Looking for support/advice/feedback on my early-stage cannabis start-up, 'munchy'https://www.munchylife.com/

khaingzinthet·Aug 03, 2021

Hi ladies! I'm Khaing, a current MBA student at Wharton and co-founder of an early-stage cannabis start-up called 'munchy'. I am a new comer to LA this summer to pilot test our venture.

munchy is an Airbnb Experiences like platform for 'cannabis experiences'. We have events where we say 'Let's get high and __' and they range from doing yoga to going to a photoshoot and going on a food crawl with friends to going on a date night making ceramic ashtrays. The mission is to build a community around these experiences and advancing different narratives of what it means to use cannabis. (Really, it's not just stoners. We can be highly productive professionals and still choose to use cannabis for lifestyle or medical reasons.)

I'm posting this to:

1. Ask for advice/feedback on the business idea and grow my network. If you are or have been in the cannabis industry or events business, I would be happy to connect and pick your brain!

2. Connect with fellow women cannabis enthusiasts to further understand how you view and use cannabis and what experiences you look for

3. INVITE you to our two upcoming events! We have a Ceramic Social and a Stoned Yoga coming up this week in LA. If you are intrigued by munchy or want to show support, I'd love for you to come out to these!

And, of course, if you'd just want to connect with me on anything and everything else, I'm always happy to!

Thank you so much, truly!

josephinecahill·Aug 03, 2021

This is *so* cute, and I'm so excited to see where it goes! I'm not based in LA, but would love to stay in touch. I work with a design agency specializing in women's health and wellness - so we work with a ton of clients who touch on medicinal cannabis. It's an exciting space to be in right now

khaingzinthet·Aug 04, 2021

Thank you @josephinecahill! I'd love to stay in touch with you too. I'm interested to learn more about your design agency and the work you are doing as well!

josephinecahill·Aug 05, 2021

Definitely! DM me and let's find a time to talk cannabis and design :)

Larissa88·Aug 04, 2021

@eunicekim might be a good person to chat to! She’s building a platform to help people with which cannabis products to choose and has obviously done a lot of work in this space 😊 I’m in South Africa but I support all pro-weed efforts and I think this idea is hilarious and amazing! 🍀🍀🍀

khaingzinthet·Aug 04, 2021

Yes! We've been in touch with @eunicekim! I'm a big fan of her and her platform, HiVi! Thank you so much!!

eunicekim·Aug 05, 2021

Appreciate you, @Larissa88!! Thank you. and hi @khaingzinthet! <3

laurenvriens·Aug 06, 2021

Love this concept @khaingzinthet! So glad to see a company like this started by a woman because the industry could definitely use a different perspective that makes it more accessible and mainstream. Outside of work, I'm a startup advisor that helps early stage founders figure out their revenue model while also offering advice on scaling operations. Based on 11+ years scaling businesses. I'm currently advising a company that does health and wellness experiences on metropolitan waterways - I see a lot of potential in the experiences space. If you're looking for a thought partner on those things, would be fun to chat!

biancaascolese·Aug 20, 2021

Hi Khaing! Congratulations on starting this journey! My name is Bianca Ascolese and I am a Junior Associate at LVLUP Legal, a female-owned boutique law firm that empowers founders and startups to "level up" and make smart legal decisions.I'd be more than happy to offer your a free consultation to speak with you about your startup and what you may need from a legal perspective. Feel free to shoot me an email at [email protected] or select a time that works best by clicking on the Calendly link below:https://calendly.com/biancalvluplegal/experiment1et?back=1&month=2021-08Looking forward to hearing from you :)