The Cannabis Business Coach

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Laura Lagano, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, author of "The CBD Oil Miracle" and co-founder of the Holistic Cannabis Academy. As one of a handful of RDNs who has completed the prestigious Institute of Functional Medicine program, Laura integrates her expertise in nutrition, functional medicine, and cannabis in her private pract...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Sam Ghods, CEO of Connected Cannabis, one of California's highest premium and best selling Cannabis flower brands. Prior to entering the Cannabis industry, Sam was the co-founder and systems architect at Box, a multi billion dollar technology company that revolutionized cloud computing. On this episode, we discuss how Sam essentially went from...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Michael McDonald, President of Ammonite Inc, maker of the Dablicator oil applicator, a product that was created by the Jetty Extracts team. Prior to entering the Cannabis industry by selling a real estate asset to the Jetty Extracts team, Mike had entrepreneurial experience in the furniture business, in product development, manufac...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Michael Krawitz, Executive Director of Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access. For decades, Krawitz has been at the forefront of international Cannabis reform. On this episode, he provides a masterclass on the inner workings of international drug treaties, why they matter and how they're finally being renegotiated. He also offers great insight o...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Brenda Smith, Founder and Managing Partner of CB Capital Concierge, a boutique capital advisory firm that helps investors and entrepreneurs succeed in Cannabis business. Brenda Smith is a high power business leader. After working at top financial institutions (Merrill Lynch, PNC Securities, Bernstein Private Wealth Management) Bren...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Tangy Daniel, a U.S. Marine Corp veteran who served 2 tours of duty in Iraq and then became Founder and CEO of multiple Cannabis businesses. This interview marks Tangy's last interview as an entrepreneur in the Cannabis industry. She's exiting the business to serve as an advocate in the firearms space, working to protect 2nd amendment rights....

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Adam Remis, Founder of YourCannaCFO.com and Co-Founder of CannaCFO Magazine. Adam has over 25 years of accounting and tax experience and has even been CFO of a New York Stock Exchange publicly traded company. In this episode, we discuss common misconceptions about the Cannabis industry, the importance of hiring experts to help with...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev coaches Mary Pryor, Co-Founder of Cannaclusive, an organization built to facilitate fair representation of minority cannabis consumers and CMO of Tonic CBD. Mary has been widely recognized as a leading figure in the fight for inclusivity in the Cannabis industry. This episode is all coaching and no interview. Mike helps Mary battle with burnout and creat...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Joy Beckerman, Founder of Hemp Ace International and 2019 Hemp Industries Association Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Joy has been relentlessly committed to her mission of singing the praises of hemp and helping to integrate hemp back into society for almost 30 years now. Joy's leadership experience and positions in the hemp industry are to...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Michael King, Co-Founder and CEO of Kings Garden. King was born in Russia, grew up in NYC, worked on Wall Street, became a professional powerlifter, earned a graduate degree in criminal justice and international law, and transitioned to a successful career in real estate –all before getting involved in the Cannabis industry. Earlier in his car...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Jenny Argie, Founder and CEO of Jenny's Baked at Home. Jenny's story is nothing short of amazing. She was a successful entrepreneur and innovator in the children's furniture business, was diagnosed with breast cancer, and turned to Cannabis medicine as an alternative treatment option, which worked out really well for her. This insp...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Leo Bridgewater Chief Innovation Officer of CWCBEducation. Leo, a U.S. Army Veteran, is also National Director of Veteran Outreach for Minorities for Medical Marijuana, and serves on the Boards of MPX New Jersey and Veteran’s Ananda. Leo has been instrumental in advocating for greater access to medical Cannabis for the patients of...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Chirali Patel, Founder of Blaze Responsibly. Chirali is an attorney at Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Brody & Agnello. Prior to that, she worked in various public service roles as an attorney for Bergen County and for Hoboken in New Jersey. Chirali got involved in activism after having a family member with Cancer struggling to get access...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Joseph A Bondy. Named one of the Top 100 Criminal Trial Lawyers by the American College of Trial Lawyers, Joe Bondy has been characterized by the New York Times as "eloquent and armed with the serene demeanor of a surgeon," with an "oratorical intensity" that "hovers at the evangelistic." Joe has represented hundreds of individuals at all stag...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Larisa Bolivar who has 20 years of experience in the Cannabis industry, including owning and operating one of Colorado's first medical dispensaries. She is Executive Director of the Cannabis Consumers Coalition, on the Board of Directors of Colorado NORML, and has helped clients win Cannabis licenses in multiple states. Recently, she started B...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Dr. David Cunic, a serial entrepreneur now focused on the Cannabis and hemp industry. David has founded multiple businesses and has successfully sold half of them. As a business consultant, David has raised over $10 million dollars for several different companies. In this episode we discuss taking a medical approach to business, fu...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Amanda Reiman, PhD MSW. Amanda is an amazing activist and Cannabis community guardian. After receiving her Ph. D. from U.C. Berkeley, Amanda became the Director of Research and Patient Services at Berkeley Patients Group, one of the oldest dispensaries in the country. From there she moved on to become the California policy manager...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Warren Bobrow, the one-of-a-kind mixologist, chef, and writer known as the Cocktail Whisperer. Warren and Mike Z share many stories and laughs in this episode as we chat about leaving corporate America, feeling like the luckiest guy in the world, writing books, getting arrested for smoking pot in NYC and much more. In the Executive...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches the dynamic and dedicated Kristin Jordan, Director of Real Estate for large multistate operator, Acreage Holdings. Committed cannabis justice champion, Kristin Jordan is also the Founder of The Maze, a cannabis community event calendar and Mannada, an events production company. Kristin's also Founder of the Asian Cannabis Roundtabl...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Neil Kaufman, the managing partner of Kaufman & Associates, LLC. Neil brought his 30 years of experience in corporate and securities Law into Cannabis. Kaufman formerly served as Chairman of the Board of a Nasdaq-listed technology company and is a 2019 Superlawyer. In this episode we discuss raising capital for Cannabis businesses,...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Shanon Jaramillo, Founder of Cannabis NM Staffing. Shanon brought her 20 years of experience in recruitment, development, and retention in the restaurant, retail, banking, insurance, and education industries into Cannabis. She is an award-winning entrepreneur, having been honored with the New Mexico Essie Award for Best Ancillary C...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Heather Cabot. Heather is an author, award-winning journalist, former ABC News correspondent and anchor. Her latest book, "The New Chardonnay" examines how marijuana went mainstream. Heather tells the story of going from an absolute Cannabis outsider to being inspired to write a book about Cannabis. She spent 3 years traveling the...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Vladimir Bautista, the Co-Founder of Happy Munkey, one of New York's most influential Cannabis lifestyle brands. Vlad shares the story of his come-up and the motivation for starting Happy Munkey, which has quickly become internationally known for its high end, yet very inclusive Cannabis events. Combining his background in music an...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Adam Levin, the Executive Chairman of High Times. Adam is a serial entrepreneur and investor who has started and sold an education technology company, owned a number of media entities, CPG businesses, a restaurant chain, and more. We chat about the storied history and exciting future of High Times. Adam tells me about the challenges of running...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Caroline Phillips, the Founder and Executive Producer of the National Cannabis Festival Caroline is the visionary and leader behind one of the largest and coolest Cannabis events in the world, the National Cannabis Festival. We discuss Caroline's foray into Cannabis business and the lessons she's learned along the way. We also chat...