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Sticky Bits by Lauren Yoshiko

How Quill was acquired—then bought their company back.

One founder tells all.

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Lauren Yoshiko
May 07, 2021
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The Broccoli Report 
May 7, 2021 
Time to read: 10 minutes, 51 seconds. 2170 words.

Quill: a vaporizer pen for everyone. Photo by Ian Shiver.

How Quill was acquired—then bought their company back. An interview with Rare Industries’ Ian Van Veen Shaughnessy.

Fun fact: my introduction to the Broccoli-verse started in a processing lab in Portland in 2016. 

Well—…

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