A decade in the trenches. Every lesson the hard way. ShelfSpace is what I wish existed when I needed it most.
I started my first cannabis company in Oregon in 2015 — vertically integrated, multi-state, the whole thing. I've been a cultivator, a manufacturer, and a retailer. I've made payroll by the skin of my teeth, fought through market crashes, and navigated every compliance curveball this industry throws at you. We still operate in Massachusetts today, but we exited Oregon in 2023 — a decision that changed my perspective forever.
Through all of it, I kept seeing the same problems: retailers drowning in AP busywork, vendors waiting months to get paid, and both sides leaving money on the table through missed credits and broken processes. Nobody was solving the financial plumbing between retailers and vendors — the unsexy but critical stuff that determines whether an operator survives or goes under.
I built ShelfSpace to fix what I saw missing. We started with credit recovery because most retailers don't realize how much money they're leaving on the table with their vendors — below-keystone sales, unclaimed waste credits, co-marketing dollars that never get negotiated. Then we built the AP engine because once you're recovering credits, the next question is always "can you just pay our vendors for us too?" And consignment came naturally — if we're already managing the vendor financial relationship, why not let retailers stock vendor-owned inventory and free up cash?
Today, ShelfSpace handles it all: credit recovery, vendor payments, consignment settlements, and everything in between. One platform, built by someone who's actually lived through the problems it solves.
Outside of ShelfSpace, my family is everything to me. Being a dad is the most important role in my life — it's why I work so hard to build something meaningful. I want to help create an industry where good operators can make a real living and build something their families can be proud of. Every retailer and vendor we work with is someone's livelihood, someone's family. That's never lost on me.
Let's fix this industry together. I'm in it with you.
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