Cannabis Advocate Podcast

Craft Growing Cannabis in Mississippi with Patricia Shall #110 In this episode, we meet Patricia Shall, founding partner at One Source Products, a medical cannabis grower in Mississippi. Patricia shares her craftgrow journey. One Source Products has been one of the first growers to go online, in a state that has recently opened up for medical cannabis. Patricia and her partners had hoped that her...

Craft Growing Cannabis in Mississippi with Patricia Shall #110 In this episode, we meet Patricia Shall, founding partner at One Source Products, a medical cannabis grower in Mississippi. Patricia shares her craftgrow journey. One Source Products has been one of the first growers to go online, in a state that has recently opened up for medical cannabis. Patricia and her partners had hoped that her...

Cannabis Banking is Finally Here with Mike Kozak #109 Did you know that finding a bank for your cannabis business is like riding a roller coaster without the safety bar? Sure, things start out great. But before you know it you're clicking up up up to the top of the crest. Then it's a heart-stopping vertical drop of 300 feet, and losing your phone is not the worst thing that can happen. Oh no. It c...

Cannabis Law for Dispensaries, Processors and Growers #108 I met today's guest at the Michigan Cannatech Expo. Ahmed Hassouna a cannabis attorney at Navara Law. Navara is a full-service firm representing businesses in heavily regulated industries, including growers, processors, provisioning centers, and ancillary businesses such as insurers, realtors, and professional service firms. In this episod...

Supercritical Advice for Cannabis Startups with Kerry Jordan #107 Do you have a great idea that you want to take to market? Maybe you have a product that's like nothing anyone else has ever seen. Maybe you want to open up a shop that provides a cannabis experience unlike anything ever done before. If so you have a daunting challenge ahead of you. Startups are difficult in any industry. According t...

How to Extract Money by Extracting Cannabis with Scotty Rais #106   There's a real buzz in cannabis and I saw it at the Michigan Cannatech Expo. I met Scotty Rais, Operations Director at CannaBee Extracts and his booth had a pop-up tent and a huge crowd throughout the two days. In today's episode, Scotty shares his journey in bootstrapping Cannabee Extracts. His end goal was to produce the finest...

The Challenge of Cannabis Compliance with Marion Mariathasan #105   If you're in the plant-touching business, being audited is like being a contestant on American Ninja Warrior.  It's one obstacle after another, where you half to climb a wall, then jump to a rope and swing to another side over a pool of water only to slip and tumble into the drink. This is not a good thing. So what can businesses...

How To Build a Cannabis Community with Brett Macomber #104 This month I attended the Michigan Cannatech Expo, purportedly the largest tech expo for cannabis in the Midwest. While attending one of the many seminars I met Brett Macomber from Cannakins, an IT shop that targets businesses in the cannabis industry. But Brett was talking about IT, he was discussing how to find a path to a sustainable ca...

How to Determine Your Cannabis Business Valuation with Brian Alwine #103 Do you know what you're worth? How do you know for fact you're worth what you think? This is especially hard when valuating a cannabis business. If you have a cannabis business and considering being acquired, looking for a loan, or just curious what you're business is worth, our guest Brian Alwine can help. Brian visits the p...

Word of Mouth Marketing for CBD Products with John Friess #102 In a cacophony of self promotion in the CBD market, what's the best way to stand out from the noise? In today's episode our guest  John Friess returns to the podcast to provide marketing advce. John is a serial investor and entrepreneur, CEO and Founder of Metolius Hemp Company, a vertically-integrated health and wellness brand of prem...

The Cannabis Capital Challenge with Dennis O'Malley #101 If you've read anything in the press lately about the state of the cannabis industry, you'll hear that finding capital is harder than reading the instructions for an IKEA desk. This is due to a number of issues related to the pandemic, supply chain shortages and most importantly the maturing of the cannabis market. There is no more Green Rus...

How To Find Success in Medicinal CBD with Bryan Christopher #100 Happy 420 Day. Not only are we celebrating the legalization of Marijuana, but we're also celebrating the 100th episode of the Cannabis Advocate podcast. Today we discuss the business aspects of the Medicinal CBD market, how to fund a CBD business, how to create partnerships and differentiate it from the sketchy CBD products we see at...

Hemp Farm Startup in New York State with Tom Szulist #99 In my years of experience I've found that what's great about being a farmer is you're always outstanding in their field. Today we meet a farmer who is outstanding in his field, Tom Szulist. I met Tom at MJBizcon talking about the challenges he's faced as a hemp farmer in New York state. Since 2019, Szulist has grown legal hemp at Singer Farm...

Undoo THC Research with Marion McNabb #98 Have you ever gotten too high from cannabis and regretted your actions? Maybe you've gotten a call from work or family and you need to do something right now? This is a job for Undoo. Undoo is a supplement that mitigates the unwanted effects of accidental overconsumption. It does this by swiftly clearing your head, or resetting your THC tolerance. Two year...

How To Fake it To Make it at Fat Nugs Magazine with Dustin Hoxworth #97 Do you believe you can fake it till you make it? Our guest Dustin Hoxworth does. And he has the proof to prove it! Dustin is the CEO and Co-Founder of Three Good Buds and the Creator and Editor of Fat Nugs Magazine. Dustin's been a lifelong cannabis advocate.  He grew up in a large military family that consumed cannabis to tre...

Cannabis Business Insurance Policies that Mitigate Risk with Keith Doan #96 If you're in cannabis I bet you're a risk taker: rock climbing. snow boarding, kite surfing, does that sound like you?  I thought so. But when it comes to taking risk in your business does it make sense to take the risk and not be fully insured?  Cannabis is a wacky business and a lot of things can go wrong. That's why our...

How to Decontaminate and Cure Cannabis with Joe Edwards #95 How clean is your weed? Is it dirtier than a pig in a mud puddle, dustier than a sweeping a dirt floor, messier than a 5 year old's playroom after a box of Legos exploded? What is the quality of your product and how do you know it's safe? There has been a lot of research lately looking at mold and it can give a savvy consumer pause to ref...

How to Create and Roll Out a Cannabis Drink with Alisa Patterson #94 Alisa Patterson is the cofounder of Balance Wellness. I met Alisa at MJBizcon and we immediately started talking about the future of Cannabis drinks. I shared my thoughts that finding a good cannabis drink is harder than finding a sober person at a Willie Nelson concert. She disagreed and off we went. In this episode we talk abou...

Hemp Wellness and Intimacy Products with Angela Mustone #93 What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, except when your interviewed by the cannabis advocate podcast. Right?  Today we return to MJBizcon and meet HighOnLove founder Angela Mustone. Angela and I chatted next to the HighOnLove® booth which contained a wide collection of hemp seed oil wellness and intimacy products that boast to take pleasur...

Why Dispensary Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Matter with Brytany Melville #92 What's an SOP and why are they important? In this episode we return to MJBizcon and meet Brytany Melville, President and Co-founder of Forte, a cannabis training and standard operating procedure (SOP) solution.  Brytany discuss the value of SOPs and how Forte provide licensable SOPs that can be customized per opera...

Green Trait Medical Cannabis Management with Kate Turmo #91 People new to cannabis, struggle to understand how best to introduce it into their lives. This is especially true in the medical space. Today's guest is Kate Turmo from GreenTrait™ .  Kate shares ways to give doctors the real time tools they need to introduce cannabis to a patient's therapeutic regimen. We also discussed ways medical cann...

Quality Trait Analysis Cannabis Tools with Anthony Lai #90 If you're  a cultivator answer me this: How do you measure the growth of cannabis or hemp plants in real-time and do so without damage? And oh by the way, do that test instantly at the site of the grow. Up until recently, this has not been possible. In this episode we return to MJBizcon and meet Anthony Lai, President of  Experchem US. Ant...

Emerging Genetic Research with Chad Cruchley #89 Over the last few decades a number of strains have come to market with huge success. MyfloraDNA is a genetics company. In this interview we meet Analytical Consultant, Chad Cruchley. Chad is a professional in the field with more than 15 years of experience in cannabis material, testing, and development. In this episode we discuss why it's important...

Are Psychedelics the Next Plant Medicine with Rose Moulin-Franco #88 Have you heard that psychedelics are the next plant medicine? I met our guest Rose Moulin-Franco at the reMind workshop at MJbizcon in Las Vegas. The workshop was eye opening and my first introduction to the possibilities of psychedelics  I learned that Rose is in the process of creating a retreat center in Oregon and Colorado. ...

How to Sell Wholesale in the Cannabis Industry with Bob Bank #87   Looking to grow your selling skills in the cannabis industry? Today we meet Bob Bank from Canna Devices, an ancillary company that produces artisan glass pipes. In this episode Bob shares advice on how to sell wholesale. We discuss lead generation, cold calling, relationship building, closing and building loyal clients.  This episo...