mello Cannabis

The Blunt Boardroom

Business EN ↓ 4 episodes

Most cannabis podcasts talk about the plant, the products, and consumption activities. This one talks about the business and the business of the plant. The Blunt Boardroom is a straight-talk podcast about what it actually takes to build, run, and scale a cannabis company. Operators, executives, and industry experts having the kind of conversations that usually only happen behind closed doors. Host Matt Richman is the CEO & CFO of mello Cannabis in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He came from Deloitte, but when the opportunity came to diverge from a traditional career path, he chose the burgeoning ca...

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How to Build a Brand from Zero | Ep. 04 Ft. Bridgette Cruz 08.07.2026 1:21:12

Bridgette Cruz moved to Massachusetts on 18 days of Airbnb money and a job offer with no relocation package. She had a vision for a cannabis brand, a DJ alias, a background in restaurant management and photography, and no funding. She took the chance anyway. Today she is the founder and CEO of Ultra Premium Gas, a self-funded, LGBTQ-owned cannabis brand rooted in Latino and Caribbean culture. She...

Why This CEO Works With His Competitor | Ep. 03 Ft. Rob DiFazio 24.06.2026 1:02:56

Rob DiFazio served in the US Navy's nuclear power program, and he went from operating submarines to running cannabis dispensaries. The discipline transferred. The stakes changed. Today he is the founder and CEO of CNA Stores, a veteran-owned, vertically integrated cannabis company with dispensaries in Haverhill and Amesbury and a cultivation facility down the street from mello's farm. Hi...

How AI Is Changing Cannabis Marketing | The Blunt Boardroom Ep. 02 Ft. Varun Patel & Lauren Laplante-Rottman 10.06.2026 37:47

Most dispensaries are spending money to drive traffic to their website. Varun Patel thinks that is not the primary problem to solve. In this episode, Matt sits down with Varun Patel and Lauren Laplante-Rottman from Spokes Digital to talk about what AI is actually doing to cannabis marketing right now, why the conversion problem is more important than the traffic problem, and what operators who are...

Cannabis Delivery Is Changing Fast | The Blunt Boardroom Ep. 01 Ft. Christopher Fevry 28.05.2026 14:01

Chris Fevry built two cannabis companies from scratch during COVID. No funding. No connections. Just a research rabbit hole and a co-founder willing to bet on an idea nobody had proven in Massachusetts yet. Today he is the CEO and co-founder of Your Green Package, one of the only third-party cannabis transporters in the state with its own proprietary logistics software, and Dris, a licensed home d...