Maxime Kot: Bold Journey
Maxime Kot: Bold Journey
Maxime Kot, President and Co-Owner of the Cannabis Business Advisors, was recently featured in Bold Journey. She discusses what qualities she thinks are most important to develop, the Cannabis Business Advisors, and more.
“My mother taught me resilience and grace. ‘If there is a will, there is a way,’ she always says. My resilience comes from experiences in my personal and professional lives.” – Maxime Kot
What the interview covers
The conversation traces where Maxime’s resilience comes from and how it shaped her route into cannabis consulting. She speaks candidly about building credibility as a woman in her twenties in a sector where women hold roughly 22 percent of executive roles and minorities around 13 percent, and about refusing to let age or gender set a ceiling on what she set out to achieve.
She also describes a personal history that made adaptability second nature. Born in Malaysia and partly raised in Singapore, she moved to the United States and lived in several states before settling in Arizona. Relocating that often, she notes, is useful preparation for an industry that changes as quickly as this one does.
About CB Advisors
Based in Phoenix, The Cannabis Business Advisors is a multi-faceted consulting firm providing strategic business guidance for new and existing cannabis businesses throughout every stage of growth. The consulting team brings more than twenty years of combined industry experience, spanning more than 30 states across the U.S. and five countries worldwide.
That work covers application and licensing preparation, operational analysis, merger and acquisition support, policy and procedure development, exit strategy guidance, and business development planning — the same disciplines Maxime draws on when advising operators entering competitive limited-license markets.