyday actions, and reflective journaling that are completed virtually at a time convenient to the participant.
“Cultivating compassion toward self and others is the urgent need of our time,” said Lobsang Tenzin Negi, executive director of Emory University’s Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics. “Compassion is a basic capacity of the human heart that helps us live in harmony with ourselves, with others and with our planet. It is our hope that people around the world will accept the challenge to devote some time during the 21 days exploring the ways that compassion can crea
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