Today on Blunt Business our host Sean Eubanks is talking about the ongoing transition into full adult-use cannabis legalization in Calfornia with the principles from Ceres Strategies: Elizabeth Ashford Davis and Ruben Honig. Prior to Joining Ceres Strategies, Elizabeth served as Attorney General Kamala Harris’ Chief of Staff from 2013 to 2015, Governor Jerry Brown’s Chief Deputy Press Secretary from 2011 to 2013, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Chief Deputy for Cabinet and Communications fr...
Feb 28, 2018•52 min
Today on Blunt Business our host Sean Eubanks is joined by Julie Berliner from Sweet Grass Kitchen. Julie Berliner is the Founder and CEO of Sweet Grass Kitchen, a Denver-based edible cannabis manufacturer founded in 2009. Sweet Grass Kitchen specializes in cannabutter-based edibles, and distributes to over 150 centers throughout Colorado. In addition to her role at Sweet Grass Kitchen, she is also a founding member and chair of the Cannabis Business Alliance Edibles Council. Julie has represent...
Feb 28, 2018•36 min
Today on Blunt Business our host Sean Eubanks is joined by Adelia Carrillo from Direct Cannabis Network. Adelia is the founder of Direct Cannabis Network. Her roots were built in the consumer electronics industry with a background in business development, sales, and marketing. Through her own personal journey of being a patient, she soon found herself studying the industry as a whole and found that the industry was missing a focus on the cannabis entrepreneurs, innovation, and technology. This i...
Feb 28, 2018•41 min
Today on Blunt Business our host Sean Eubanks is joined by Clean Cannabis cultivator John Andrle, from L’Eagle. Founded in 2010 with the intention of providing an outlet for cannabis connoisseurs to purchase legal marijuana in a discreet environment, L’Eagle dispensary sets the standard for caring about their product. L’Eagle Services offers discerning clientele top-quality natural products, unparalleled personal service, therapeutic knowledge and exceptional industry compliance. L’Eagle medicin...
Feb 21, 2018•49 min
Today on Blunt Business our host Sean Eubanks is joined by Brett Roper from Medicine Man Technologies. Mr. Roper has an extensive background in business development, having successfully 'shepherded' several Form 10 and S1 filings as well as NASDAQ up listing efforts, most recently co-founding Medicine Man Technologies, a unique cannabis business consultant and advisory service provider. Mr. Roper has a substantial amount of RE based experience, managing acquisition, interim holding, and disposit...
Feb 19, 2018•46 min
Today on Blunt Business Sean Eubanks is joined by Stormy Simon. former president of Overstock.com. Stormy Simon joined Overstock.com in the heady days of 2001, when the Internet was new to most consumers and company had fewer than 100 employees. She went from temp to PR chief to branding VP – you may remember her appearance in those “It’s all about the O” commercials – and ultimately rose to become president in 2014. Two years later, she left it all to embark upon a surprising new career: consul...
Feb 14, 2018•51 min
Dr. Mitch Earleywine speaks with David Maddalena, founder of THC Productions. They discuss cannabis communications, plus we learn about how the company Launched the First-Ever Hemp Commercials on Sirius XM. The company includes: national print magazine The Hemp Connoisseur, a two-time winner of “Best Cannabis Publication” by the Cannabis Business Awards, THC Productions, and THC Entertainment. THC Holding Co. enlightens and educates audiences on the many benefits and uses of both marijuana and c...
Feb 14, 2018•34 min
Today on Blunt Business our host Sean Eubanks is joined by Erin Phillips the president and chief executive officer at Strainwise Consulting. Erin is recognized as having consulted on and obtained the first recreational cannabis sales license in the world for one of her clients, The Annie's: A STRAINWISE® Branded Dispensary in Central City, CO. She's lead the renegade and outlaw industry into a reputable business model which is both sustainable as well as mainstream. By accomplishing this dauntin...
Jan 27, 2018•47 min
Today on Blunt Business our host Sean Eubanks talks to Chip Forsythe founder and winemaker at Rebel Coast Winery. Chip grew up in Texas, Ohio, California, Massachusettes...ok everywhere, moving on. An amazingly driven individual and dynamic leader, Chip’s infectious personality and laughter make those around him instantly light up. Chip has a motorcycle and everyone should know that. Rebel Coast Winery makes the first to make a no-alcohol Sauvignon Blanc-flavored drink mixed with marijuana that ...
Jan 24, 2018•52 min
Today on Blunt Business Sean Eubanks is joined by Darcy Bomford the Chief Executive Officer and Director of True Leaf. Three decades of executive management experience and a 30-year history of manufacturing pet products in three federally inspected plants throughout the USA and Canada. Highly adept at building brands through corporate vision, strategy and the successful development of relationships with team members and strategic partners.He began in the pet care industry almost 30 years ago and...
Jan 10, 2018•1 hr
Today on Blunt Business Sean is Joined by Jeremy Goldstein COO and Co-Founder of Stillwater. It All Started With a Pot Brownie. The Stillwater Marijuana-Infused Tea is designed to help reduce stress with THC and the natural goodness of tea. With each serving containing 2.5mg of THC, the tea is intended to help a person relax after a stressful day in a natural way instead of reaching for a cocktail or other alcoholic beverage. A few years ago, the co-founder’s grandmother asked him to procure her...
Dec 27, 2017•31 min
Today on Blunt Bussines our host Sean Eubanks is joined by Shane Blocker, Owner, and Co-Founder of National Investment Connection. He served 14 years in the Air Force working Military Intelligence, he’s a former Banker and a Realtor. Today he and his partner Greg own National Investment Connection, a national company that offers Owners of Cannabis companies and Ancillary companies with large volumes of CASH a solution to get their bags of CASH safely into a bank account that won’t be shut down.B...
Dec 11, 2017•59 min
Today on Blunt Business Sean Eubanks is Joined by Pamela N. Epstein Esq., LL.M, Owner & Founder of Green Wise Consulting, LLC. Pamela graduated with Honors and earned her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Arizona in both Communications and Political Science. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of La Verne College of Law. After law school, Pamela earned her Master’s of Law from Golden Gate University School of Law, where she received her LL.M in International Environme...
Nov 29, 2017•49 min
Today on Blunt Business Sean is Joined by Jeremy Goldstein COO and Co-Founder of Stillwater. It All Started With a Pot Brownie. The Stillwater Marijuana-Infused Tea is designed to help reduce stress with THC and the natural goodness of tea. With each serving containing 2.5mg of THC, the tea is intended to help a person relax after a stressful day in a natural way instead of reaching for a cocktail or other alcoholic beverage. A few years ago, the co-founder’s grandmother asked him to procure her...
Nov 08, 2017•33 min
Today on Blunt Business Sean is joined by Maureen McNamara from Cannabis Trainers and the seminar cannabis real estate: maximize your business with a strong foundation. Maureen is the Founder and Chief Facilitator with Cannabis Trainers; a corporation founded to create and deliver training solutions for the Cannabis Industry. She has combined her skills and expertise with Food Safety and Responsible Alcohol Service into a comprehensive, engaging new program to ensure the Responsible, Knowledgeab...
Oct 11, 2017•44 min
Today on Blunt Business Sean is joined Charles P. Rutherford II Business Development Director of Boveda, Inc. Boveda (formerly Humidipak) is the global leader in 2-way humidity control. Holding several global patents, we can engineer Boveda in a wide range of RH levels for various moisture-sensitive packaging applications to add and remove moisture as necessary to maintain a precise RH. Charles's duties include growing our domestic and international business within premium tobacco, musical instr...
Sep 27, 2017•45 min
Today on Blunt Business our host Sean Eubanks is joined by Aaron Newsom from The Santa Cruz Veterans Alliance. SCVA's mission is to provide Qualified California Military Veterans with top quality, lab-tested medical cannabis grown by fellow United States Military Veterans. The cornerstone of SCVA is our Veteran Compassion Program (VCP). Through the VCP every member of this collective receives FREE, top quality, lab-tested medical cannabis. It’s our way of honoring fellow veterans and assisting c...
Sep 20, 2017•39 min
Today on Blunt Business Sean is joined by Shanel Lindsay. Shanel is the founder of Ardent, a Boston-based biotech and medical cannabis device company, for this week's webinar. Shanel tells us how to decarb cannabis safely and effectively at home with her easy to use, NOVA Decarboxylator. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the benefits of decarboxylation, this is a way activate the medicinal properties of the plant on the way to converting it into a consumable where you can control the exac...
Sep 06, 2017•41 min
Today on Blunt Business, Serge Chistov Joins Sean for this episode. Serge is the financial advisor for the Honest Marijuana Company, a Colorado-based cannabis cultivation group that prides itself on providing clean, premium cannabis products to the medical and recreational consumer markets. They discuss the importance of all-natural cannabis growing, what qualities Serge looked for in a company before getting involved in the cannabis industry, and — with Serge coming from a previous career in li...
Aug 31, 2017•41 min
Today on Blunt Businees Sean is joined by Phil Gibson, Vice President of Marketing for AEssense. Phil has 30 years of sales, marketing, and channel experience, and is known as the creator of the WEBENCH online design environment now owned by Texas Instruments. Previously, Phil held executive marketing positions at Infineon, TI, and National Semiconductor. With 7 patents in web technology, Phil is an expert in digital marketing and built his first web site in 1995. Phil holds an MBA from the Univ...
Aug 23, 2017•46 min
Today on Blunt Business your host Sean Eubanks is Joined by Michael Bologna from Dipstick Vapes. Michael is an Entrepreneur focusing on ensuring organizational success by improving efficiencies, minimizing waste, & bringing socially conscious processes to the forefront. The re-branded Dipstick Vapes (DSV) launched in January 2017. The original Dipstick from Improve, LLC launched in 2014 from Houston, TX. DSV still has offices in Houston along with a new administrative office in Denver, CO. D...
Aug 16, 2017•42 min
Today on Blunt Business Sean is joined by Murr, and grower at Alpinstash. Murr; was born and raised in Colorado where she grew up playing hockey. After sustaining a back injury, she began the typical regimen of OTC and pharmaceutical pain remedies. It wasn’t until Murr tried cannabis that she noticed immediate relief. With two years of commercial cannabis bakery experience and a desire to continue paving her way in the emerging cannabis industry, Murr began working with AlpinStash, handling logi...
Aug 14, 2017•42 min
Today on Blunt Business Sean is joined by Tim Cullen, Harvest CEO. Cullen has a background in biology and tells his visitors that it's crucial for new grows to set up a chain of command. He found that it was better to hire people who love the plant. Early on, some of his grow employees took it upon themselves to make their own nutrient mixes for the plants. That was a major problem, because Colorado Harvest, like other grows in the cannabis field, has spent time, effort and money perfecting its ...
Aug 14, 2017•53 min
Today on Blunt Business Sean is joined by Ben Curran the CEO of GreenBits. An entrepreneur and product leader, Ben, is passionate about using my technical skills to build great businesses, products and agile engineering teams. As an product leader, Ben is hands on while growing the engineering team and providing strategic direction. He believe's in empowering people over processes and hire accordingly. They Talk about Greenbits where Ben is the CEO. Green Bits was founded by engineers with exper...
Aug 14, 2017•36 min
Now a three-time Cannabis Cup winner, Kirk’s journey into the edibles field began like so many others… out of necessity. Suffering from Multiple Sclerosis, he was in the hospital recovering when a close friend brought him a marijuana laced edible. He tried it, it worked, and since then he’s been hard at work developing tasty recipes and whipping up cannabis infused treats for both local patients as well as celebrities such as Tommy Chong and Willie Nelson, who’s a HUGE fan of Kirk’s infused Key ...
Aug 14, 2017•53 min
Sean Eubanks welcomes Todd Stimpson, the owner of Saturn Ranch, which produces a product line of all-natural CBD Topicals and THC-infused edibles. We learn how Todd started the family-owned business and medical issues that inspired the business. We learn about Saturn Ranch and their work in developing premium, lab-tested, hemp-derived CBD is the most important ingredient in their products...from topical balms, salt scrubs, and bath soaking salts to tinctures and edibles. Advertising Inquiries: h...
Aug 14, 2017•30 min
Today on Burning Issues Sean Eubanks is joined by Craig Henderson the CEO and founder of Extract Labs, an industrial hemp extraction, product formulation and consulting company, based out of Boulder Colorado. Prior to founding Extract Labs, he was the Senior Sales Engineer for Apeks Supercritical, based out of Denver Colorado. He performed technical sales, and managed all national (and international) training and service on Apeks extraction systems. I also performed cannabis related research and...
Aug 14, 2017•40 min
Sean Eubanks speaks about intellectual property protection For cannabusinesses with Travis Bliss, an attorney at Delaware-based Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Aug 14, 2017•46 min
Intellectual Property and Cannabis Compliance as Sean Eubanks speaks with Jay Kotzker, General Counsel at Strainwise, Inc. They cover all types if intellectual property and what they can be used for. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Aug 14, 2017•57 min
Sean Eubanks speaks with Brittany Whiters RN, BSN and Ciara Jenkins RN, MSN , the co-founders of medical marijuana staffing firm Revolutionary Tactics. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Aug 14, 2017•44 min
