my name is tripp keber. ceo of dixie brands incorporated. this is a 30,000 square foot what we hope to be state of the art production facility. we're currently under production. i've been a serial entrepreneur for most of my adult professional life. we call this our $5 million mouse trap. this industry, albeit incredibly challenging, has really been exciting. it's really required me to dig deep into places that i've never been before and face them. it's exciting. so in some ways, maybe it is a rebirth. this will be really where we plot and plan for dixie's global expansion. never have i been presented an opportunity where you could potentially be part of history. i think people will look back, maybe my children or my daughter's children and say, wow, you know, this was the end of prohibition of marijuana. that 80-plus years of reefer madness is not going to be something easy to break. >> colorado's new laws have created nearly a billion-dollar industry in the first year in one state. edibles, also known as m

it's because of what tripp just said.m to figure how to innovate, how to package it, label it, how to produce it consistently, it's extremely expensive. now they don't have to invest in that upfront. they can have the benefit that have r&d and knowledge and experience to immediately launch the most recognizable brand in the business in their state. >> we have plenty of resources now to do things we want to do to expand the brand and build the company. but with that comes a lot of pressure because now i have their money and they expect us to deliver results. >> cheers. >> for the first of many tonight, cheers, gentlemen. salud. >> going to be pretty, man. >> yeah, can't wait to smoke it. >> me too. >> my name is nick brown. i own high country heeling in silverthorne. i was a senior pro football player and graduated with an economics degree and helped my father run his financial company. and then the recession hit in '08 and we lost everything. i opened this location back in 2009. it was just medical obviously, at that poin

. >> tripp has a widely varied resume including a stint in the reagan administration. he's a serial entrepreneur who has been called the ronald reagan of reefer. >> i've been in this business for four years. it feels like dog years. this is not for individuals that are not willing to commit an incredible amount of time, money and intellectual horsepower. >> after spending some time in colorado we found the entrepreneurs in this business were nothing like the stereotypical contraculture hippies we see in the late-night punch lines. >> tonight we'll look at the pros and cons of owning a pot store. a pro, getting a lot of repeat customers. con, mostly because they forgot they were just into your store five minutes ago. i think i need some weed, man. check your right pocket. yeah, thanks. >> we visited the first ever colorado cannabis summit in denver and found a very profession group of entrepreneurs. many of whom were women networking and coming together to talk seriously about cannabis. >> we like to think of ourselves as marijuana mavens. >> brooke was working in comme

and senior strategist and ed, who is former advisor to john huntsman campaign and president of the tripp law firm. ed jessica good to see you guys. >> thank you for having us. >> talk about realistically is congress and the president going to find a moment to smoke the peace pipe and get this thing acting like a government again. jessica what will you say? >> yeah and yes, it is possible. i think the new year and new attitude and the president has a lot to lose. he has two years left and he can get anything done. i understand there is aggressive actions that felt to the gop and many americans like he was not listening and didn't care, but i don't think he wants that to be his legacy. >> there is a lot of rancor in the air and not better when the president makes speeches and demonizes the republicans. there is no trust on either side to the other side, ed, how optimistic are you that the president means this and will work with the congress, do you believe it? >> it is it a new year and hope springs eternal. and they could work together if we find democrats if you release money from taxati

someone tripp on a power cord there. soy about that. but we are back here as they are cleaning nats' park up after what was really one of the most exciting days probably in the nation's capitol here in this sports world in quite a few years. 43,000 people were here today. jason, i know for you personal this is probably one of t best. >> it was just the coolest thing. co atmosphere great to be here great to be a part of it. these players, the fans they will not forget today here at nations park. >> yeah fans definitely getting their money's worth today. it all kicked off with a lot of rock star music here. billy idol got things going with this live performance. and the flyover took place right before the game. you see the players from both teams soaking it all in. a day to remember for all. and for all the people that were able to win this here at nats' park. jus a great day, and on top of it to get the win. >> you know i think this was the best winter classic. you look at the quality of the play speed of the game the quality of the ice,

for consulting and ed, former adviser to jon huntsman's presidential campaign, and president of the tripp, scott law firm. ed, jessica good to see you guys. thanks for joining me today. >> thanks for having us. >> let's talk about realistically, is congress and the president going to find the moment to smoke the peace pipe and get this thing acting like a government again? jessica, what say you? >> i say yea, yes. i think it's absolutely possible. i think that the new year it's a new attitude. the president has a lot to lose right? he only has two years left. and realistically, what ten months to a year in which he can get anything done. and i understand there have been executive actions that felt, you know, to the gop and to many americans like he wasn't listening and he didn't care and he was going to do what he wanted, but i don't think he wants that to be his legacy. and i think we are going to see some cooperation. >> i mean, there's a lot of rancor in the air and it's not been made better when the president goes out and makes speeches and basically demonizes the republicans. there's

[applause] congratulations to each new member and to your leader, speaker don tripp. [applause] but as i said in my inaugural address, voters didn't choose one party over another in november. i firmly believe they chose progress over politics. they chose to move forward, to keep reforming, and that's my commitment, to work together with republicans and democrats to make new mexico an even better place to live, for them, and for their children and grandchildren. let's build upon the foundation we have laid over the last four years. because we have accomplished a great deal together. [applause] closed the largest structural budget deficit in state history, and put our finances back in order; passed the most sweeping tax reform in a generation; took ourselves out from under an unworkable federal education law, allowing us more local control, and we now have more and better information about how our schools are performing than ever before; and, reformed medicaid to make it more patient-centered, and expanded medicaid, providing health coverage to 185,000 more new mexicans

joe trippe worked as an election campaign manager. how about this ed?d when you heard this quote? >> it's very expensive. i think romney has had a lot of people come to him after the election. a lot of people didn't like the way he ran his campaign, thought it was a miserable campaign that he could have won and a lot of people have said you can win this next go around against hillary and that you ought to go again. i think jeb jumping in last week basically blocked that path a little bit. they both go after the same money. they both go after much of the same organizational skills. i think it would be extremely expensive race but a good race but there's also another six or seven very viable candidates who are not going to be affected by this. mike huckabee who had the ee ven -- evangelical vote. the senator from texas is going to have an extraordinary tea party support so i think we're going to have eight, 10 serious candidates. these two will be right at the top of the list, can raise the money for the organization. >> money is such a big part of this a

howard trippe was a campaign manager and i think you have to respond to him directly. gray beards. i wonder who he's talking about. what do you think? >> first of all, he forgets this very important element to the winning and that's the independent voters. there are as many independents as there are republicans or democrats and it's not because these past candidates weren't conservatives conservatives. their tremendous turnout of vote, it's just they didn't run very good campaigns. whether he's going to run or several others they have to run a really good campaign and make sure that they have a message and obviously project leadership. >> what do you think, joe? i mean this is a big debate right now in the republican party about whether or not running a jeb bush or a mitt romney would be the mistake that's been made in the past. >> i would say what's more important is that the party goes into the general election unified and i mean he's right. the republican party is going to lose but i think he's wrong about why -- i mean about his reasoning. it's not because they're

the last round of earnings reports, we watched that day the euro was falling, priceline went first, trippnd fell in tandem this day. >> this isn't your first rodeo. what would you say to investors? dow down over 300 points looks scary. >> i look mostly at my sector and follow it the most. one of the things that in the united states travel we see travel unlittle pressure and therefore, home away looking in the united states is fine. and we're also looking at our european sector. one of the things we've noticed through the last recessions europeans tend to travel. even though we may have some pressure sures we expect travel to maintain steady. >> let me pick up the mood of the conference. this is very very important here. this lodging industry in this country, is going to have record occupancy this year. as a result the advice from consultants to push holtz prices higher by over 5% they think the market can take this year to the extent that there's going to be record profitability from the lodging industry this year. and this is the motif, don't worry, be happy. literally what this conferen

[applause] graduations to these new members into your leaders, speaker don tripp. [cheers and applause] but as i said in my and not ural address, voters didn't choose one party over another in november. i firmly believe they chose progress over politics, to move forward and to keep performing. and that is my commitment to work together with republicans and democrats to make new mexico an even better place to live for them and their children and their grandchildren. let's build upon the foundation we have laid over the last three years because we have accomplished a great deal together. [applause] you know the largest budget deficit in state history and put our finances back in order passed among sweeping tax reform in a generation here took ourselves out from under an unworkable federal education law, allowing us more local control and we now have more and better information about how our schools are performing than ever before. we've reformed medicare to make it more patient centered and expanded medicaid, providing health coverage to 185,000 more new mexicans. [a