Available MONTH DAY, 2025
Green Empire: The Insider’s Guide to Selling in Recreational Cannabis
Your Freedom Is Real. But You’ll Have to Hustle for It.
There are freedoms we don’t talk about... Not because they weren’t possible, but because life slowly convinced us they didn’t matter. Degrees. Bills. Expectations. One day you look up and realize, you’ve been living inside a life that looks stable but quietly feels like a cage.
In Green Empire, cannabis entrepreneur and sales coach Benjamin Richardson invites you into a raw, real-world roadmap for taking your life back by selling legal weed. He’s lived the grind, the risk, the 9-to-5 with nothing to show for it. And he’s also lived the other side: six-figure months, total freedom, and vacations paid for by commission checks.
Through unfiltered stories, step-by-step sales advice, and years of street-tested wisdom, this book shows you how to enter the recreational cannabis industry and build a career that pays you what you’re worth.
Inside, you’ll discover:
✔ Why legal cannabis is the ultimate equalizer and how to break in without a degree or resume
✔ How to turn $100 and a car into $10K, $20K, even $40K/month using Benjamin’s sales system
✔ The exact mindset, tools, and daily habits of a top-earning cannabis rep
✔ How to build relationships with dispensaries that keep buying month after month
This book isn’t about overnight success. It’s about reclaiming the part of you that wants more and finally doing something about it. If you’ve ever looked at your paycheck and thought, “I’m worth more than this”… Green Empire shows you the way.
Now it’s your turn to build your empire, one sale at a time.
Does this sound familiar?
You keep thinking, “Why not me?”… and deep down, you know you’re ready. You don’t want another job. You want a career that pays you based on hustle, not hours. You want freedom, flexibility, and a future you actually believe in. And a part of you knows this industry, this moment, might be your shot.
You’ve wanted to get into cannabis but don’t know where to start. You’ve watched the industry explode. You’ve seen people make real money legally doing what they love. But you’re still on the outside, unsure how to break in. No degree? No resume? Doesn’t matter. You just need the right roadmap and someone who’s already done it.
You know someone who’s already making it work and you’re wondering if it’s too late to start. They’re not a genius. They’re not famous. They just took the leap. And now they’re building a name, a network and a bank account that reflects their effort. Deep down, you know the industry’s still wide open. The only thing missing is your decision to go all in.
You’ve already got your foot in the door but your income feels stuck. Maybe you’ve sold some product. Maybe you’ve worked at a dispensary or with a farm. But you’re not earning what you could be and deep down, you know it. You’re tired of chasing crumbs when you know there’s a way to build a real, high-income career in this industry.
You’ve been in the industry but you’re not growing the way you thought you would. You’ve got experience. You know the products. You’ve made some sales. But your income isn’t scaling and your connections aren’t translating into consistent wins. You didn’t get into this to scrape by. You got in to build something. And you’re starting to wonder what you’re missing.
If any of this sounds like you, join the waitlist.
Meet the author
Benjamin Richardson
Benjamin Richardson has been in the cannabis industry for over 15 years in the illicit and legal recreational market for eight years each. Once in the legal recreational market, he grew his passion for cannabis and business. In this short time, he has risen from the sales ranks to become one of the youngest owners of multiple cannabis licenses in Oregon.
He and his business partner and wife, Amanda, are the proud owners of the dispensary, Lifted Northwest, where they employ over 20 employees in their production team, wholesale team, and dispensary staff.
At Lifted Northwest, they are constantly pioneering new products and preparing for when they can bring Oregon Cannabis to the rest of the nation. They recently launched one of the only 10 full-gram pre-roll packs in Oregon and are working on producing more products that have not yet been created.
They have also launched a clothing brand called Lifted Lifestyle, enabling them to produce smoking-related items, unique ashtrays, rolling trays, and smoker-related and Oregon-inspired apparel.
