Michael Zaytsev Bio:

Michael Zaytsev, or Mike Z, is a business coach, best-selling author, and award-winning Cannabis entrepreneur. He began his career in private wealth management at J.P. Morgan's Private Bank and then moved into enterprise software sales at Google.

After facilitating a Leadership and Teamwork training program for his coworkers at Google, Michael became obsessed with coaching. Now a Professional and Master Certified coach, Mike Z helps mission-driven entrepreneurs and executives with Cannabis business development, strategic brand marketing, and high performance management.

As founder of High NY --one of the world's largest Cannabis Meetup communities-- and a frequent public speaker, Mike Z has facilitated plant-based education for thousands of people all over the world. His TEDx talk invites people to “Think Differently About Cannabis.”

Mike Z believes that the emerging Cannabis industry represents the biggest opportunity for entrepreneurship since the birth of the internet. He explains “the Cannabis revolution is a gateway revolution; it will transform business, politics, medicine, culture, and much more.”

Michael Zaytsev is author of "The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Cannabis" and regularly contributes to Forbes.com and Entrepreneur.com. He’s a proud alumnus of Stuyvesant High School and Claremont McKenna College.

Fun Fact: When Mike Z was a baby, his family immigrated from Ukraine to Brooklyn, NY on April 20th.

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