Arshad Lasi

Member Since 2022

Arshad Lasi

Co-Founder and CEO

The Nirvana Group

Oklahoma

CEO and Co-founder of The Nirvana Group, and working to navigate one of our country's most exciting industries, cannabis. In less than three years, my family and I grew one small tobacco shop into one of the largest vertically integrated cannabis companies in our home state of Oklahoma, complete with multiple medical dispensaries, the state’s only Cash and Carry wholesaler for cannabis, cultivation, extraction, and processing facilities, house consumer brands and more. The son of two small business owners, entrepreneurship is in my blood. Proud University of Houston student.


SKILLS

  • Business Development & Partnerships
  • Brand Management

RECENT CONTENT

November 23rd, 2022

11 Lessons You Can Learn From Slow Business Growth

When business growth slows or remains stagnant, there's often an important lesson to be learned.

November 18th, 2022

Media Appearance Coming Up? 14 Expert Tips for Making a Great Impression

Media appearances are excellent ways to raise positive awareness about your brand, but you'll need to make a great impression first.

November 16th, 2022

The Next Wave of Cannabis Marketing and Advertising

Some may say that cannabis is a product that sells itself, but in America’s current green rush, things aren’t quite that simple.

June 7th, 2022

Rethinking Cannabis as a Commodity

How is this concept different from how we’ve previously approached cannabis?


COMPANY INFO

The Nirvana Group

Founded, owned, and operated by the Lasi family, The Nirvana Group has blossomed into one of the largest and most rapidly growing vertically integrated cannabis companies in Oklahoma. Their operations include a 30-acre cultivation and extraction facility, Eden Cannabis Farms Inc.; Providence Ventures Inc., a 3,000 square foot processing facility featuring extraction and distillation capabilities, as well as a commercial kitchen to produce beverages and edibles; Nirvana Distribution, a 10,000 sq ft warehouse that is one the largest Smoke Shop, Glass, Paper, Vaporizer, and Packaging distributors in Oklahoma, servicing more than 500 dispensaries for their ancillary products; and Argent Cannabis Distribution, the only cannabis cash & carry concept in Oklahoma and the wholesale distribution company for Nirvana Group’s diverse portfolio of cannabis brands, which range from vapes to pre-rolls to edibles and beverages to concentrates on more. Argent Cannabis Distribution is headquartered in a 10,000 square foot facility in Tulsa and recently opened a second location in Oklahoma City; they work with more than 30 brands and are home to nearly 1,000 SKUs. Nirvana Group also owns an ever-expanding list of dispensaries.


AREA OF FOCUS

  • Agriculture
  • Retail
  • Medical

INDUSTRY

Cannabis