{"id":1520,"date":"2018-11-16T08:40:36","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T08:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/?p=1520"},"modified":"2018-11-16T08:40:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T08:40:36","slug":"job-website-wins-big-at-bu-cannabis-start-up-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/job-website-wins-big-at-bu-cannabis-start-up-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Website Wins Big at BU Cannabis Start-up Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Joel Brown<\/p>\n<p>An online job site for the cannabis industry called Mary\u2019s List won $10,000 on Wednesday in the second annual Innovate@BU Cannabis Start-up Competition, just as legal recreational marijuana sales appear set to begin in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really surreal to be here,\u201d said Taylor Aldredge (COM\u201910), who cofounded Mary\u2019s List with Denise Biderman. \u201cWhen I was in college, we were talking about decriminalization as an issue. To now be winning a startup competition for a company that operates in the cannabis industry is awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They pitched Mary\u2019s List (think Angie\u2019s List, specifically for cannabis work) to the four judges as a \u201cfreelance services marketplace for the cannabis industry,\u201d a job board bringing together businesses who need work done and freelancers with skills in anything from botany to marketing.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/today\/2018\/a-job-website-wins-big-at-bu-cannabis-startup-competition\/\">http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/today\/2018\/a-job-website-wins-big-at-bu-cannabis-startup-competition\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maryslist.co\/\">https:\/\/maryslist.co\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joel Brown An online job site for the cannabis industry called Mary\u2019s List won $10,000 on Wednesday in the second annual Innovate@BU Cannabis Start-up Competition, just as legal recreational marijuana sales appear set to begin in Massachusetts. \u201cIt\u2019s really surreal to be here,\u201d said Taylor Aldredge (COM\u201910), who cofounded Mary\u2019s List with Denise Biderman. 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