GrowUp Cannabis Hackathon 

Serial Entrepreneur in Tech, Entertainment & New Orleans. Has facilitated Hackathons for SXSW, Capitol Records, Canadian Music Week, Outside Lands, Bonnaroo, The White House, The Super Bowl and others.

Travis Laurendine

The first-ever GrowUp Cannabis Hackathon will take place Sept. 6-7, where hackers will build innovative tech solutions to the fast-growing cannabis industry. 
Competing hackers will explore ideas for tracking, purchasing, reporting, strain identification, verification, integration with the entertainment industry, and much more.
After a 24 hour overnight hacking session in Toronto, the winning teams head to Niagara Falls for the awards presentations and ceremony at the GrowUp Conference.
Confirmed partners include <A HREF="https://www.trellisgrows.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Trellis" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trellis</A><A HREF="https://www.trellisgrows.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Trellis" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></A>, <A HREF="https://cannatechtoday.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Cannabis & Tech Today" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cannabis &amp; Tech Today</A>, <A HREF="https://leafforward.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Leaf" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Leaf Forward</A>, <A HREF="http://herb.co/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">herb.co</A>, <A HREF="http://lyricfind.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="LyricFind" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LyricFind</A>, <A HREF="https://lyricmerch.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="LyricMerch" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LyricMerch</A>, <A HREF="https://www.tourbuds.ca/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Tourbuds" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">TourBuds</A>, <A HREF="https://brainsights.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Brainsights" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Brainsights</A>, <A HREF="https://www.beanfield.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Beanfield" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Beanfield</A>, <A HREF="http://www.mediazoic.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Mediazoic" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">RadioMogul by Mediazoic</A>, <A HREF="https://hotboxshop.ca/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Hotbox" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hotbox</A>, Rosenzweig &amp; Co, Merry Jane, PAX, <A HREF="https://hackernoon.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="HackerNoon" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hacker Noon</A> and <A HREF="https://grow-up-cannabis-hackathon.devpost.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Devpost" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Devpost</A>. Plus restaurant partners Smoke's Poutinerie and Quesada Burritos.
Confirmed judges include Jay Rosenzweig (Managing Director of Rosenzweig &amp; Co), Alex Blumenstein (Co-Founder of Leaf Forward, Canada's first cannabis business accelerator),  Matt Shalhoub (Managing Director of Green Acre Capital), and Rachel Colic (VP Brand Strategy &amp; PR for Pure Global Cannabis Inc.).
PRIZES: 1) Fine art Cannabis photographs from <A HREF="https://www.calibrothers.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Cali Bros" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cali Brothers Cannabis Prints.</A> Top shelf, fine art photographs of quality cannabis flowers printed on metal. 
2) One year free Leaf Club membership for the winning team (up to five members) + Five Office Hours sessions with the <A HREF="https://leafforward.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Leaf Forward" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Leaf Forward</A> (Canada’s first and leading cannabis business accelerator) team.
3) Original GrowUp Hackathon <A HREF="https://lyricmerch.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Lyric Merch" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LyricMerch</A> T-Shirts with lyrics for "Easy Skanking" printed on front. We'll outfit each winning team
4) TourBuds VIP Trip to Niagara Falls for GrowUp Hackathon Winners. The 3 winning teams will get to travel in luxury on the amazing TourBuds bus, round trip from Toronto to Niagara Falls on Friday Sept. 7 after the hackathon ends.
5)  Pax 3 Complete Kits. Courtesy of Pax and HotBox.
4) <A HREF="https://cannatechtoday.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Cannabis & Tech Today" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cannabis &amp; Tech Today</A><A HREF="https://cannatechtoday.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Cannabis & Tech Today" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </A> subscription. Cannabis &amp; Tech Today is a quarterly publication specializing in technological advancements, business innovations, and popular culture pertaining to the marijuana industry. 
Questions? Email HackathonVentures@gmail.com.

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