Since 2015, the number one question April receives from the “cannacurious is, “What should I buy?” Cannabis tech company JOHNNIE offers is-app personalized cannabis product recommendations.

Learn more about OLM’s work with JOHNNIE here.

April recognized the groundswell within her community to optimize their health and well-being with psychedelic therapy so in 2021 she launches The High Guide podcast, a show all about women changing their lives thanks to altered states.

Of Like Minds is determined to cut through the noise and make sense of the legal cannabis market, specifically for women. After her exit to Canopy Growth, OLM Founder April Pride seeded the creation of the narrative-based podcast How to Do the Pot and served as its inaugural host for the first 60 episodes.

With a point-of-view that is well-informed & well-intentioned, How to Do the Pot is a show demystifying cannabis for women. In the last half decade, the medicinal and recreational markets have exploded and we are suddenly swimming in choice — and questions.

Addressing cannabis topics relevant to the health and happiness of women, each episode covers a topic like pain management or brain science at the intersection of cannabis and well-being.

A diverse range of voices were carefully sourced to contribute experience and expertise to each topic covered, with experts outside of the cannabis industry who have incorporated the plant in their work or personal life.

To join her on this project, April invited Ellen Lee Scanlon as Co-founder and Ellen serves as the host of the show today.

Learn more about OLM’s brand work for How to Do the Pot here.

Van der Pop is acquired by Canopy Growth, the largest cannabis company in the world.

April recognized the real opportunity in North American weed was in Canada, and negotiated the acquisition of Van der Pop by Toronto-based Tokyo Smoke - realizing a 28x return for her investors.

Beginning in January 2017, April worked in Canada’s pre- and post- regulated cannabis market as Chief Creative Officer of HIKU Brands - home of Van der Pop, Tokyo Smoke etal.

Van der Pop releases the seminal Women & Weed Survey, which captures the beliefs of 1,500 North American women related to cannabis.

In 2015, April Pride founded her 4th start-up Seattle-based Van der Pop, a cannabis lifestyle brand for women. Her interest in cannabis was inspired by her love of GREAT design and a GOOD time. What followed was a new appreciation for how plant medicine positively shapes women’s lives in ways big and small.

Learn more about the Van der Pop brand here.