#290 Charles Houghton, Scott Brandt, Jill Salzman, Dafna Michaelson

Charles Houghton is founder and owner of Charles T. Houghton, P.C., a law firm dedicated to providing business, compliance, licensing and regulatory advice to the recreational and medical marijuana industry. Charles discusses “cannabusiness” - a new and emerging industry of innovative businesses and business opportunities evolving around both the medical and recreational marijuana use - and opportunities for entrepreneurs.

Scott Brandt is the vice president of marketing at SurePayroll, where he oversees many levels of technology, including the company website, email marketing, social media, Salesforce.com, and SEO. Scott talks about how small businesses can benefit by outsourcing payroll and which technology is most useful for small business owners.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the world’s first and only kid-friendly collective of offline meetups and online resources for mom entrepreneurs. She is also the author of Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill talks about the first Founding Moms Conference taking place on Monday, October 6 and how people can attend, sponsor, and partner.

Dafna Michaelson is the co-founder and president of the Journey Institue for the 50 in 52 Journey, a project for which she traveled across America to all 50 states, spending 52 weeks to find and share the stories of ordinary people doing incredible things in their communities throughout the country. She discusses the importance and best practices of social media etiquette for small business.

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