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Today on Blunt Business were joined by Ronan Levy, Chief Strategic Officer of Trait Bioscience. Ronan is co-founder of Grassfed Ventures Inc., a private equity and advisory firm focused on the cannabis and biotechnology industries. Prior to joining Trait, Ronan served as Senior Vice President, Business and Corporate Affairs at Aurora Cannabis Inc., which he joined after Aurora acquired CanvasRx In...

Today on Blunt Business we are joined by Tyler Beuerlein, Hypur, Executive Vice President of Business Development. Hypur is a technology provider that enables Financial Institutions to enter and scale within highly regulated industries. Tyler's role with the company touches every aspect of other business including relationships with their Bank and Credit Union clients, Government Officials, Re...

Today on Blunt Business we are joined by Warren Bravo, CEO of Green Relief. We speak about his company and their methods such as aquaponics. Using fish to grow cannabis in a natural ecosystem environment, aquaponics doesn't require the use of fertilizers and produces an end product as pure and natural as possible something particularly important with cannabis oil. We also talk about the certai...

Today on Blunt Business were joined by Ryan Smith, CEO & Founder of LeafLink Claire Moloney, first hire & Growth Manager at LeafLink, managed the Leaflink list. LeafLink recently released it’s first-ever LeafLink List, honoring the best-selling and fastest-growing cannabis brands and products on its b2b e-commerce platform, which hosts over $600M per year in wholesale orders. LeafLink is t...

Today on Blunt Business we speak with Vincent Ning, the CEO and cofounder of Nabis. Nabis is a software-enabled licensed cannabis distributor based in Oakland, CA, providing cannabis brands and cultivators with a full suite of distribution services around logistics, sales, and software. We speak about how they have had to navigate the waters of investment and VC funding to get the company to where...

Today on Blunt Business We’re happy to welcome the CEO & Co-Founder of Confident Cannabis, Steve Albarran. We learn about a company that empowers all verticals in the supply chain and ultimately consumers to know what is made, who makes it, and what it’s made of in real-time. Confident Cannabis is the only place where cannabis producers, processors, wholesalers and retailers showcase and disco...

Today on Blunt Business we speak to the Chief Technology Officer of urban-gro, Larry Dodson. urban-gro is a systems integrator that helps cultivators achieve sustainable scalability via innovative solutions that drive down costs, increase economic yield and reduce environmental impact. The company’s ag tech division, Soleil Technologies, delivers data-driven microclimate intelligence using high-de...

Today on Blunt Business we are happy to speak with the first African American woman to own a marijuana dispensary in Colorado. We are talking with Cannabis Activist and Entrepreneur Wanda James was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Cannabis by High Times magazine in 2018, one of the 2016 Cannabis Business Executive (CBE) 50 Most Important Women in the Cannabis Industry, and has earne...

This week, we are joined by MJ Arsenal's Co-founder Josh Camitta. We are going to take a deep dive into the process of transforming ideas into glass accouterments with insight on intellectual property in the cannabis space. Before they entered the cannabis space they Josh was a former professional golfer who also did sales and operations for the PGA Tour, we talk about how he found his way int...

Today on Blunt Business we are joined by Olivia Mannix. Olivia is the Founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board at Cannabrand. Olivia is a cannabis industry pioneer and cannabis marketing and business expert. She has been named one of the top 50 PR Influencers by PRWeek and Top Brand Influencers by AdWeek. At 23 years old, she founded Cannabrand –an award-winning, full-service marketing agency and bu...

Today on Blunt Business we speak to Arthur de Cordova, the managing director and co-founder of Ziel. Arthur's company focused on providing safety solutions for the domestic and global food and cannabis industries through radio frequency and microwave technology. Arthur built multi-million dollar sales of technology products for over a decade in the clean energy space, providing innovative tech...

Today on Blunt Business we are joined by Joy Smith, founder of Joy Organics. Joy Smith is a speaker, mentor, mother of four, and grandmother of five. Born in the city of Chicago, Joy grew up in a home marred by divorce, drugs, and abuse. At 18, she gave her life to Jesus and began the process of releasing the pain and anxiety of her childhood and stepping into who God created her to be. He brought...

Today on Blunt Business we are joined by Pete Patterson, the COO & Co-Founder of Vitalis Extraction Technology. The technology behind the Vitalis Extraction Technology (Vitalis) can be used to decaffeinate coffee or even make perfume, but the Pete saw a rare opportunity in a budding market. Along with his two business partners Joel Sherlock and James Seabrook, the trio began creating the Vital...

Today on Blunt Business we are joined by ICan founder and CEO, Saul Kaye. Ever since Saul remembers he has looked at a business and tried to break it down to understand it and figure out how to optimize it. He loves to improve a good idea and make it great. Saul understands that there is a fine balance between perfection and delivery – and drives hard to execute. He has been blessed with several s...

Today on Blunt Business we are joined by Phil Gibson. Phil is the Vice President of Marketing for AEssenseGrows, a precision sensor and software technology company specializing in fully automated aeroponic platforms for indoor plant production. AEssenseGrows was founded on solving three 21st century issues: the need for high growth yields for a growing population, food safety, and conservation of...

Cited by Forbes as “one of the women venture capitalists changing the world - grooming the next generation of female entrepreneurs.” Jeanne Sullivan is a co-founder of an NYC-based venture capital firm and longtime tech investor, now cannabis investor and advisor as General Partner of the ArcView Group – an organization with more than 600+ investors focused on the cannabis sector and she now serve...

Today on Blunt Business we are joined by the founder of Highly Devoted, Molly Peckler. Highly Devoted is the world's first cannabis-friendly matchmaking and coaching service. Highly Devoted caters to smart, passionate, classy cannabis consumers who are tired of the swipe apps and dating sites. Molly focuses on helping cannabis consumers gain confidence, pursue their passions in the growing can...

Today on Blunt Business we speak with Amy Margolis, the founder of the Commune and the Initiative. Amy will talk about in detail here on the program. Amy has been recognized Cannabis Business Executive (CBE) on their Political 100 and is recognized as one of the 50 Most Important Women in Cannabis. Elle Magazine refers to Amy as “Pot Power Woman” and Herb.co lists Amy as one of the 10 Most Influen...

Today on Blunt Business we are joined by Christian Hageseth, the CEO of ONE Cannabis. Christian is also the Founder of Green Man Cannabis, a six-time Cannabis Cup winner with two dispensaries in Denver. He’s been named an “Industry Trailblazer” by High Times magazine in 2015 and his entrepreneurial journey in the cannabis industry is chronicled in his book, Big Weed: An Entrepreneur’s High-Stakes...

Today on Blunt Business our host is joined by Adam Greenblatt. Adam is a self-taught advocate for safe access to medical cannabis and sensible drug policy reform, and has been immersed in the cannabis industry for more than a decade. He is a co-founder of Santé Cannabis, Montréal’s leading cannabinoid clinic and medical cannabis resource centre. Adam is currently the Québec Brand Manager at Tweed,...

Lauren Leigh Martin speaks with Ryan Jundt, vice president of sale with Cannabis Property Brokers of Michigan. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Charlie is the Director of Sales, for Kiva Confections. Kiva Confections adheres to the highest standards of product quality, certified production methods, efficacy testing, and innovation, KIVA Confections mission is to produce and deliver the safest, most convenient and delicious tasting medical cannabis products to a discerning and deserving community. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.c...

Today on Blunt Business our host is joined by Hempstaff CEO and Founder James Yagielo. HempStaff has been involved in cannabis recruiting since 2014 and helped placed thousands of employees in over a dozen states. Currently, HempStaff has over 34K candidates in our database, some with previous experience and some without, but all looking for marijuana jobs hiring. They talk about What are some myt...

Today on Blunt Business our host is joined by Robyn Griggs Lawrence from Cannabis Kitchen. Robyn learned to cook with cannabis from America's top cannabis chefs, and she shares what she learned in the bestselling Cannabis Kitchen Cookbook. She loves teaching people about safe, responsible preparation and watching them enjoy the rich journey of a cannabis meal prepared with skill and love. Roby...

Today on Blunt Business our host is joined Karin Lazarus the founder of Sweet Mary Jane. In 2009, she took home the grand prize in the TuttiFoodie - Scharffen Berger Chocolate Adventure Contest for her Chocolate-Filled Pandan Dumplings and used the prize money to start Sweet Mary Jane. Her approach to cooking with medical marijuana has an emphasis on the benefits of cannabis combined with deliciou...