Jeffrey Similien anticipated opening his Boston cannabis store, LowKey Dispensary, in 2021.
But a deceitful business partner, city government bureaucracy and the COVID-19 pandemic all conspired to delay the christening by about two years, until October 2023.
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Many aspiring small cannabis business entrepreneurs might have given up earlier, burned through capital sooner or struck a deal with a multistate operator and relinquished control of a coveted retail license such as the one Similien possessed.
But Similien didn’t buckle.
Instead, he brought a mix of business acumen acquired through study and experience, perseverance born out of struggle and a desire to create generational wealth for his family and change for his community – all of which helped him get his store over the finish
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