Innovating Cannabis Podcast

Jaime Gorman and Laurel Mason. Two great women from Upstate NY that love making bubble hash and have jumped into the gummy game by launching hash rosin gummies in NY (Soccer mom alert!). They are self-taught and inspired by the late Frenchy & Madame Cannoli, Mila the Hash Queen, among others.  Solventless extraction products have been very popular on the West Coast for years, and NY is about to ca...

Today we meet Robert Beasley, the CEO of Fluent, a Florida-based vertically integrated cannabis company with operations also in Pennsylvania and Texas, and more on the way. He felt his company missed out on opportunities the last two years when the rest of the industry was flying high, and MSOs were scooping up licenses in a state-by-state expansion frenzy. But, actually, Fluent may have dodged th...

Today we meet Hayley Dineen and Lana Van Brunt, the ladies behind the cannabis lifestyle brand and design company Sackville & Co. They both have years of experience in luxury product design and brand development. They stepped into the cannabis y introducing a line of accessories that speaks to the Gen-Z and Millennials. And they have forged partnerships with the likes of Sundae School and Playboy...

Universities across the country are working in all areas of research and development to advance cannabis cultivation, medicine, drug delivery and technology. But these innovations are collecting dust because universities are not in the business of business and taking products to market. Today we meet Lance Anderson he is a partner at the law firm Dickinson Wright and is uniquely positioned to play...

Sensory science is the next step to elevate product development for cannabis brands. Today we meet Dr. Ed  S zczygiel. He is an expert in sensory science and head of product development at Cambium Analytica, where he partners with cannabis brands to create products based on sensory science. Ed has created one of the first Cannabis Aroma Lexicons to assist brands in developing unique and standout p...

Today we meet Corinne Devine, a biochemist and Director of Lab and Product Development for Bristol Extracts, a cultivation, processing, and manufacturer in Upstate NY. Corinne walks us through the seed-to-sale operations for their Senior Moment product line. Why they chose to focus on seniors and how their products are specifically formulated for this demographic and how they are rolling things ou...

Franny Tacy is laying the groundwork in Asheville, NC, for when the state turns recreational. She began as a hemp farmer, added a 420-friendly B&B to her property, opened a handful of CBD stores, started a franchise that spans multiple states, and has a line of hemp-based pasta she said she can't keep in stock. Franny is a smart and strategic businesswoman diversifying and waiting for the cannabis...

Today we dig into the science behind cannabinoid treatment for the elderly with Dr. Swathi Varanasi . She is an Integrative Health and Medical Cannabis Pharmacist and the co-founder of CBD company Element Apothec. She has spent significant time educating providers and physicians, speaking at events such as the Cannabis Science Conference to, lecturing at pharmacy schools and medical schools, and w...

Thinking about regulations is the least sexy part of the cannabis industry, says CEO Marion Mariathasen of Simplifya. But it's necessary for cannabis businesses to use compliance tools to stay one step ahead of regulators. We discuss the repercussions and how easy and cost-effective it is with tools like Simplifya. We talk about their challenges, partnerships, and the work they are doing with regu...

Is New York State doing social equity entrepreneurs a favor by putting them first in line for cannabis business licenses that will cost them millions to launch? It's clear from the recent news that CAURD license holders signed a public letter claiming their extreme concern about the state's fumbled role out of the social equity program. Meet Dezo El, born and raised in the projects in Brownsville,...

Today we meet Willie McKenzie, founder and CEO of Left Coast Holdings, a vertically integrated operation in Michigan. He started growing in the medical market in Northern California, but after building a costly cultivation infrastructure in preparation for the recreational market, he discovered that his property was not properly zoned. This decreased the value significantly, and in addition to the...

Nathan Johnson, CEO of Verne Bioanalytics, an innovator in cannabis genetic and pathogen testing and analysis. They work with seasoned and new cultivators to educate them on the dangers and pitfalls of pathogens, and they help cultivators obtain the cannabinoid genetics they are specifically looking for. Nathan is also the CTO of the company Cannabisque. They are building a database of known canna...

What Does It Take To Start A Cannabis TV Channel? A few have tried, but the industry was too new, and the general public was still adjusting to cannabis being legal.  Today we meet Kerri Accardi, she has been documenting the cannabis industry since 2014. She has knocked on the doors of mainstream networks and made deals with the likes of CBS to produce educational cannabis content. Kerri talks abo...

There are many challenges to getting the cannabis industry off the ground, and one is getting doctors on board to study the endocannabinoid system. But getting overworked doctors to study is a challenge. After working for 15 years in a VA Hospital treating many veterans whose health and wellness had been compromised by alcohol abuse, Dr. Jordan Tishler, a Harvard-educated medical doctor, started t...

Ben Gilbert was a journalist and editor at the Business Insider newspaper before he burned out on the work and pivoted to cannabis to start the media company ALL CAPS™, where he specifically works with the LEGACY market in New York. Ben said that All Caps is not only a MEDIA AGENCY that produces EVENTS, GHOSTWRITING, MARKETING and PUBLIC RELATIONS but an incubator or accelerator program that helps...

What does it take to go from legacy to legal in Arizona? Meet Chris Martin, he grew up in foster care in Kansas and moved to Arizona, where he was busted for cannabis, served time, and had another brush with the law and faced life in prison. Most people would crush under these circumstances, but Chris fought back for himself and his family. He now owns multiple cannabis CPG brands, a non-profit, a...

Today we speak to Joe Schafer, a lawyer with Lippes Mathias Law Firm in Buffalo, NY, for his insights into how entrepreneurs are dealing with the states slow industry rollout. We talk about the legal injunction holding up social equity licenses, and why Upstate NY urgently needs dispensaries open for farmers and brands to sell their products and to get money flowing through the marketplace. Farmer...

If you have a website and running an e-commerce business, you need SEO to drive website traffic and build brand awareness. I interviewed Efrain Sanchez, CEO of Growth Logiq, a cannabis-focused SEO company that will get your brand ranking high on Google. We talk about: * How to make Sure Your Website Content Has Topical Authority on Google. * The lack of content quality in the cannabis space. * How...

Today our guest is Thanisorn Boonsoong, the young CEO of Eastern Spectrum Group. He is from a family of manufacturers at the helm of one of Thailand's few integrated hemp cultivation and manufacturing facilities. They plan to lead the world in producing industrialized hemp and to be Thailand's top-producing seed-to-sale CBD manufacturer. The Innovating Cannabis podcast is produced and hosted by Pa...

Nohtal Partansky is a former NASA engineer turned cannabis entrepreneur who raised a few million dollars to start his company, Sorting Robotics.   He invented a patent-pending infused pre-roll machine and recently introduced automated robot machines that can fill and cap vape pens.  My favorite part of the conversation was when he explained how infusing pre-rolls changes the physics when it burns,...

Today our guest is Tanya Griffin, CEO of OhYess, a CBD sex product, and Uh Huh Honey, a patented process that produces CBD honey by feeding cannabis to bees. Before she started the two CPG brands, she opened and sold multiple dispensaries in Illinois and other states. She also heads Water and Trees Cannabis Consulting based in Denver. And finally, she recently found time to launch a nonprofit that...

Our guest today is Sarah Hashkes, head of scientific research into psychedelics at Red Light Holland and CEO of Radix Motion, a technology company advancing psychedelic research. Sarah talks about her research into how VR and psychedelics can increase plasticity in the brain. Her and her team at Red Light Holland are ahead of science in understanding psychedelics. Listen to the latest episode to t...

Today we meet Ryan Douglas, a sought-out expert on cannabis cultivation. Before launching Canopy Growth's cultivation program, he spent 15 years cultivating flowers and hydroponic vegetables. He started his own consulting company, advising others on building and operating cannabis cultivation facilities. We talk about how to get clean, quality genetics, costs to build out a cultivation facility, h...

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today we meet Beer, a legacy grower in Thailand who is a leader and hero for cannabis farmers. When he became tired of the underground hustle and decided to become a Monk, it wasn't long before the Minister of Health recruited him to help the government usher in the cannabis industry. He is given the authority to license farmers and train them in cultivating cannabis. Beers operates his own grow f...