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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...

Simplifying compliance for the cannabis industry with Kyle Sherman, CEO of Flowhub. This episode we talk with the CEO of Denver-based inventory management and POS platform for dispensaries that just launched the first-of-its-kind Stash App, a simple mobile application custom-built to streamline dispensary operations, maximize efficiency, and reduce inventory management cycles all from the palm of...

Leading recruiting platform in the cannabis industry with Karson Humiston Founder & CEO of Vangst. Our next guest is the CEO of the leading recruiting platform in the cannabis industry. She was featured on the 2018 Forbes 30 under 30 lists. Since launching in 2016, this platform has connected more than 10,000 people with jobs at over 650 leading cannabis businesses around the US. Women are mak...

Vape devices and the issues in the market with Corey Mangold, Co-Founder & CEO of Orchid Essentials. Our guest’s company is addressing many of the issues that they personally encountered using vape devices on the market. With so many different vaping options to choose from these days, how can you know if you’re getting the best vape experience? Vape pens consist of two pieces, a battery, and a...

Sophisticated culinary cannabis experience with Acclaimed New York City chef Ron Silver. Ron is Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Azuca, and Chef and Owner of New York City restaurant Bubby’s, a renowned dining institution for nearly three decades. With chef-quality taste, Azuca allows for faster onset, enabling patients to medicate accurately and effectively. In continuation of his mission...

Desert greenhouse cultivation with Michael Sassano Founder and CEO of Solaris Farms. Michael says they have the largest and most advanced cannabis greenhouse operations ever. Solaris provides state-of-the-art cultivation facilities, greenhouse design services, operations management services, brand campus hosting, incubation & consulting services, and investment opportunities for the cannabis i...

Insuring cannabis businesses with TJ Frost, U.S. Cannabis Segment Leader for Hub International. Our next guest works for one of the first firms to create a practice dedicated entirely to insuring cannabis businesses. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Hub International Limited is a leading full-service global insurance broker providing property and casualty, life and health, employee benefits, in...

Bringing complete control to the cannabis finishing process with Jane and David Sandelman of Cannatrol. Our next guests are a husband and wife team. This summer the launch of a patent-pending Dry/Cure System, set to be the first-ever to bring technology, science, and bringing complete control to the cannabis finishing process. The Cannatrol Dry/Cure system is available for large-scale and commerci...

Cannabis represents an industry of health and wellness with Autumn Shelton Owner and CFO from Autumn Brands. My next guest was once quoted to say, Cannabis represents an industry of health and wellness whether you utilize its benefits for medical or recreational purposes. As awareness grows, people are finding out just how incredible this under-appreciated plant can be for themselves, family, and...

Being a brand enabler in the cannabis industry with Kyle Kazan Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO – California Cannabis Enterprises, Inc. My next guest is a former Torrance Police Officer (LA County) in South Central LA during the LA riots. He is also a former special education teacher now turned businessman, who co-founded Beach Front Properties, LLC, which has more than $2 billion of assets under man...

Where Christians go to educate themselves about CBD with Natalie Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief, God’s Greenery. This episode we talk about how many people who follow their faith in Christianity but are hesitant to adopt CBD into their daily lives because of its association with cannabis. God’s Greenery brings the faith community together to explore the benefits of CBD while empowering churches to kee...

Brand building against the largest beer and beverage companies with Michael Hayford, CEO of Lighthouse Strategies. This episode we learn about a company that has placed itself firmly in a race for large-scale brand building against the largest beer and beverage companies in the world. A report from Zenith Global stated that Americans spent $89 million on cannabis beverages in 2018. That same repor...

Innovative hemp and cannabis corporation with Robert Coale, Board of Directors, Marijuana Company of America. This episode we talk to a board member of an innovative hemp and cannabis corporation. Marijuana Company of America Completes Agreement for Cannabis Extraction, Distribution and Delivery Licenses. MCOA has officially acquired a 20% ownership interest in Natural Plant Extract of California...