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Adam Bierman is the co-founder and former CEO of MedMen Enterprises, the first American cannabis unicorn. During his decade at the company, it grew to five states, 32 retail stores, and 1500 employees. In 2019, MedMen lost 95% of its value and Adam chose to invest even more in the company despite advice to diversify.  This led to lawsuits and MedMen essentially disappeared from the industry. Adam...

This week's episode of Blunt Business featured a roundtable discussion on advertising and social media with Ashley Fields, the Senior Vice President of Marketing Communications at Cann, and Aaron Rivadeneyra, the Director of e-commerce at Kiva. The two discussed recent updates to Twitter's advertising policies, which allow cannabis businesses to advertise in states where it is legal, with...

Our next guest operates a compliance strategy and services provider serving the hemp and cannabis industries nationwide. She brings a regulator’s keen eye and wide-reaching knowledge of evolving compliance and safety mandates to support businesses in tightly regulated industries. Allay Consulting and The GMP Collective are now joining forces amid the rapid national growth of the cannabis, hemp, an...

Adam has 30 years of business, strategy and leadership experience in both Private and Public Companies. In 2021, Adam believed the timing and opportunity was right for him to bring his passion for business, innovative financing and entrepreneurial spirit to the Cannabis sector by creating funding products for all areas of this early stage, growth industry by founding FundCanna. FundCanna provides...

Sarah Evans is a tremendously talented singer and songwriter who has left an indelible mark in the world of country music. She has released ten studio albums, the most recent being 2020's Covers collection, and has five number-one hits. She has won numerous awards and accolades, including the Academy of Country Music's top Female Vocalist accolades, as well as numerous American Music Award...

The guest was Roy Bingham, the CEO of BDSA, who provides businesses with cannabis market intelligence, consumer research, and advisory services. He was welcomed on and apologized for the 50 emails. Roy thanked Leo and mentioned that everyone in the company is smarter than him. The host remembered meeting Roy's team at the NCIA's Cannabis Business Summit in 2016 and said everyone was deligh...

Today welcome back a returning guest who has extensive experience helping scores of clients, from individual entrepreneurs to publicly traded companies, navigate complex cannabis disputes and successful business strategies. She is a partner and lead of the cannabis practice at Holland & Hart, based in Denver. Elevations Hotels and Resorts, based out of Arizona, announced in January they will c...

Our next guest is a legacy cannabis entrepreneur. Serving California and Michigan recreational cannabis markets, he is here to tell us about a recently launched cannabis brand that they say “gives customers a sweet escape in the form of aptly-named vapes, edibles, flowers, prerolls, and concentrates.” Gelato Canna Co. is not even a year old and has already landed its product line of vapes, edibles...

Our next guest’s company is quite familiar to Cannabis Radio listeners. We featured this company last fall and we are happy to welcome back the folks from Paybotic, the premier payment solutions company that excels in tailoring solutions to the cannabis industry.  Paybotic specializes in advanced technological solutions for payment processing providing financial solutions to help cannabis business...

Our next guest has years of experience in cannabis investing, including financing, fund management, and consulting for early-stage cannabis businesses. He advises entrepreneurs looking to gain in-depth expertise on raising capital or securing financing, working with investors, and the legal ins and outs of starting a cannabis business. More private lenders are entering the space and bringing with...

Our next guest oversees a fast-growing card network brand allowing cardholders to spend at general everyday merchants but also at Cannabis related merchants. They have created a new credit card that has been developed as one of the first payment processors to allow the use of their technology for the Cannabis industry.  Similar to Discover and American Express, SuperNet acquires new credit card ho...

Our next guest is in based in the fast-growing New York State cannabis market where he counsels clients on various business matters including, structure, expansion, formation, and sale. He also deals with the dissolution of business entities and partnerships, regulatory compliance, internal and external best practices, compliance audits, and general advice concerning complex and novel issues of la...

Our next guest’s platform has been referred to as the Salesforce of Cannabis. It is active in over 25 markets and processes over $2.5 billion in annual sales. They have partnered with some of the largest multi-state cannabis operators and are responsible for over 35% of all cannabis wholesale orders nationwide and have more than 600 brands listed on the platform. Leaftrade helps facilitate orderin...

Our next guest runs a portfolio of companies providing technology, hardware, cultivation and production, TILT services brands, and cannabis retailers in regulated markets across 37 states in the U.S., as well as Canada, Israel, South America, and the European Union.  TILT recently entered into an exclusive manufacture, supply, and distribution agreement with Curaleaf International Limited ("Cu...

We're happy to welcome back a return guest who runs the leading enterprise commerce technology platform for the cannabis retail and supply chain industry. Treez recently underwent some updates to the platform which is now offering exclusive advanced access to select cannabis retailers to experience its enhanced Retail Analytics and Integration Hub products.  For context, Treez Integration Hub...

While the cannabis industry awaits banking relief and inevitable federal legalization, these are some significant areas that need improvement. Marketing/branding and compliance above and beyond state control board-determined standards should continue to be the end goal. Social equity can only remain effective by calling out any and all passive and performative actors in favor of active representat...

President Joe Biden has officially signed a marijuana research bill into law, making history by enacting the first piece of standalone federal cannabis reform legislation in U.S. history. The law gives the U.S. attorney general 60 days to either approve a given application or request supplemental information from the marijuana research applicant. It also creates a more efficient pathway for resear...

Wowee network has launched its first-of-its-kind e-commerce show, “Sell High” live every Thursday at 9 pm CT here. The show will be a true hybrid: part dispensary, part variety show, all fun. Thought you might be interested in covering the series. “Sell High” is the first-ever show where viewers can buy cannabis while they watch—It's like QVC with THC. Items are only available to purchase duri...

HEMPFLAVIN, a proprietary blend of twenty-three (23) Cannflavins and flavonoids extracted from an heirloom hemp variety that is over 2,000 years old, is formulated to be used for severe body aches, muscle soreness, and other pain relief by creating a synergistic flavonoid response known as the “flavonoid entourage effect”. The flavonoids in HEMPFLAVIN include Cannflavin A, B, & C, Cannabisin A...

Armed with a legal background, business marketing degree, and start-up industry experience. Our next guest, Emily Seelman, brings an unmatched combination of multifaceted knowledge and dedication to the table. Canna Business Services offers unparalleled market expertise and regulatory compliance. They provide the highest level of certainty in an uncertain and high-risk market by serving as special...

Our next guest counsels clients on the evolving, complex legal and business issues impacting companies with interests in the regulated substances industries. His experience encompasses investigations and administrative and enforcement proceedings brought by federal, state, and self-regulatory bodies, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Florida Attorney General’s Office, Fl...

Today we welcome back a returning guest who believes that New York, as they start to grant the initial cultivator licenses, can learn from the legal markets of other states to avoid making the same mistakes along the way. Isaac Bock is the Managing Director and Head of Strategy for AlphaRoot , a groundbreaking insurance company based in the emerging market of cannabis. A Penn graduate and currentl...

With offices in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, and Texas, Our next guest on Blunt Business represents a full-service cannabis law firm with a coast-to-coast and global footprint. Vicente Sederberg is supporting the Tri-state area with a full suite of services—legal, corporate, regulatory, policy, and research—for all types of plant-touching marijuana...

FlowerHire With CEO David Belsky today on Blunt Business with Jorge Hermida only on The Cannabis Radio. Our next guest runs a leading staffing and talent strategy firm serving the regulated cannabis industry. It has filled over 300 positions in 10 states since its inception in 2017. We had David as a guest on our Grassroots Marketing series. To bring listeners up to speed, he built his career in e...

Bespoke Financial with CEO and Co-Founder George Mancheril today on Blunt Business with Jorge Hermida only on The Cannabis Radio. Today we welcome back a returning guest who runs the first licensed commercial lender in the United States focused on the legal cannabis industry, offering short-term lending options to fuel business growth. Bespoke recently announced an integrated partnership with BLAZ...