Listen to this special episode of NCIA’s Cannabis Industry Voice brought to you from the podcast studio on the showfloor of the Northeast Cannabis Business Conference and Expo held February 19-20, 2020, in Boston, MA, with your host, Bethany Moore!

New Ventures Consulting uses time-tested, proven business strategies to show purpose-driven entrepreneurs in leading-edge and trending businesses how to navigate risks inherent in growing and scaling so that the founders can see their vision come to life and positively impact people. Jack Palis is a risk advisor and insurance consultant specializing in, and committed to, bringing the traditional business function of risk management to new entrepreneurs in today’s leading-edge and trending businesses. Businesses in new and emerging Industries like blockchain/digital assets, high-tech applications of AI, drones, etc., cannabis, craft brewery/distillery and agritainment typically have a large percentage of first-time entrepreneurs and have challenges in readily accessing needed insurance.

Jack brings the strategies used by the big companies to these new business owners and shows them how to properly use of insurance in protecting their business. Since cryptocurrency hit his radar screen at the beginning of 2015, he has become a student and advocate of the practical applications of blockchain technology to business and societal problems and is committed to seeing this new industry thrive. From there, as a new entrepreneur himself, a passion emerged in helping other new entrepreneurs in other cutting edge and trending business ventures thrive. He observed that new entrepreneurs need skilled guidance to identify the unique risks to their business in these new and growing industries and to navigate the world of insurance where insurers are reluctant to cover new ventures in new fields. ln 2017, Jack completed a 37- year career has worked for several major international corporations.