Experienced Cannabis Consultants
Government Relations, Capital Raise, Go-to-Market Strategy, + National Brand Expansion
What We Do
Why Flying High?
Our team brings together a unique combination of experience across the operator, investor, and political sides of the cannabis industry with 15 years collectively in the legal market. We aim to empower entrepreneurs with the support needed to achieve their goals regardless of what point they are at in their business lifecycle. From government relations to capital raise to go to market strategy, Flying High Consulting provides full stack business execution services.
How We Serve Our Clients
We work with all types of cannabis businesses providing 3 core services:
- Government relations in emerging markets
- Fundraising for licensed operators and top brands
- Nationwide expansion and go to market strategies
Our team has a proven track record of helping our clients achieve their goals. Why?
Because we have done this before. Let us help guide your business towards success using our first hand learnings working in cannabis.
Our Expertise
Our team includes a 15 year Georgia Senator who helped write medical cannabis legislation and has since moved into the private sector advising companies including Fortune 500, medical practices, and cannabis startups. Additionally, we have 2 cannabis industry executives who have successfully launched cannabis brands nationwide from California to Massachusetts. We have significant experience fundraising and have scaled ancillary firms specific to our industry.
About The Team
Judson Hill Jr.
Judson Hill Jr.
Judson Hill Jr.
Judson has developed sales teams and go to market strategies for start-ups spanning fintech, SaaS, cannabis, and fashion. He has been focused on the cannabis industry since 2017 and helped launch multiple Casa Verde Capital portfolio companies while building a deep nationwide rolodex of both operators and investors. Most recently, he join
Judson has developed sales teams and go to market strategies for start-ups spanning fintech, SaaS, cannabis, and fashion. He has been focused on the cannabis industry since 2017 and helped launch multiple Casa Verde Capital portfolio companies while building a deep nationwide rolodex of both operators and investors. Most recently, he joined Bespoke Financial as the 2nd team member in 2019 with a goal of creating the first cannabis specific fintech lending platform. They have financed over $800M in cannabis transactions in the past 3 years and have cannabis clients in 15 states. Previous to Bespoke, he launched the first California focused seed-to-sale inventory management software which provided deep regulatory understanding of Metrc and connections with licensed operators across the state. Judson has been a partner in the Higgs pre-roll brand since 2018 after helping identify their first CA licensing partner and leading retail sales efforts.
Cannabis Industry Thought Leadership:
- “Highly Objective”- podcast discussing the first B2B BNPL partnership in the cannabis industry which I negotiated and operationalized between Bespoke Financial x Blaze POS, June 2022
- “The Rise of Debt Financing in the US Cannabis Markets” - published article in Benzinga, August 2021
- “Investing in Cannabis” - podcast discussing cannabis industry news and investments, April 2022
- “My Cannabis: Interview Series” - feature article on my experience in the industry, April 2022
- “Funding 360: Jeeter Case Study” - video roundtable with my client, CFO of a top US cannabis brand, discussing how the working capital we sourced allowed them to scale to #1 pre-roll in the US.
- “Forbes” - article featuring the Bespoke x PayQwick partnership that I negotiated and operationalized to offer banking + lending to cannabis operators nationwide, April 2022
“Highly Capitalized” - video interview discussing my background in cannabis, May 2021
Jeni Sperry
Judson Hill Jr.
Judson Hill Jr.
Jeni has developed retail teams and operations for some of the most well known brands across the globe from Tesla to Guess Jeans to Cookies over her 15+ year career as a sales executive. Her experience spans fashion, automotive, & cannabis retail development and she’s spent the last 5 years solely focused on the cannabis industry. Origin
Jeni has developed retail teams and operations for some of the most well known brands across the globe from Tesla to Guess Jeans to Cookies over her 15+ year career as a sales executive. Her experience spans fashion, automotive, & cannabis retail development and she’s spent the last 5 years solely focused on the cannabis industry. Originally working with Dosist as they built the first cannabis company with self branded retail locations, she continued on as VP of Wholesale for one of the top California extraction brands, and most recently worked with Cookies Retail to activate new retail locations nationwide + their wholesale program. Jeni has the unique combination of corporate development and coaching skills while also being comfortable being in the weeds with legacy cannabis operators.
Judson Hill Sr.
Judson Hill Jr.
Judson Hill Sr.
Judson is an attorney and former Georgia State Senator. Judson’s professional and political career has focused on economic development and healthcare..
During his thirteen years of service in the Senate, Judson was chairman of the Senate Finance Committee which has jurisdiction over state finance and tax policy. He also chaired the Cobb an
Judson is an attorney and former Georgia State Senator. Judson’s professional and political career has focused on economic development and healthcare..
During his thirteen years of service in the Senate, Judson was chairman of the Senate Finance Committee which has jurisdiction over state finance and tax policy. He also chaired the Cobb and Fulton County Legislative Delegations, the Georgia World Congress Center Oversight Committee, and the Senate Reapportionment Committee. He was in the vanguard crafting the business and economic development policies that lowered Georgia’s tax and regulatory burden resulting in Georgia’s position as the number one state within which to conduct business. He was named national Legislator of the Year by the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Judson also served in the Reagan Administration as an Assistant United States Attorney and as a White House appointee at the U.S. Department of State, Agency for International Development. He served on the Federal Communications Commission Intergovernmental Advisory Council helping the agency and Fortune 100 telecommunications companies support a dynamic industry on the front-lines of economic growth, public safety, education and healthcare.
He is a graduate of Emory University and Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law