Thinking Outside The Bud

Thinking Outside the Bud is a business podcast devoted to driving innovation in the cannabis space. During each episode, we speak with founders, investors, thought leaders, researchers, advocates, and policy makers who are finding new and exciting ways for cannabis to positively impact business, society, and culture. Have each episode delivered to your inbox by subscribing here: http://www.thinkin...

Kristen is the editor of Hemp Industry Daily, where she leads coverage of the hemp and CBD industries. Previously, she worked at the Associated Press for nearly 20 years. She started covering the marijuana legalization movement in 2009 – when medical stores started popping up around Denver – and wrote about the state’s first legal hemp harvest. Kristen also covered agriculture and politics in Mary...

Veteran Northern California tour guides Misha Frankly and Chris Vardijan are the founders of NorCal Tour Company Inc., a company founded on the premise that making travel plans should be easy and exciting.   They are also the producers of The Mendocino Experience Cannabis Tours, the tour is based on the Northern California wine tour model, taking tourists to licensed legal cannabis farms giving to...

Eli has been a data-driven researcher throughout his career. He previously worked as an analyst for Nielsen, where he provided analysis to Nielsen’s retail clients for use in pricing, promotion and assortment decisions. He’s also been a consultant for data companies in the cannabis industry. Eli now employs his analytical expertise for Marijuana Business Daily. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz com...

Angela is a business owner, wife & mother. She is on a mission to educate people about marijuana and its possibilities, breaking the stigma of cannabis and to help people share their cannabis success stories.“Im here to help inspire others to open their hearts and minds and hear someone else story about cannabis.” Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information ab...

Before co-founding Confident Cannabis, Steve developed his career in New York with experience in startups, the finance industry and growth capital investing. He founded Left Lane Capital to invest in, incubate and co-found branded consumer-facing businesses. His investments include Health Warrior, one of the fastest growing superfood snack companies in the US. Steve then moved to California to stu...

Tiffany Devitt is responsible for overseeing CannaCraft's regulatory compliance and government relations. As such, she plays a valuable and vital role in shaping and executing the company's legislative strategies in Sacramento and DC. As a member of the National Cannabis Roundtable Board, she is working collaboratively with industry leaders from across the country to promulgate federal financial s...

Ron Basak-Smith is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sana Packaging, a startup that designs and develops differentiated, sustainable, and compliant packaging solutions for the cannabis industry using 100% plant-based hemp plastic. Sana Packaging is proud to be a “Made in the U.S.A.” company that supports domestic agriculture and domestic manufacturing. Ron earned a B.A. in Sociology from Ithaca College in...

Bryan is the Co-founder and CEO of Hunter + Esquire. His professional background before launching H+E was entirely in retained executive search for 18 years in MedTech/Pharma (15 yrs) and Food and Adult Beverage CPG (3 yrs). His deep knowledge of those highly regulated and nuanced industries has helped H+E significantly understand the needs and wants of their cannabis clients. Bryan’s deep and gen...

Thinking Outside the Bud is a business podcast devoted to driving innovation in the cannabis space. During each episode, we speak with founders, investors, thought leaders, researchers, advocates, and policy makers who are finding new and exciting ways for cannabis to positively impact business, society, and culture. Have each episode delivered to your inbox by subscribing here: http://www.thinkin...

Jennifer Whetzel is a marketing professional and founder of Ladyjane Branding. For over 25 years, Whetzel has been branding, advertising, marketing, strategizing and researching for Fortune 500 companies and B2B/B2C small businesses. After finding significant symptom relief in medical cannabis and emotional support from community members, she was inspired to use her professional expertise to help...

 Danny Murr-Sloat inspires many as the famed owner of AlpinStash who credits consuming and growing cannabis with losing 70 pounds, transitioning off over 19 prescriptions including opiates for an array of medical issues, and eventually becoming one of the most revered micro-cultivation brands in Colorado. But, few know Danny as an emerging prolific breeder. Since 2014, he’s steadily built the Alpi...

Dale has been a practicing California attorney for more that 30 years and active in the California cannabis space for 20 years. In 1999, he and his (then) wife, Dr. Mollie Fry, opened one of the first 5 medical cannabis recommendation clinics. His persistent political action, on behalf of medical cannabis patients, led to a federal DEA raid, arrest and a 60 month prison sentence. However, the Cali...

Gillian Levy, the Co-Founder & CEO at Humboldt Apothecary, a women-owned and run company in the heart of Humboldt County is passionate about crafting the highest quality cannabis-based tinctures and topicals, offering safe, effective solutions to target a wide variety of conditions and support general health and wellness. Together with her business partner Susan Cleverdon, she formulates uniqu...

Thinking Outside the Bud is a business podcast devoted to driving innovation in the cannabis space. During each episode, we speak with founders, investors, thought leaders, researchers, advocates, and policy makers who are finding new and exciting ways for cannabis to positively impact business, society, and culture. Have each episode delivered to your inbox by subscribing here: http://www.thinkin...

As the founder, owner and CEO of QAcanna Jon brings 20 years of practical experience within the pharmaceutical, medical device, combination products and dietary supplement industries. His thorough comprehension of industry regulations and standards, along with an understanding of how to effectively apply those standards to various business models, has allowed him to successfully navigate and lead...

Dan Nelson is best known for having launched the world’s first legal and medical marijuana dispensary price comparison website in January 2014. Wikileaf, dubbed by some media as “The Priceline of Pot”, has since grown into one of the industry’s largest consumer resources in North America. In 2016, Wikileafbecame a part of Nesta Holding Co., a private equity firm that creates wide ranging partnersh...

Cayla Rosenblum is a co-founder of Very Good CBD, an artisanal hemp flower brand. As a graduate student studying healthcare informatics, Cayla blended her love for data with her interest in the medicinal cannabis industry. Her research allowed her to present at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Global Health Conference on the potential barriers and benefits of medicinal can...

BeautyGrass is an all-natural, plant-based, CBD-infused skincare line founded by LA beauty guru, Jenny Evans, in partnership with IN GOOD CO. Inspired by the bounty of the Plant Kingdom and powerful ancient wisdoms, BeautyGrass launched in 2018 as a celebration of vibrant self love. Using the purest, most powerful ingredients our planet has to offer, BeautyGrass is a high-end yet approachable bran...

Saul Kaye is the Founder and CEO of iCAN and a true leader in the Israeli Cannabis ecosystem, as well as an industry advisor to the Medical Cannabis caucus of the Knesset. Saul is a licensed pharmacist and entrepreneur with both retail and e-commerce experience. He has founded multiple companies panning six countries across the US, Europe, Israel and Australia. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz com...

With over 17 years of global brand event curation, Sasha is not your typical CEO. As the Creative Experience Officer and founder of Revolver Productions, Sasha started her company with the intention to produce experiences with purpose. Through her work she’s raised awareness around mental wellness, female empowerment, entrepreneurship, and cannabis as a lifestyle tool. Hosted by Simplecast, an Ads...

For more than 20 years, Lewis has been working in strategic communications career in politics, he served as a full-time campaign staffer on the Clinton/Gore 1996 re election campaign and worked for then US senator Robert Torricelli (D-NJ) as his deputy press secretary. Lewis brings a “campaign” mentality to all his client engagement. After moving to private practice, Lewis has amassed vast experie...

Thinking Outside the Bud is a business podcast devoted to driving innovation in the cannabis space. During each episode, we speak with founders, investors, thought leaders, researchers, advocates, and policy makers who are finding new and exciting ways for cannabis to positively impact business, society, and culture. Have each episode delivered to your inbox by subscribing here: http://www.thinkin...

A serial entrepreneur as far back as his days studying Psychology at West Virginia University, Russ founded Webbula, a data-centric technology company headquartered in California. In 2009, Cersosimo took an idea from concept to market, generating high-profile clientele including Google, Yahoo, T-Mobile, Neustar, and Epsilon. Webbula is now an international leader in the data industry. Hosted by Si...

Lisbeth began her career in cannabis as the Director of Communications for Mindful (Addison, IL) a medical cannabis dispensary in 2016. While navigating the industry she realized traditional marketing tactics would not work for a cannabis brand. She developed a system for marketing cannabis brands online and went on to launch Canna Marketing U: a marketing coaching and consulting business. Hosted...