The guest was Roy Bingham, the CEO of BDSA, who provides businesses with cannabis market intelligence, consumer research, and advisory services. He was welcomed on and apologized for the 50 emails. Roy thanked Leo and mentioned that everyone in the company is smarter than him. The host remembered meeting Roy's team at the NCIA's Cannabis Business Summit in 2016 and said everyone was delightful. The host also remembered having Roy on the 2018 show Cannabis Connection. Roy Bingham, CEO of BDSA, re...
Mar 15, 2023•51 min
Today welcome back a returning guest who has extensive experience helping scores of clients, from individual entrepreneurs to publicly traded companies, navigate complex cannabis disputes and successful business strategies. She is a partner and lead of the cannabis practice at Holland & Hart, based in Denver. Elevations Hotels and Resorts, based out of Arizona, announced in January they will convert the Artisan Hotel Boutique, which is just off the Las Vegas Strip, into The Lexi, a 64-room h...
Mar 08, 2023•51 min
Our next guest is a legacy cannabis entrepreneur. Serving California and Michigan recreational cannabis markets, he is here to tell us about a recently launched cannabis brand that they say “gives customers a sweet escape in the form of aptly-named vapes, edibles, flowers, prerolls, and concentrates.” Gelato Canna Co. is not even a year old and has already landed its product line of vapes, edibles, concentrate, pre-rolls, and flowers in over 400 cannabis dispensaries throughout California and Mi...
Mar 01, 2023•51 min
Our next guest’s company is quite familiar to Cannabis Radio listeners. We featured this company last fall and we are happy to welcome back the folks from Paybotic, the premier payment solutions company that excels in tailoring solutions to the cannabis industry. Paybotic specializes in advanced technological solutions for payment processing providing financial solutions to help cannabis businesses in the United States. throughout the nation grow and succeed. One major issue in the cannabis indu...
Feb 22, 2023•33 min
Our next guest has years of experience in cannabis investing, including financing, fund management, and consulting for early-stage cannabis businesses. He advises entrepreneurs looking to gain in-depth expertise on raising capital or securing financing, working with investors, and the legal ins and outs of starting a cannabis business. More private lenders are entering the space and bringing with them innovative approaches to working with cannabis businesses. These lenders are not afraid to mane...
Feb 16, 2023•44 min
Our next guest oversees a fast-growing card network brand allowing cardholders to spend at general everyday merchants but also at Cannabis related merchants. They have created a new credit card that has been developed as one of the first payment processors to allow the use of their technology for the Cannabis industry. Similar to Discover and American Express, SuperNet acquires new credit card holders by partnering with financial institutions and cannabis merchants and is the only payment networ...
Feb 08, 2023•39 min
Our next guest is in based in the fast-growing New York State cannabis market where he counsels clients on various business matters including, structure, expansion, formation, and sale. He also deals with the dissolution of business entities and partnerships, regulatory compliance, internal and external best practices, compliance audits, and general advice concerning complex and novel issues of law. We talk about Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary licenses or CAURD licensees that have been ...
Feb 01, 2023•40 min
Our next guest’s platform has been referred to as the Salesforce of Cannabis. It is active in over 25 markets and processes over $2.5 billion in annual sales. They have partnered with some of the largest multi-state cannabis operators and are responsible for over 35% of all cannabis wholesale orders nationwide and have more than 600 brands listed on the platform. Leaftrade helps facilitate ordering and fulfillment. It’s more than a marketplace for wholesalers and retailers in the cannabis space....
Jan 25, 2023•36 min
Our next guest runs a portfolio of companies providing technology, hardware, cultivation and production, TILT services brands, and cannabis retailers in regulated markets across 37 states in the U.S., as well as Canada, Israel, South America, and the European Union. TILT recently entered into an exclusive manufacture, supply, and distribution agreement with Curaleaf International Limited ("Curaleaf International") to bring the Jupiter-manufactured Liquid Que™ vaporizer to new territories abroad,...
Jan 18, 2023•39 min
We're happy to welcome back a return guest who runs the leading enterprise commerce technology platform for the cannabis retail and supply chain industry. Treez recently underwent some updates to the platform which is now offering exclusive advanced access to select cannabis retailers to experience its enhanced Retail Analytics and Integration Hub products. For context, Treez Integration Hub unlocks access to integrations with best-in-breed technology providers from cannabis and beyond, includin...
Jan 11, 2023•28 min
While the cannabis industry awaits banking relief and inevitable federal legalization, these are some significant areas that need improvement. Marketing/branding and compliance above and beyond state control board-determined standards should continue to be the end goal. Social equity can only remain effective by calling out any and all passive and performative actors in favor of active representation. Finally, attempts to gain positive public support by dispelling the media narrative are crucial...
Dec 28, 2022•32 min
President Joe Biden has officially signed a marijuana research bill into law, making history by enacting the first piece of standalone federal cannabis reform legislation in U.S. history. The law gives the U.S. attorney general 60 days to either approve a given application or request supplemental information from the marijuana research applicant. It also creates a more efficient pathway for researchers who request larger quantities of cannabis. We look at the institutes of higher learning forwar...
Dec 21, 2022•21 min
Wowee network has launched its first-of-its-kind e-commerce show, “Sell High” live every Thursday at 9 pm CT here. The show will be a true hybrid: part dispensary, part variety show, all fun. Thought you might be interested in covering the series. “Sell High” is the first-ever show where viewers can buy cannabis while they watch—It's like QVC with THC. Items are only available to purchase during the Livestream in the Chicago area for now but everyone can watch live and learn about various produc...
Dec 07, 2022•37 min
HEMPFLAVIN, a proprietary blend of twenty-three (23) Cannflavins and flavonoids extracted from an heirloom hemp variety that is over 2,000 years old, is formulated to be used for severe body aches, muscle soreness, and other pain relief by creating a synergistic flavonoid response known as the “flavonoid entourage effect”. The flavonoids in HEMPFLAVIN include Cannflavin A, B, & C, Cannabisin A, B & C, quercetin, apigenin-7- and kaempferol. Previous studies have found that the flavonoids ...
Nov 23, 2022•49 min
Armed with a legal background, business marketing degree, and start-up industry experience. Our next guest, Emily Seelman, brings an unmatched combination of multifaceted knowledge and dedication to the table. Canna Business Services offers unparalleled market expertise and regulatory compliance. They provide the highest level of certainty in an uncertain and high-risk market by serving as specialized industry guides, revealing networks of high-value connections and opportunities, and delivering...
Nov 09, 2022•31 min
Our next guest counsels clients on the evolving, complex legal and business issues impacting companies with interests in the regulated substances industries. His experience encompasses investigations and administrative and enforcement proceedings brought by federal, state, and self-regulatory bodies, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Florida Attorney General’s Office, Florida Department of Financial Services, and Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. According to a r...
Nov 02, 2022•33 min
Today we welcome back a returning guest who believes that New York, as they start to grant the initial cultivator licenses, can learn from the legal markets of other states to avoid making the same mistakes along the way. Isaac Bock is the Managing Director and Head of Strategy for AlphaRoot , a groundbreaking insurance company based in the emerging market of cannabis. A Penn graduate and currently pursuing a Master of Science in medical cannabis science and therapeutics at the University of Mar...
Oct 26, 2022•25 min
With offices in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, and Texas, Our next guest on Blunt Business represents a full-service cannabis law firm with a coast-to-coast and global footprint. Vicente Sederberg is supporting the Tri-state area with a full suite of services—legal, corporate, regulatory, policy, and research—for all types of plant-touching marijuana and hemp businesses (cultivators, retailers, extractors, product manufacturers, distributors, and te...
Oct 19, 2022•37 min
FlowerHire With CEO David Belsky today on Blunt Business with Jorge Hermida only on The Cannabis Radio. Our next guest runs a leading staffing and talent strategy firm serving the regulated cannabis industry. It has filled over 300 positions in 10 states since its inception in 2017. We had David as a guest on our Grassroots Marketing series. To bring listeners up to speed, he built his career in executive search over the course of 16 years. During that time, he spent 13 years with the same compa...
Oct 12, 2022•35 min
Bespoke Financial with CEO and Co-Founder George Mancheril today on Blunt Business with Jorge Hermida only on The Cannabis Radio. Today we welcome back a returning guest who runs the first licensed commercial lender in the United States focused on the legal cannabis industry, offering short-term lending options to fuel business growth. Bespoke recently announced an integrated partnership with BLAZE Solutions (“BLAZE”), a leading cannabis technology company. The partnership establishes an embedde...
Oct 05, 2022•36 min
Binske with President and Co-Founder Alex Pasternack today on Blunt Business with Jorge Hermida only on The Cannabis Radio. Our next guest was recently named Business Executive of the Year at the 2022 Cannabis Business Awards. Along with brother Jake, their company has the most widely distributed cannabis brand in North America with 18 licensing deals in the U.S. and Canada. Green Market Report spoke with Alex about Binske earlier this year and spoke about their unique branding philosophy and no...
Sep 28, 2022•28 min
Surterra Wellness with Suterra President Zachary (Zack) Fleming today on Blunt Business with Jorge Hermida only on The Cannabis Radio. Our next guest has over a decade of expertise in business strategy, finance, operations regulations, and controlled narcotic inventories. He has been recently appointed CEO of one of the most innovative cannabis operations in the industry. We start with the success of Surterra Wellness and the rapid expansion in Florida — 50 stores are currently open, 5 of which ...
Sep 21, 2022•26 min
Turning Point Brands with Eric Anwar and Lorenzo De Plano today on Blunt Business with Jorge Hermida only on The Cannabis Radio. This week we welcome back some return guests. They market one of the most widely sold cannabis adjacent products on the market. We’re happy to welcome back the team from Turning Point Brands, the makers of Zig Zag. We spoke with Eric last August, and his team has not stopped with the new products. Let’s focus on a few, starting with his highly-anticipated Rose Cones &a...
Sep 14, 2022•36 min
Benzinga Events with Vice President of Event Partnerships Elliot Lane today on Blunt Business with Jorge Hermida only on The Cannabis Radio. While cannabis companies are announcing strong growth despite nationwide inflation. As calls for a recession are being made, cannabis companies reported close to $6.6 billion in legal cannabis sales, the largest quarter reported to date. To outline the state of the industry and current market opportunities, Benzinga will bring to the stage a celebrated line...
Sep 07, 2022•43 min
BioMérieux with Head of Cannabis Safety Operations Maria McIntyre today on Blunt Business only on The Cannabis Radio. Our next guest represents a world leader in the field of in-vitro diagnostics for over 55 years, bioMérieux is present in 44 countries and serves more than 160 countries with the support of a large network of distributors. My guest works with key opinion leaders across the country to find solutions that mitigate inherent risk factors throughout the supply chain for both the Canna...
Aug 24, 2022•23 min
Würk with CEO Scott Kenyon today on Blunt Business With Jorge Hermida only on The Cannabis Radio. Our next guest brings nearly 14 years in senior managerial positions at Dell and as COO of mobile device screen company Phunware Inc. Today, he leads the first and leading Human Capital Management (HCM) company serving the cannabis industry. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Aug 17, 2022•36 min
Cannabis Public Policy Consulting with Dr. Michael Sofis (Director of Research) and Mackenzie Slade (Director) today on Blunt Business only on The Cannabis Radio. One of our featured guests leads public health–focused research projects designed to better understand and mitigate problematic cannabis use. My other featured guest is an implementation specialist dedicated to bringing evidence-based best practices to the evolving field of cannabis. CPPC (Cannabis Public Policy Consulting) has launche...
Aug 10, 2022•43 min
Azuca with CEO and President Kim Sanchez Rael today on Blunt Business with Jorge Hermida only on The Cannabis Radio. Our next guest is a passionate business leader, a startup veteran, and an investor in innovation. She has extensive experience as an operating executive and as a venture capitalist, focusing on early-stage investments in technology companies as well as an extensive background in both startup and Fortune 500 Companies. Upon entering the cannabis industry, Kim co-founded an advanced...
Aug 03, 2022•27 min
National Cannabis Risk Prevention Services with Chief Risk Management Officer Alex Hearding today on Blunt Business only on The Cannabis Radio. Our next guest represents the market leader in US cannabis risk management assessment, education and consultation affirms expansive growth and mounting industry impact. You may recognize them from his appearances on NCRMA’s Chronic Risk series here on Cannabis Radio. Many of the risks cannabis businesses face are because the industry lacks clear standard...
Jul 27, 2022•52 min
Cann with Co-Founder Luke Anderson today on Blunt Business with Jorge Hermida only on The Cannabis Radio. Our next guest was once a math teacher at a public high school and he never imagined a future where he would be the Co-Founder of a queer-founded, leading cannabis-infused beverage company, disrupting the industry with the first sessionable THC drink. Weedmaps has collaborated with Cann on a star-studded Pride campaign featuring Patricia Arquette, Gus Kenworthy, Hayley Kiyoko, Sarah Michelle...
Jul 20, 2022•36 min
