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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 5-7 premium cannabis products worth over $225 in retail value. Products inside each member’s box are uniquely chosen for them based on their tastes, curated by a team of experts. Each month's selections improve based on customer feedback, and delivery is offered everyone, two or three months depending on customer preference.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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 this became a crisis we had started to see that ports were closing and factories were laying off workers in China. What we anticipated is that there were going to be material shortages or backorders of some non-critical grow components.” We talk about if Justin thinks China can still play a role in the cannabis supply chain going forward post-pandemic.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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 cannabinoid emulsion technology (patent-pending) that enables increased bioavailability, accurate dosing, and over 12 months of shelf stability. His company has explained that the telltale signs of liquid separation and sour odor will have you lunging for the door.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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 research and development arm driving intellectual property development and acquisitions. Recent reports are stating that vapes, concentrates, and smoked flower sales have flattened or even dropped in some locations while edible and tincture sales have increased.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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 fundamentally respects the integrity of the original cannabinoid profile. CALIHASH is a Los Angeles based hashish brand that uses a unique, gentle, solventless water extraction process to offer unparalleled hash products for medicinal and recreational use.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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 its high-quality consumer-focused products and best-in-class manufacturing processes. In 2018 BHB opened a 25,000 sq foot state-of-the-art manufacturing and fulfillment facility.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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 simultaneously upends supply chains and fuels a boom in marijuana sales. And while Driven didn’t see the pandemic coming, “we’re lucky we made the investments.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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 pros navigate the market. That's especially the case now given the mounting devastation caused by the coronavirus outbreak, which has forced several companies in the space to furlough employees and close facilities. Simplifya has been improving its tech and even deepening its bench with engineering talent while so many other industries are cutting staff. Headquartered in Denver Colorado, Ceylon Solutions is a cannabis centered software development company committed to delivering high-quality development se

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 Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has noted that “diluted household bleach solutions, alcohol solutions with at least 70% alcohol, and most common EPA-registered household disinfectants should be effective" for disinfecting surfaces and preventing the spread of coronavirus. Please see the CDC guidelines about cleaning and disinfecting for Covid-19.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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 reported that “Cannabis is the botanical gift that keeps on giving. A veritable plant powerhouse, cannabis is packed with more than 500 different compounds, at least 100 of which are cannabinoids. Anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock for the past two years is likely acquainted with the major cannabinoids, THC, and CBD.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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 Farms And On-Site Extraction, Distillation, Testing, And Product Development. Jake was interviewed by Westword and he spoke about the greater opportunity in the hemp industry. Jake said, “I wanted to get away from the traditional marijuana industry and dive into something more cutting-edge. Hemp is this gateway to clinical studies, and has different types of cannabinoids that can help people that aren't as prominent in the marijuana industry." We expand on that and much more on today's episode of Blunt Business

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 leverage RFID for instant inventory audits and reconciliation.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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 conference about the lack of separation between the medical and adult-use industries. Health Canada granted Avicanna a research license that will allow you to perform research and intellectual property development on cannabinoids at your facility in Toronto. It also allows Avicanna to import active pharmaceutical ingredients into Canada from the company’s own subsidiaries’ facilities in Colombia. Avicanna has been ranked Highest Amongst Global Cannabis Companies in the SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment. This sustai

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 in both the enterprise and start-up world. His book is The Highest Common Denominator Elevating Your Base Self. He refers to the book as “a testament to rising together, to reaching higher, and to intersecting at the best version of ourselves, in service of equality, of opportunity, and of optionality.”Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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 having empathy for the real people purchasing products means businesses can better align their product portfolio and marketing with consumer demand.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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 by 700%, making it a near $5 billion market. With a variety of retailers (from lifestyle and beauty to food and beverage) infusing CBD within their products, this is a trend to keep top of mind in the year ahead. While the future of eCommerce can yield many uncertainties, one trend stands out. Success is inherently tied to anticipating the changing preferences of consumers and delivering an experience consistent with their wants and needs.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https:/

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-plant hemp oil, organic MCT oil and are vegan, sugar-free, gluten-free and alcohol-free. PūrWell recently introduced PūrSlēp, a game-changer in the sleep industry.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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 nearly every vertical in the cannabis supply chain, but it largely focuses on the ancillary companies that support licensed operators. Investing around $20 million in more than 30 ancillary cannabis companies.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy