Business View Magazine | June 2022

37 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 6 him about my experience working with two start-ups in Atlanta and that I could add value to Cannalean. Once Chris explained that Cannalean is a vegan, sugar-free, keto friendly and organic syrup, I knew that this product was a game changer. I believe that people would prefer to drink cannabis, rather than smoking it because of the smell and the health benefits.” BVM: Tell us about your product and the franchise opportunities. Johnson: “It’s a sugar-free, vegan, plant-based syrup that allows you to infuse any beverage you want to. My thought being that if you had to smoke alcohol, you probably wouldn’t consume it as much. The process of smoking something and having the scent in the air is not the most socially acceptable way to consume a product. So being able to put it in a beverage is great. I’m a heavy cannabis user but I also want to be socially acceptable, I have a degree and a business and I don’t want to be looked at as though I’m just smoking weed all the time. So when I drink it, that thought process from people isn’t there. It’s such a different respect that you get from drinking cannabis rather than smoking it. Hence the process of where we’re going now. “The product is totally able to be franchised, we have SOPs written, and we want to work with people in every state to launch our Cannalean beverage products. I believe that is the future of cannabis, consuming it in a beverage rather than smoking it. Since I create everything in my product, I don’t have to deal with a lot of different state regulations because I can just franchise the SOPs and the actual intellectual part of the product. Most cannabis companies have to get a license in every state, I can work with people who do have a license – use 200 sq. ft of their facility, that’s all they need to start producing about 100,000 bottles a month.” BVM: How will you encourage investors? Cottrell: “We’re the only product sold at the CANNALEAN LLC Chief Operations Officer Kenny Cottrell (left) and CEO & Founder Chris Johnson (right)