The Cannabis Business Coach

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Claudia Post, the CEO and Founder of Most Consulting Group. Claudia entered the Cannabis industry with decades of entrepreneurship experience. For the past 12 years, she's run a Cannabis marketing agency. Claudia shares about the 2 exciting, new Cannabis businesses she's currently launching, the simple question that leads to true i...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Ross O'Brien, Founder of Bonaventure Equity and author of "Cannabis Capital: How to Get Your Business Funded in the Cannabis Economy." Ross and Michael discuss raising money during this pandemic economic cycle, how entrepreneurs can protect themselves from shark investors, why Cannabis venture capital is different from traditional...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Noah Miller, CEO of Black Dog LED, one of the Cannabis industry's oldest LED grow light manufacturers. Noah shares his journey into Cannabis and how the skills developed in his earlier careers have served him in the industry. He explains how Black Dog LED has been able to evolve in the space and survive for over a decade in a crowd...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches David Hess, President & Co-Founder of Tress Capital, one of the first private investment firms dedicated exclusively to the Cannabis industry. David shares his riveting personal story of going from a Cannabis enthusiast in high school who collected signatures for California's Prop 215 campaign, to taking bong hits outside of Memori...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Leslie Hoffman, Founder of the Asheville Hemp Project and Communications Director at Harmony Foundation, one of New Jersey's 6 original Medical Cannabis businesses. Leslie shares about her rich background in business and philanthropy which included a Hemp fashion brand, funding the OG's of Cannabis activism, and much more. We chat about the fu...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Amber Senter, CEO of Leisure Life, an infused products & edibles company and co-founder of Supernova Women, a Cannabis education nonprofit. Amber talks about her pioneering work in Cannabis equity. We discuss Cannabis and race issues. Amber provides an update from California where several Cannabis businesses have been looted, discusses how har...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Bob Hoban, President and Founder of Hoban Law Group. He is known for the tremendous value that he places in his relationships and as a dealmaker, regularly involved in assembling and structuring large scale cannabis industry M&A transactions. We discuss the 4 distinct policy lanes Bob sees as the future of Cannabis regulation, Bob's experience...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Mark Doherty, Executive Vice President of Operations at Urban-Gro (OTCQX: UGRO) about his journey from aquaponics entrepreneur to controlled environment agriculture executive. We discuss a variety of Cannabis cultivation technology topics, including how Cannabis is driving innovation for the entire agriculture industry. Mark shares the importa...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews internationally respected Cannabis cultivation expert, Danny Danko about his epic Cannabis career, the political impact and personal joy of growing your own Cannabis, and how to grow bud yourself right away. In the coaching portion, we work on a classic stoner (and non-stoner) self-sabotage challenge, overcoming procrastination.

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Emily Paxhia about investing in Cannabis over the years and now during Covid19. In the coaching portion, we work on keeping up with an overwhelming amount of email. Tune in for High ROI.

The first half of the episode Mike Z interviews David Tran on topics ranging from founding Dope Magazine, businesses Dave has built, his hero, psychedelics, and the joys, fear and risks of being a Cannabis entrepreneur. In the second half of the episode, Mike Z coaches Dave on how to pivot his events business in a Covid19 world.