Keegan Peterson is the founder and CEO of Würk, an HR and payroll software platform built for the regulated cannabis industry.
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“And right now we're the only national reaching payroll HR technology in this industry.”
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“So it's not only the PR aspect, but they're backed by big national banks and those banks can't touch cannabis cash and they need those banks to run payroll through. So because of that hurdle, they cannot service this clientele which leaves a big opportunity.”
Keegan PetersonJul 29, 2017▶ 4:32735: Sell Cannabis? He's Raised $3m To Be Your Payroll Management System
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Peterson: 150,000 Work in Plant-Touching Cannabis, Double in Ancillary
“There's a 150,000 employees in the space today that are touching the plant and then almost double that in the ancillary market like myself.”
Keegan PetersonJul 29, 2017▶ 7:19735: Sell Cannabis? He's Raised $3m To Be Your Payroll Management System
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Peterson: 44 US states have legalized cannabis, 29 allowing medical and recreational
“What will blow your mind is that there's 44 legal states that have some form of cannabis in them today. 29 of them have medical and recreational.”
Keegan PetersonJul 29, 2017▶ 10:34735: Sell Cannabis? He's Raised $3m To Be Your Payroll Management System
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Peterson: Würk Raised $3M From VCs After Nearly a Year Bootstrapping
“For the longest time, almost a year, I self-financed it. And then we, we've now raised three million of traditional funds from VCs and folks like that.”
Keegan PetersonJul 29, 2017▶ 2:31735: Sell Cannabis? He's Raised $3m To Be Your Payroll Management System
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Peterson: Würk Generates More Than $20,000 in Monthly Revenue
“We're doing more than 20,000 per month.”
Keegan PetersonJul 29, 2017▶ 9:42735: Sell Cannabis? He's Raised $3m To Be Your Payroll Management System
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Peterson: Würk Lost Only Two Customers Over Two Years
“So we've had pretty low churn. I think we've lost like two customers in two years.”
Keegan PetersonJul 29, 2017▶ 11:15735: Sell Cannabis? He's Raised $3m To Be Your Payroll Management System
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