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title: "ONE Cannabis Appoints Industry Pro as VP of Franchise Development"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/02ee57a1-4059-4b14-90af-ce82e406ebbd
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/one-cannabis-appoints-industry-pro-as-vp-of-franchise-development-2709100
category: "Franchisors"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
segment: "Franchisors"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit","People"]
published: 2019-02-07T22:17:02.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:32:11.353Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/0fa8f513b89a51eb0e5d545fca3cedc78097.jpg
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# ONE Cannabis Appoints Industry Pro as VP of Franchise Development

**TL;DR:** ONE Cannabis appoints Justin Livingston as VP of Franchise Development to guide the emerging franchise brand across North America. The brand is gearing up for growth with a franchise business model that provides opportunities for both cultivation and retail.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-02-07. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/one-cannabis-appoints-industry-pro-as-vp-of-franchise-development-2709100).*

## Story

According to an article on Franchising.com, “ONE Cannabis™ is forming an all-star team of franchise professionals to guide the emerging franchise brand.” The former VP of Global Development for Coyote Ugly Saloon, Justin Livingston, was just appointed by the brand as VP of Franchise Development, the article said. According to the article, he joins Mike Weinberger, “former Maui Wowi brand president and Kahala Brands vice president of franchise development.”

The combination of talent means that the brand is gearing up to grow franchise development across North America. According to the article, a franchise business model provides the brand—which includes “both cultivation and retail” opportunities—a strong chance for success.

“‘Franchising allows entrepreneurs to be ushered into an industry that is complicated and where success can be elusive,’” Livingston said, according to the article. “‘Through the franchise business model, we’re helping newcomers and existing owners compliantly operate their business without having to learn the expensive lessons of growing a cannabis dispensary or cultivation facility. Franchising will play a key role in developing and standardizing the nascent industry, and ONE Cannabis will be the franchise guiding the way.’”

“ONE Cannabis began franchising in early 2018 and currently has five franchise agreements signed for Colorado development, as well as several agreements in the works in other states and in Canada with different entrepreneurial teams,” the article said.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- franchise development (topic)
- executive appointment (topic)
- Kahala Brands (company)
- Mike Weinberger (person)
- cannabis industry (topic)
- Justin Livingston (person)
- north american expansion (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/one-cannabis-appoints-industry-pro-as-vp-of-franchise-development-2709100). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/02ee57a1-4059-4b14-90af-ce82e406ebbd).