Who We Are
This didn’t start with millionaire investors.
It started with a problem no one else was solving.
It started with a 24 year old and his grandma, shipping orders by hand, and filming TikToks on a busted phone.
I’m Michael, and everything you see here didn’t come from funding, investors, or some trendy business plan.
It came from a gut feeling that cannabis deserved better. That people in non-legal states deserved better. That the human condition deserved better.
What started with me alone, in my tiny apartment, with nothing but a small check from my grandma (love you grandma <3), has grown into something unbelievably bigger:
A mission that brought together a team of people crazy enough to believe in it too.
In under a year, we went from a 500 sq ft run-down apartment to a 10,000 sq ft warehouse.
We’ve been through broken ACs in the middle of summer, ceilings caving in, banks freezing our funds, and more 16-hour days than we can count. We packed orders in the dark. We ran out of money more than once. And still, we kept showing up.
Together, we started from nothing. Every day was a fight to survive. But those sleepless nights, the burnout, the pressure, it turned us from a group of friends into a real team. A family. One family, fully locked in on breaking barriers in the cannabis industry, and doing it our way.
Despite being a small group of passionate individuals, we have achieved incredible milestones in such a short time. With nothing but our own hands and sheer grit, we served over 20,000 customers in our first 365 days alone.
Our small size doesn’t limit us; it empowers us to be agile, innovative, and personal in ways that larger companies simply can’t match. We understand our customers’ needs because we are a part of the community we serve, and we take pride in offering a level of service and quality that outshines the competition.
This is who we are: a small business, fueled by the determination to support this plant by working harder and achieving more. Our limited resources push us to innovate, allowing us to provide a level of service that’s often unmatched by bigger brands.
When you support our small business, you’re not just buying the newest strain; you’re becoming part of a mission grounded in compassion, unity, and the belief that every adult deserves access to quality cannabis.
But this is just the beginning. Our journey is filled with twists and turns that have tested our limits, and the best is yet to come. Join us as we celebrate the spirit of cannabis culture and work toward a more inclusive future. Together, let’s rise and lift each other up, because the story is only just unfolding, and we can’t wait to share it with you!
Thank you again for everything. I am so proud and happy to have the ability to serve the cannabis community, and all of the incredible and amazing people within it.
– Michael (Founder, THC Shop)
