Our Team
The operators behind Joint Venture Advisors.
Founder
Founder
Brian Carney
Brian Carney founded Joint Venture Advisors to give other licensees the operating team and playbook he built for his own stores. He has spent more than eight years building and running cannabis businesses in Massachusetts and New York.
Brian began by helping other companies win Massachusetts licenses, then founded a licensed cultivation facility, won adult-use retail licenses in both states, and opened and operated stores. In Massachusetts he led the local zoning and state approval work that brought drive-thru cannabis retail to the state. In New York he has run site searches, proximity requests and lease negotiations in one of the hardest retail markets in the country.
His work spans site selection, licensing and compliance, financial modeling, real estate deal structuring and regulatory strategy. He is based in New York City.
Operating team
The people who run our stores do the work
When you work with us, you work with the same team that runs our own dispensaries.
Store operations
General managers and operations leads who open stores, run shifts and coach teams.
Compliance
Compliance leads who write SOPs, run audits and track rule changes in every state we serve.
Purchasing
Buyers who manage menus, vendor terms and inventory for our own stores.
Finance and reporting
Budgets, cash flow and the monthly KPI report, with your accountant.
Licensing and real estate
Applications, site searches, proximity analysis and lease negotiation.
Trusted specialists
We coordinate with your attorney, accountant, architect and security vendors, and bring in specialists where a project needs them.
Tell us where you are. We will tell you what comes next.
Whether you are applying, licensed but not open, or already operating, a 30-minute call will give you a clear next step for your license.