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The National Cannabis Risk Management Association with Rocco Petrilli, chairman of NCRMA and NCRMA CXO, Tamala McBath. The vision of the NCRMA is to offer innovative risk management services that will enable our members to thrive from seed to sale in the emerging cannabis industry. NCRMA surveyed the association's 2,000+ members to hear their thoughts on some of the top risks facing the indust...

Phyto-nutrient nutritional products with Todd Davis CEO and Chairman of CBD Unlimited. Our next guest’s company is a premier provider of phyto-nutrient nutritional products for humans, cats, and dogs. November last year, the USDA published its interim final rule for the regulatory framework for the production services of hemp. The Rule provides requirements that should be clear across the industry...

Insuring Cannabis Companies with Laura Bianchi, Managing Partner of Bianchi Brandt & Hale. Our next guest has been a featured guest on Cannabis Radio, including co-hosting our coverage of a historical 2016 election night. For the past decade, she has worked with cannabis and hemp-based businesses and can speak to various related topics. On Aug. 20, the National Credit Union Administration (NCU...

Cannabis cash and products with Todd Kleperis, CEO of HARDCAR Distribution. Our next guest is the CEO of the nation’s leading secure logistics provider and distributor of cannabis cash and products, operating in ten states and Washington D.C. From Cash In Transit (CIT) to Cannabis Distribution, Cannabis Banking, Secured Cannabis Storage, Cannabis Financing, and Cannabis Transport, HARDCAR has all...

Environmentally conscious cannabis enthusiasts with Troy Ivan, CEO Of ExtractCraft. Our next guest runs a company that's helping economically and environmentally conscious cannabis enthusiasts get the most out of their plants. Extract Craft is a manufacturer of two at home ethanol extraction machines for concentrates and botanical oils of a wide variety. The Source Turbo and EtOH Pro. They are...

Customized nano-emulsions for infused products with Vertosa CEO Ben Larson. Our next guest runs an innovative cannabis technology company providing customized nano-emulsions for infused products. Ben's company was originally Nanogen Labs until he rebranded under a new name, Vertosa. The new name embodies best-in-class products, service, and scientific expertise while paving the way for long-te...

Scientific research for plant cultivation with George Hodgin CEO of Biopharmaceutical Research Company. Our next guest is a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, a former Navy SEAL Officer and the CEO of Biopharmaceutical Research Company. This past August, the federal government announced it would begin processing dozens of pending applications for permission to cultivate the plan...

Supporting the compliance, transparency, and growth of cannabis businesses with Ashley Manning (Business Development Manager) and Adrienne Uthe (VP Sales & Marketing) for the National Association of Cannabis Businesses. Today we learn about the First Self-Regulatory Organization for the U.S. Cannabis Industry, the National Association of Cannabis Businesses. The NACB’s mission is supporting th...

The new multifaceted Cannabis Industry with Michael Apstein founding partner of Primary Growth Partners. Our guest has served on both for and non-profit boards, as an expert witness, has won numerous industry awards, and been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, Success, Money, and on NBC’s Dateline. He is especially proud to have mentored executives and entrepreneurs towards their own success wit...

Creating iconic global brand strategies for cannabis with Conrad Lisco, Chief Marketing Officer of Fyllo. The company my next guest represents combining agency experience creating iconic global brand strategies with SaaS platform go-to-market rigor to accelerate growth and help brands and publishers realize the full potential of cannabis. Fyllo was founded and built by a team of former ad-tech emp...

The beneficial effects of hemp products with Nick Womack Director of business development at GA Xtracts. Rapidly shifting regulations have resulted in a landscape where manufacturers are left without a trusted and ethical standard for reliably sourcing CBD. The founders of GA Xtracts are working to secure the long-term sustainability of the CBD industry by establishing connections with the FDA and...

Vaporization technology and it's future with Mladen Barbaric, Founder/CEO of Airgraft. We're joined by the Founder and CEO of a company that designs, develops, and sells vaporization hardware and software. They describe themselves as a responsible vaporization technology company headquartered in Montreal, Canada. The company has launched the Airgraft Clean Vaporizer, which includes cannabi...

Craft cannabis brands with Jamie Shaw Chief Communications & Culture Officer of Pasha Brands. Our guest works for Canada's largest organization of craft cannabis brands. Shaw is a founding partner of Groundwork Consulting, a co-author of the first Lift & Co. Retail Cannabis Training Course, a cannabis career training instructor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and sits on various bo...

Building an integrated portfolio of cannabis retail and more with Brian Baca, CEO of ikänik Farms, Inc. Our guest is the CEO of a new company working on building an integrated portfolio of cannabis retail dispensaries, cultivation facilities, offering iconic, inspiring hand-crafted cannabis brands, delivered in an unsurpassed retail experience. When we look at cannabis becoming a global emerging c...

A consistent consumer experience and cannabis product with David Kessler SVP Horticultural Solutions, TriGrow. Our guest is part of a company that has created a solution to deliver a consistent consumer experience and cannabis product. Their software and hardware solutions will standardize and help to automate the cannabis cultivation process. TriGrow’s cannabis cultivation solution hardware and s...

Clean Green certified flower and pre-roll products with Jamie Warm, Co-founder, and CEO of Henry's Original. This episode is one of the co-founders of Henry’s Original, a craft cannabis brand started by local farmers in Laytonville, CA, providing sun-grown, Clean Green-certified cannabis throughout California. Henry’s produces Clean Green certified flower and pre-roll products that are cultiva...

Premium OTCQX and OTCQB Markets with Jason Paltrowitz Director & Executive Vice President, OTC Markets Group. Our next guest manages his company's international and domestic Corporate Services business, supporting more than 1,200 companies that trade on the premium OTCQX and OTCQB Markets. NYC-based OTC Markets Group, operator of financial markets for 10,000 U.S. and global securities, cur...

Top performing marijuana stocks with Meni Morim Interim CEO at Namaste Technologies. Our next guest is interim CEO of a company that has been named as 1 of the 5 Top Performing marijuana stocks since the beginning of 2016 by Yahoo Finance. They launched an online portal launched last year which provides free access to medical cannabis consultations through secure video conferencing. Their unique b...

Changing how you consume your CBD with Aaron Morris and Chris Joseph Co-Founders of Wild Roots Spirits. Our next guests founded a unique company, based in Portland, Ore., that's changing how you consume your vodka and now your CBD, too. While similarly, Wild Roots focuses on creating premium, natural, handcrafted spirits that are unique to the Pacific Northwest but can be enjoyed anywhere. For...

The anticipated boom in hemp agriculture with Gunhee Park CEO and Founder of Populum CBD. Our next guest is pursuing bringing their brand’s hemp farming from Colorado to Arizona and will be part of the anticipated boom in hemp agriculture in the state. With the explosion of CBD as a new frontier in modern self-care, Populum has set out to create a modern and approachable hemp oil brand unbridled b...

Bringing highly designed products to cannabis with Maggie Connors, Founder of Besito. My next guest founded an effort intended on bringing highly designed products to the market in a way that gives back to the community. This brand advocates for LGBTQ rights, criminal justice reform, and the advancement of scientific research in cannabis. Besito has announced a partnership with Equity First Allian...

The leading cannabis price comparison platform with Dan Nelson, CEO of Wikileaf. My next guest is CEO of a company of the leading cannabis price comparison platform with more than 3,800 legal recreational dispensaries, medical dispensaries, and brands listed across the U.S. and Canada. Wikileaf is a price comparison platform for recreational and medicinal cannabis consumers. You provide consumers...

A gap in the world of cannabis with Jon Lowen the CoFounder of Surfside. My next guest is dedicated to building efficient, intelligent solutions that harness the power of data in today’s multi-dimensional marketplace. His expertise lends itself across multiple programming languages and is a specialist in machine learning, big data, content personalization, and real-time decisioning engines. Surfsi...

Launch and scale cannabis brands with Ori Bytton CEO & Founder of Natura Life + Science. Ori's is the CEO and founder of a co-manufacturing facility that’s creating the world’s most sophisticated platform to launch and scale cannabis brands. He came from the Solar industry upon arriving at the States from the homeland of Israel. Ori gained interest in the cannabis industry by learning and...

Retail Cannabis Purchasing Guide for cannabis dispensaries with Ryan Smith, the CEO & Founder of LeafLink. Since our last interview Leaflink is now live in 22 territories across the United States and Canada. It has offices in Los Angeles, New York, and Toronto. cannabis retailers and brands use LeafLink to manage over $1B+ per year in wholesale orders. Leaflink just released a new Retail Canna...