What do $SRNA & $ZNGA have in Common?… Tom Bollich

Why Tech Innovators Are High on the Prospects for Legalized Marijuana

written by: Andre Bourque (contributor for www.entrepreneur.com/)

While the tech industry soldiers on mightily in search of disruptive, game-changing, TED-worthy apps, SaaS platforms, and amplified monetization plays, a few brave souls have taken the proverbial off-ramp in search of the next big thing. Experts estimate that the highly fragmented $2.3 billion US legal cannabis industry will increase to $10.2 billion by 2018.

Tom Bollich, the artificial intelligence-savvy robotics engineer who co-founded Zynga, is betting on that boom. As director and CEO of Surna Inc., he’s gone from virtual goods in Farmville to a pure play on explosive growth in the cannabis industry. Bollich’s Surna produces water-chilled climate control systems, designed for legal marijuana growers but applicable to other hydroponic agriculture needs.

FULL ARTICLE CAN BE READ HERE: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/238550