The many uses of industrial hemp with Luke Dandrea, founder of DRIHP. Our next guest’s mission is to educate the consumer one product at a time on how industrial hemp is the game changing component in the science of global warming. He recently launched a new environmentally-safe hemp line and he has signed on actress/philanthropist, Bella Thorne, influencer Rachel Cook and model and social media personality, Jay Alvarrez to serve as brand ambassadors for DRIHP. Advertising Inquiries: https://red...
Aug 05, 2020•34 min
The impacts of legal cannabis sales with Cy Scott, Founder, and CEO of Headset. Today we welcome the Founder of CEO of Headset, the leading provider of data and analytics to the cannabis industry, who recently announced the launch of an ongoing weekly report to make sense of the impacts of legal cannabis sales. The report provides a week-to-week overview, of how cannabis sales are affected by changes in regulations, consumer sentiments, and economic trends. Cy said "The COVID-19 pandemic has cre...
Jul 29, 2020•33 min
The first all organic herbal wrap company with Paola Fernandez, Founder & CEO of High Hemp. The hemp industry as a whole has faced tremendous economic pressures and worries in recent months, but now, the industry – like many others – faces doubt, economic distress, and overall concern due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our next guest represents the first all organic herbal wrap company. Paola started High Hemp-based primarily on the need for organic products within the industry with the goal of p...
Jul 22, 2020•35 min
Exposing the "Plandemic" and Exploring Benefits of Cannabis with Dr. Judy Mikovits. Dr. Mikovits is the author of Plague of Corruption: Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science and joins us on Blunt Business to discuss the explosive response to her appearance in the viral Plandemic documentary that was viewed by millions on social media. We also talked to her about her current focus in Cannabis research with her newest project lookingforcbd.com. Dr. Judy Mikovits is best known for her appearanc...
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Alternate ways of consumption during COVID with Jay Rush, Co-Founder of Moose Labs. Our next guest’s company has developed a unique product allowing users to smoke safer by reducing the spread of germs and reducing coughing. A typical bong contains more bacteria per square inch than a toilet seat in a public restroom, and according to the first study of contamination on shared smoking devices, a bong after a ten-minute smoke session between four people carries 600X the germs it had before the se...
Jul 01, 2020•39 min
NuggMD with CMO and Co-founder Alex Milligan. Our next guest’s company, NuggMD, the nation's leading cannabis-focused telemedicine platform, recently announced the launch of Nugg Club, a cannabis subscription box featuring full-sized products curated by experts and personalized to each customer. The service is currently available to med and rec customers in LA and Orange County and will expand to more cities in the coming months. Every Nugg Club Box is priced at $99, excluding tax, and contains ...
Jun 24, 2020•40 min
Connecting producers and users of hydroponic supplies with Justin Pierce, Principal at Hydroponics, Inc. Our next guest’s company is a premier provider of global agricultural supplies, logistics, and procurement for large scale, commercial farms. Hydroponics, Inc. is connecting producers and users of hydroponic supplies around the world through origination, trading, and distribution, as well as offering a range of analytics and financial solutions. CEO Ken Alston stated to CannabisTech “before t...
Jun 17, 2020•36 min
The emulsification process of cannabis with Tyler Peterson Director of Business Development at SōRSE Technology. Our next guest’s company focuses on the emulsification process of cannabis and CBD products and they have come up with a process (that over 30 brands on the market currently use) to ensure edibles and beverages are shelf-stable and have consistent dosing of the active ingredient from the first bite or sip to the last. SōRSE Technology sells and licenses a proprietary water-soluble can...
Jun 10, 2020•36 min
Access to cannabis verticals with James Shih, Co-Founder of My Green Network. Our next guest’s company is set to open a membership-based, entrepreneur-focused, collaborative cannabis facility in Orange County, California this summer. The company promises to provide “a home, a network, compliance, and access to cannabis verticals.” A key obstacle that cannabis consumer packaged goods brands have to overcome is finding a trusted manufacturing and supply chain partner. Advertising Inquiries: https:...
Jun 03, 2020•41 min
KushCo Holdings with Nick Kovacevich, CEO, Co-founder, and chairman. KushCo Holdings has a diversified business model including Kush Bottles, a dynamic sales platform that is the nation’s largest and most respected distributor of packaging, supplies, and accessories, Kush Energy, which provides ultra-pure hydrocarbon gases and solvents to the cannabis and CBD sector, Hybrid Creative, a premier creative design agency for cannabis and non-cannabis ventures, and Koleto Packaging Solutions, the rese...
May 27, 2020•46 min
CALIHASH with Founder and CEO Michael Domecq. Our next guest oversees a premium hashish brand that uses unique, gentle, solventless water extraction processes to respect the integrity of the original cannabinoid profile to create the highest quality hash products for medicinal and adult use. At CALIHASH they choose only the finest California produced cannabis to bring you an unparalleled hashish experience. By using water their extraction process is extremely gentle, entirely solventless, and fu...
May 20, 2020•42 min
Balanced Health Botanicals with CEO Chase Terwilliger. Based in Denver, CO. Established in 2015, Balanced Health Botanicals owns and operates some of the largest manufacturing operations and brands, including CBDistillery, in the hemp-derived CBD market. After graduating with an MBA from the W.P. Balanced Health Botanicals (BHB) owns and operates some of the largest brands in the hemp-derived CBD market. BHB is uniquely positioned to control the entire process from seed-to-self. BHB is known for...
May 13, 2020•33 min
Driven Deliveries with CEO Christian Schenk. Our next guest is an accomplished transportation and payment technology executive with extensive public company experience and a profound track record of generating sustainable, rapid growth. He is CEO of Driven Deliveries the country’s first publicly-traded cannabis e-retailer and logistics company. FreightWaves reported Vertical integration is helping boost business for an online cannabis shopping and delivery company as the coronavirus pandemic sim...
May 06, 2020•40 min
Web and mobile apps for the cannabis industry with Marion Mariathasan CEO and Co-Founder of Simplifya and Alain Bankier, Managing Partner and Board Member of Ceylon Solutions. Our next guests provide web and mobile apps to help cannabis businesses achieve compliance with their industry-leading self-audit, document management, and SOPs content. Powered by the leading cannabis tech developer in the space. Simplifya, a Denver-based software developer, is one of those "RegTech" players that help pot...
Apr 29, 2020•39 min
PayWana is a self-ordering kiosk revolutionizing the retail checkout process for cannabis companies. Optimize your entire operation with our self-ordering solutions. The ordering experience is fast, easy, and fun. With Paywana businesses see an increase in line-busting speed and an increase in revenue when customers use self-ordering technology. Paywana has digital payment and cash handling partners so you are able to securely transact, every way your customers want to pay. he US Centers for Dis...
Apr 22, 2020•35 min
Innovative hemp-CBD products with Nicholas Warrender, CEO of Lifted Made. Lifted Made is a premier producer of innovative hemp-CBD products known for cutting-edge aesthetics and packaging and wide-ranging appeal. It’s a rapidly expanding company that has managed to retain its personal, small business ethos, as their products are crafted in small batches from hemp grown locally by Midwestern farms. Expand on that distinction about being a small business and Midwestern grown. Benzinga recently rep...
Apr 08, 2020•32 min
Cold Infused Flower with Michael Backes, CPO, and co-founder, Perfect. Our next guest’s company has created a new, patented process, called Cold Infused Flower, which maintains cold temperatures through the post-harvest processing and packaging phases to protect the monoterpenes and medicinal cannabinoids in the plant. Perfect recently introduced Cold Infused Flower, a new category of flower products that results in unique entourage effects no single plant can deliver. Advertising Inquiries: htt...
Apr 01, 2020•46 min
Hemp is the gateway to clinical studies with Jake Salazar, Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer at Solari Hemp. Our next guest was named one of the 100 most influential people in the cannabis industry by High Times Magazine. He leads the genetics R&D and business development for a farm-to-shelf hemp company with on-premise growing, harvesting, extraction, distillation, testing, and product development. Solari Hemp Launches Farm-To-Shelf Operation With Over 150 Acres Of Colorado Hemp Farm...
Mar 25, 2020•43 min
Helping cannabis growers and more leverage RFID with Bryan Lopez, CEO & Founder Brytemap Inc. My next guest’s company is focused on creating a user experience that increases sales and profitability for their clients in the areas of cultivation, processing, and retail. A recently introduced Scout, an all-new addition to the Brytemap suite of software solutions. Bryan unveiled it at the MJBiz in Las Vegas in December. Scout is designed for helping cannabis growers, processors and dispensaries ...
Mar 18, 2020•38 min
Biotechnology And Cannabis with Avicanna CEO Aras Azadian. Our next guest is an executive with experience in a range of industries but specializing in Biotechnology and has been involved in several successful startups over the past few years and has been involved in several other projects as a management consultant. Avicanna Inc is a multinational, innovation-focused cannabis company based out of Toronto. Our team met them at the 2020 Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference and they spoke to the co...
Mar 11, 2020•32 min
The Highest Common Denominator Elevating Your Base Self with Roger Obando, Cannabis/Tech Entrepreneur, and Activist. Our guest is a technologist who has spent the majority of his career getting novel ideas from the whiteboard to reality. He is a Cannabis/Tech Entrepreneur, Activist and a Published Author of a new book, The Highest Common Denominator-Elevating Your Base Self. Roger came into cannabis as a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in software development and consulting ...
Feb 19, 2020•41 min
Cannabis and hemp consumer insights and strategy with Laura Albers and Ben Woo co-Founders of Oasis Intelligence. Today's guests have created new cannabis and hemp consumer insights and strategy firm, thus filling a much-needed void for marketers with actual consumer insights based on a 20,000 person strong research tracker across the US, with global to follow. Oasis Intelligence represents the voice of the consumer, a critical piece of the puzzle that’s been missing until now. Understanding and...
Feb 12, 2020•38 min
Online stores for the CBD industry with Mark William Lewis Founder/CTO of Netalico Commerce. Our next guest specializes in web development of online stores for the CBD industry. With eight years of eCommerce development experience working with Magento, Shopify, and WordPress design. Netalico Commerce helps eCommerce companies grow their businesses for years through smart development and data-driven design. National Retail Foundation reports sales from CBD-based products are expected to increase ...
Feb 05, 2020•40 min
Natural hemp oil products with Nick DiFrancesco, Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing for PūrWell. Our next guest represents a company focused on providing pure, natural hemp oil products that promote general health and wellness. PūrWell utilizes a medical-focused approach to CBD whereby they have created pharmaceutical grade, custom formulations for specific ailments for the medical community and consumers alike. Its pharmacist-formulated tinctures include cannabinoid-rich, whole-p...
Jan 29, 2020•43 min
Top Cannabis Private Equity Fund with Larry Schnurmacher Managing Partner of the Phyto Partners Cannabis Venture Capital Fund. Our next guest is a managing partner for a Cannabis venture capital fund recognized by Forbes as a Top Cannabis Private Equity Fund which has invested in over 30 privately held Cannabis businesses. He was a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley but he then researched the growing cannabis industry and left Wall Street to be a part of it. Their firm’s portfolio touches nearl...
Jan 22, 2020•45 min
The National Cannabis Risk Management Association with Rocco Petrilli, chairman of NCRMA and NCRMA CXO, Tamala McBath. The vision of the NCRMA is to offer innovative risk management services that will enable our members to thrive from seed to sale in the emerging cannabis industry. NCRMA surveyed the association's 2,000+ members to hear their thoughts on some of the top risks facing the industry as we turn the corner into 2020. The media perception of the industry often skews negative, which aff...
Jan 15, 2020•44 min
Phyto-nutrient nutritional products with Todd Davis CEO and Chairman of CBD Unlimited. Our next guest’s company is a premier provider of phyto-nutrient nutritional products for humans, cats, and dogs. November last year, the USDA published its interim final rule for the regulatory framework for the production services of hemp. The Rule provides requirements that should be clear across the industry for all retailers, hemp producers, and federal regulators as it relates to economic, social, and po...
Jan 08, 2020•40 min
Insuring Cannabis Companies with Laura Bianchi, Managing Partner of Bianchi Brandt & Hale. Our next guest has been a featured guest on Cannabis Radio, including co-hosting our coverage of a historical 2016 election night. For the past decade, she has worked with cannabis and hemp-based businesses and can speak to various related topics. On Aug. 20, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) announced that federally insured credit unions may offer financial services to legal hemp busines...
Dec 18, 2019•34 min
Cannabis cash and products with Todd Kleperis, CEO of HARDCAR Distribution. Our next guest is the CEO of the nation’s leading secure logistics provider and distributor of cannabis cash and products, operating in ten states and Washington D.C. From Cash In Transit (CIT) to Cannabis Distribution, Cannabis Banking, Secured Cannabis Storage, Cannabis Financing, and Cannabis Transport, HARDCAR has all aspects of the cannabis market covered while continuing to reinforce compliance and public safety as...
Dec 11, 2019•37 min
Customized nano-emulsions for infused products with Vertosa CEO Ben Larson. Our next guest runs an innovative cannabis technology company providing customized nano-emulsions for infused products. Ben's company was originally Nanogen Labs until he rebranded under a new name, Vertosa. The new name embodies best-in-class products, service, and scientific expertise while paving the way for long-term vision and growth. VERT speaks to both green and truth – in line with our roots in cannabis and dedic...
Dec 04, 2019•36 min
