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title: "Ron Silberstein"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/18ebe25e-da02-4280-bd90-e3c612ce9ae2
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/franchise-influencers-ron-silberstein-co-founder-and-principle-buds-place-2721820
category: "Franchise Industry"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
topics: ["Emerging brands"]
published: 2023-03-31T18:13:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:18:43.288Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/6e92804c79654326bced4d6631aeb21e2974.jpg
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# Ron Silberstein

**TL;DR:** Ron Silberstein, a certified franchise executive and CPA, co-founded Bud's Place Franchising, a social cannabis consumption lounge franchise. Silberstein has experience as a managing partner of a CPA firm and as CFO and Chief Administrative Officer of a group of companies with a public parent.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2023-03-31. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/franchise-influencers-ron-silberstein-co-founder-and-principle-buds-place-2721820).*

## Story

Silberstein’s professional experience includes being the managing partner of a high-growth CPA firm that specialized in audits of public companies and franchise companies, and 4-1/2 years as CFO and Chief Administrative Officer of a group of companies with a public parent. The group included a large franchisor, manufacturing companies, wholesale distributors and a dot com–ecommerce company.

Silberstein is a certified franchise executive and a CPA. Experienced and proactive, he is the co-founder and principal of Bud's Place Franchising, LLC—a franchisor of social cannabis consumption lounges that provides high-quality food and beverage, entertainment and accessories in an upscale atmosphere. It is high-quality fun. He has regularly been named one of the top franchise experts to follow on Twitter.

About Bud's Place : The franchise offered is for a “Bud’s Place” social smoking lounge, offering food, beverages, entertainment and relaxation in a casual but upscale atmosphere. Where permitted, the beverages will include liquor and/or beer and wine. A Bud’s Place social smoking lounge operates using the franchisor’s proprietary recipes, formulae, techniques, trade dress, trademarks and logos.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Emerging (sector)
- cannabis industry (topic)
- franchise founding (topic)
- franchise executive (topic)
- Ron Silberstein (person)
- Bud's Place Franchising (company)
- Bud's Place (company)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/franchise-influencers-ron-silberstein-co-founder-and-principle-buds-place-2721820). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/18ebe25e-da02-4280-bd90-e3c612ce9ae2).