Thinking Outside The Bud
354 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsThinking 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.
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Morgan Davis, Founder, Davis Legal
September 23, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutesMorgan Davis, Founder, Davis Legal Founded by Raleigh-based lawyer and serial entrepreneur Morgan Davis, Davis Legal is a full-service boutique law firm specializing in cannabis law and policy, serving entrepreneurs, politicians and brands. From legal planning, regulatory support, corporate guidance, and compliance strategies, Morgan Davis has built a name locally and nationally as a lawyer and entrepreneur reshaping the cannabis industry. Morgan Davis is the Co-founder of Compendium Complete...
Hayley Dineen & Lana Van Brunt, Co-Founders, Sackville & Co
September 16, 2022 07:00 - 30 minutesHayley Dineen & Lana Van Brunt, Co-Founders, Sackville & Co Lana Van Brunt and Hayley Dineen are the Brooklyn-based duo behind Sackville & Co., a design-focused contemporary cannabis lifestyle brand, and Sackville Studios, the first multidisciplinary cannabis design and production studio creating brands from the ground up for both cannabis industry leaders and newcomers alike. Dineen cut her teeth at the world-renowned arts & design college Central St. Martin’s in London, going on to design f...
Anand Shahi, President, BAR Capital LLC
September 09, 2022 07:00 - 32 minutesAnand Shahi, President, BAR Capital LLC Anand has almost 20 years of experience in both public and private investments, including as Senior Analyst at Atlas Capital Partners, a hedge fund, where he supervised a research team. Anand was also VP and Quantitative Risk Analyst at Morgan Stanley, where he developed and managed complex stress scenarios to detect and mitigate market risks for the firm. Anand has over a decade of personal experience investing in private companies in the United States...
Derek Thomas, Chief Growth Officer, AE Global
September 02, 2022 06:00 - 32 minutesDerek Thomas, Chief Growth Officer, AE Global Derek Thomas is the Chief Growth Officer for AE Global. He has spent more than a decade developing businesses, focused on sustainable scaling, growth and strategy. Prior to joining AE Global, Thomas served as vice president of business development for Veritas Farms, a publicly-traded, vertically-integrated full-spectrum hemp extracts company that was first to be sold on Amazon. There he oversaw the company’s growth as it scaled across the U.S. an...
Adam Wilks, CEO of Tyson 2.0
August 26, 2022 06:30 - 30 minutesAdam Wilks, CEO of Tyson 2.0 Adam Wilks is Tyson 2.0's Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board. He formerly served as Chief Executive Officer of One Plant, a multi-state cannabis retail chain. Prior to One Plant, Wilks served as COO of the venture capital firm SOL Global. Wilks also spent more than a decade scaling licensed retail brands including PinkBerry and Cold Stone Creamery. https://tyson20.com/ https://www.instagram.com/itstyson20/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
Mark Ervin, Founder, GreenGro Biologicals
August 19, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutesMark Ervin, Founder, GreenGro Biologicals Mark Ervin founded GreenGro Biologicals in 2009 with Mycorrhizae and beneficial bacteria blends. His education in ancient agricultural methods led him to the discovery of "Terra Preta" soils which are found in the Amozonian basin, and are considered some of the most fertile soils in the world. Mr. Ervin built upon that philosophy and has expanded the product line to include the highest quality - dry organic fertilizer blends, dry organic soil additive...
Jon Malave, Founder, Chairperson of the Tristate Cannabis Alliance
August 12, 2022 10:43 - 30 minutesJon Malave, Founder, Chairperson of the Tristate Cannabis Alliance Jon Malave is a Founder, Chairperson of the Tristate Cannabis Alliance as well as CEO of QAcanna, a Quality Assurance and operational regulatory compliance company in the cannabis industry. The Tristate Cannabis Alliance is a coalition of NY, NJ, CT & PA small and medium sized businesses, social organizational leaders, representatives, and policy advocates, in conjunction with non-industry citizens, whose mission is dedicated ...
Mark Horbal, Co-founder, Springbig
August 05, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutesMark Horbal, Co-founder, Springbig Mark is the Co-founder and SVP of Digital Communications at Springbig, a software platform providing customer loyalty and marketing automation solutions to cannabis retailers and brands in the U.S. and Canada. The company's platform connects consumers with retailers and brands, through SMS marketing, emails, a customer feedback system, and loyalty programs, to support retailers' and brands' customer engagement and retention. https://www.instagram.com/springb...
Devin Calloway, Founder, Co-CEO, CTO and President of Eco Farm Holdings PBC
July 29, 2022 06:17 - 33 minutesDevin Calloway, Founder, Co-CEO, CTO and President of Eco Farm Holdings PBC Devin Calloway is the Founder, co-CEO, CTO and President of Eco Farm Holdings PBC leading the company’s technology and manufacturing functions. Calloway brings over 15 years of cannabis industry and advocacy experience as well as 20 years in web development, UI/UX and Info Architecture bringing a unique perspective to technology operations in the cannabis industry. Prior to founding Eco Farm, Calloway founded the firs...
Dima Chernobilsky, Co-Founder & CEO at GrowDirector
July 22, 2022 15:11 - 29 minutesDima Chernobilsky, Co-Founder & CEO at GrowDirector A former CFO of a public company, Dima has worked in various finance and management roles in East Europe and Africa for more than a decade. Dima and his co-founders decided five years ago to solve problems they encountered when growing plants. Their goal was to grow anything anywhere with minimal effort and zero mistakes. Thus, GrowDirector was born. Five years later, they have launched their third generation of greenhouse automation and hyd...
George Allen, Chairman of the Board, Lowell Farms
July 15, 2022 09:18 - 30 minutesGeorge Allen, Chairman of the Board, Lowell Farms George Allen serves as Chairman of the Board for California-based Lowell Farms Inc. (CSE:LOWL; OTCQX:LOWLF), a leading, vertically-integrated, cannabis company with advanced production capabilities, including cultivation, extraction, manufacturing, brand sales & marketing, and distribution. A seasoned executive with extensive financing and transaction experience, Mr. Allen has built multiple companies through a combination of organic and acqui...
Colton Griffin, CEO, Flourish Software
July 08, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutesColton Griffin, CEO, Flourish Software Colton is CEO of Flourish Software, a leading supply chain management and seed to sale tracking software solution for the cannabis, CBD, and hemp verticals. Prior to Flourish, Colton was a consultant at Manhattan Associates, a market leader in best-of breed supply chain software. There he specialized in business intelligence and data analytics for supply chain applications, helping dozens of companies optimize their operations. He moved onto Genuine Part...
Francesca Vavala, President of The Sales Joint
July 01, 2022 12:28 - 34 minutesFrancesca Vavala, President of The Sales Joint Francesca Vavala is President of The Sales Joint, a cannabis sales business that helps craft growers stay competitive in all markets through professional sales. With five years in the cannabis industry, Francesca and her business partner Mike productized their IP that created major success with farms across the country in the cannabis industry. They provide a weekly, state-specific-buyers guide built from conversations with dispensaries and creat...
Aja Atwood, CEO, Cofounder, Trella
June 24, 2022 06:00 - 27 minutesAja Atwood, CEO, Cofounder, Trella As a natural catastrophe risk engineer-turned-co founder and CEO of an agri-tech startup focused on the modern indoor farming industry, I apply my 15+ years of experience in climate disaster risk engineering to create innovative technologies that will revolutionize urban farming in order to protect plant medicine and our food supply. After graduating cum laude from Northeastern University’s College of Engineering, I worked as an international engineering con...
Michelle Mattice, National Sales Vice President, Joint Venture Pay
June 17, 2022 06:06 - 34 minutesMichelle Mattice, National Sales Vice President, Joint Venture Pay Michelle Mattice is the National Sales Vice President for Joint Venture Pay. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for the North East Hemp Association. Joint Venture Pay is a member of the NHA, HIA, NCIA, and New York Cannabis Growers and Processors Association. Joint Venture Pay (jwww.jointventurepay.com) is a nationwide company that was created by their parent company Pay it Forward Processing (www.pfprocessing.com) ...
Lauren Carpenter & Dustin Moore, Co-founders, Embarc
June 10, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutesLauren Carpenter & Dustin Moore, Co-founders, Embarc Lauren Carpenter has over a decade of experience building prolific teams and leading successful strategy for some of the most diverse business coalitions and campaigns in California, including dozens of Fortune 50 companies. Before Carpenter co-founded Embarc, she served as Chief Strategy Officer for Sweet Flower, and Director of Government Affairs for Western States at MedMen. Carpenter brought her extensive cannabis experience in governme...
Dino H Carter, Owner, D Branding
June 03, 2022 07:53 - 32 minutesDino H Carter, Owner, D Branding Dino H Carter is a marketing consultant and a brand strategist with more than 25 years of international marketing experience including works with Levi's, MTV Europe, National Geographic, Alfa Romeo and more. Among others, Dino has been helping Cannabis businesses grow brand awareness and increase revenues. Www.dinohcarter.com Www.dbrandingla.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/dinohcarter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nick Scalera, Founder, CEO, NJ Cannabis Consulting
May 27, 2022 12:10 - 27 minutesNick Scalera, Founder, CEO, NJ Cannabis Consulting For more than 20 years, Nick held management positions with high-tech New Jersey companies such as AT&T, Perkin Elmer, Telcordia Technologies, and Ericsson. He has also taught business, technical, and math courses at several NJ colleges and universities. Since 2001, his consultancy, NJS Marketing Services, has helped businesses across a wide range of industries develop and implement strategies to achieve their growth objectives. Nick is curr...
Lior Root and Sophia Trunzo, Founders, Paradigm Media
May 20, 2022 10:09 - 30 minutesLior Root and Sophia Trunzo, Founders, Paradigm Media Paradigm Media is a digital marketing agency specializing in the CBD and Cannabis industry. In the last three years, they've developed 360° marketing solutions and have been working with 70+ brands executing an ROI-focused growth strategy. Understanding the challenges this industry is facing Paradigm became a one-stop-shop for all of their clients' needs including; Paid Media, Affiliate Marketing, Email Marketing, Content Marketing, Social...
Heather Rubiales, Founder, Heather's Hemp Alternatives
May 13, 2022 06:53 - 30 minutesHeather Rubiales, Founder, Heather's Hemp Alternatives Heather Rubiales has worked closely in the Cannabis industry for the past 10 years. She is a California native born and raised in San Diego. Her passion for the industry and a clean Planet has pushed her to create the startup Heather's Hemp Alternatives based out of Humboldt County. Heather's Hemp Alternatives is providing compostable Hemp-based packaging for the Cannabis & Hemp industry and hopes to bring plastic free as a new element to...
Igor Dunaevsky, Managing Partner at AskGrowers.com
May 06, 2022 06:00 - 28 minutesIgor Dunaevsky, Managing Partner at AskGrowers.com A digital marketing expert with a keen eye for performance marketing. Passionate about cannabis, Igor immediately recognized an emerging need for a unifying cannabis marketing platform. Combining his love of marijuana and his 15 years of experience in the digital landscape, Igor crafted an online cannabis index committed to helping consumers and brands find each other in the green sea of an expanding industry. https://www.linkedin.com/in/igor...
Matt Hampton, Founder, Headshop
April 29, 2022 10:00 - 34 minutesMatt Hampton, Founder, Headshop Remember the first time you walked into a headshop; the amazing sights and smells, the sense of wonder? That memory is what led Matt Hampton to create Headshop.com. A keen student of the digital revolution, Matt founded the online home for those who want to explore and buy high-quality items related to cannabis and other plant-based medicine — safely and efficiently. https://www.facebook.com/Headshop https://www.instagram.com/_headshop/ https://twitter.com/then...
Jun S. Lee, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Nabis
April 22, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutesJun S. Lee, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Nabis Jun S. Lee is an entrepreneur, software engineer and multifaceted business executive. In his role as Co-CEO of Nabis, California’s largest licensed wholesale cannabis marketplace, he oversees revenue, operations, product and business strategy. He brings the experienced mindset of a systems architect to cannabis, creating flawless business and consumer experiences through technology. Jun also serves on the California Cannabis Industry Association (CCIA)...
Matt McComb, VP of Business Development, Dingus and Zazzy
April 15, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutesMatt McComb, VP of Business Development, Dingus and Zazzy Matt is the VP of Business Development at Dingus and Zazzy—a full-service, unlimited marketing department in Edmonton, AB. Matt launched his career in Engineering, Oil and Gas, and Cannabis, but has since discovered a home in creative sales and marketing. He believes that building real relationships begins with being yourself, however eccentric that may be. dingusandzazzy.com https://www.instagram.com/dingusandzazzy/ https://www.linked...
Scott Berman, President & Co-Founder of The Panther Group
April 08, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutesScott Berman, President & Co-Founder of The Panther Group Scott is the President and Co-Founder of the Panther Group. Since 2014, he has co-founded and exited multiple companies in the ad tech and cannabis distribution sectors—with 20+ years of experience working in politics, cannabis advocacy, healthcare, and digital advertising. linkedin.com/company/thepanthergroup Instagram: @thepanthergroup Twitter: @panthergroupllc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Elana Frankel, Entrepreneur and Chief Creative Officer, Indigo + Haze
April 01, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutesElana Frankel, Entrepreneur and Chief Creative Officer, Indigo + Haze Elana Frankel has been working in the cannabis industry for 10+ years. She started a home grow garden club; an e-commerce business, Indigo and Haze; developed product; founded the magazine Women and Weed; authored a book with the same title; serves as Chief Growth Officer for MedialCannabisMentor.com; produces documentaries; writes freelance for various publications; volunteers for the Oregon Cannabis Commission, health equ...
Rick & Monique Fitzgerald, Co-founder, InnDica
March 25, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutesRick & Monique Fitzgerald, Co-founder, InnDica Monique Jackson-Fitzgerald Monique Jackson-Fitzgerald is an attorney and the co-founder of both InnDica.com, an online cannabis travel platform and Lazy Turtle Group, LLC, a creative agency. With a vision to modernize and destigmatize the public perception of plant medicines, and their use as part of an active lifestyle InnDica.com was launched in 2018. InnDica is an online resource catering to plant medicine and cannabis enthusiasts. The website...
Javier Hasse, Managing Director, Benzinga Cannabis
March 18, 2022 06:00 - 35 minutesJavier Hasse, Managing Director, Benzinga Cannabis Javier Hasse is a cannabis, hemp, CBD and psychedelics-focused reporter, currently serving as Managing Director of Benzinga Cannabis, CEO of Spanish-language news site El Planteo, a company he co-founded and Senior Contributor at Forbes. His book, “Start Your Own Cannabis Business,” was published by Entrepreneur Media in 2018 and hit the #1 Best-Seller spot on Amazon. As an award-winning reporter and editor, Javier's had roughly 5,000 unique ...
Sloane Barbour, Founder & CEO of engin and Partner at FlowerHire
March 11, 2022 11:24 - 35 minutesSloane Barbour, Founder & CEO of engin and Partner at FlowerHire Sloane Barbour is the Founder & CEO of engin, the hiring platform for industries of the future. Sloane was previously Chief Revenue Officer at FlowerHire, the Cannabis industry's leading executive and strategic search and recruiting firm. Sloane brings over 12 years of leadership and innovation in the Talent and Recruiting space at companies like Motion Recruitment Partners and Hired.com, where he oversaw sales and recruiting te...
Sloane Barbour, Founder & CEO, engin sciences and Chief Revenue Officer, FlowerHire
March 11, 2022 11:24 - 35 minutesSloane Barbour, Founder & CEO, engin sciences and Chief Revenue Officer, FlowerHire Sloane Barbour is Chief Revenue Officer at FlowerHire, the Cannabis industry's leading executive and strategic search and recruiting firm. Sloane brings over 12 years of leadership and innovation in the Talent and Recruiting space at companies like Motion Recruitment Partners and Hired.com, where he oversaw sales and recruiting teams that delivered 10,000+ strategic hires for high growth companies across North...
Steve Peterson, WasteTrakr, CEO and Co-Founder
March 04, 2022 07:00 - 30 minutesSteve Peterson, WasteTrakr, CEO and Co-Founder Steve Peterson is the CEO and Co-Founder of WasteTrakr Technologies, a software application for ESG reporting and sustainability. In addition, Steve is a Partner at Tress Capital, a NY venture capital firm investing in cannabis technologies. Steve combines 20+ years of technology experience with five years of cannabis industry management experience as a VP/GM of retail operations in San Jose, Eugene and Portland OR. Steve has also assisted public...
Max Simon, CEO at Green Flower
February 25, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutesMax Simon, CEO at Green Flower Max Simon’s vision to change the world’s understanding of cannabis led him to create Green Flower, a first-of- its-kind education company, in 2014. Green Flower has since become the recognized industry leader in cannabis education and training, producing the world’s largest library of online cannabis courses; bolstering a network of more than 700 leading cannabis experts; powering the cannabis curriculums of multiple Universities across the US; successfully trai...
Travis Schwartz & Darin Siples, GrowGlide
February 18, 2022 07:01 - 30 minutesTravis Schwartz, CEO, Co-Founder, GrowGlide Travis Schwartz is the CEO & co-founder of Grow Glide. Travis owns three businesses and recently sold his Amazon-adjacent venture. In 2021, Travis led Grow Glide to a 20x revenue year, smashing expectations. Additionally, the company increased its headcount 533%. He credits his scaling success to his firm business beliefs: - Attract talented, capable, like-minded individuals and get out of their way - Optimize those individuals and their teams by le...
Rose Taylor, EA, Redbud Advisors LLC
February 11, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutesRose Taylor, EA, Redbud Advisors LLC Rose Taylor graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a BBA in Business Management. While business is her primary passion, she found out early on she had a knack for accounting. For the past 15 years, Rose has owned multiple businesses and partnerships in varying fields such as retail, B2B, e-commerce, and real estate. She has worked for small businesses and multi-million dollar corporations, both publicly and privately. Originally from California she...
Caitlyn Krebs, Co-Founder & CEO at Nalu Bio
February 04, 2022 08:00 - 28 minutesCaitlyn Krebs, Co-Founder & CEO at Nalu Bio Caitlyn is an entrepreneur with 20+ years of healthcare and life science experience. She has a passion for building companies at the frontier of science and technology - cancer epigenomics, eye tracking for Alzheimer’s, pre-diabetes diagnostics, predictive biosimulation, and now chemistry for cannabinoids. She has held positions in executive management, operations, and corporate development with a focus on commercializing new products and bringing t...
Dede Perkins, Co-Founder and CEO of ProCanna
January 28, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutesDede Perkins, Co-Founder and CEO of ProCanna Dede Perkins, Co-Founder and CEO of ProCanna, has a true entrepreneurial spirit. She joined the cannabis industry in 2013 as a member of the application team that won one of the first competitive vertically integrated applications in Massachusetts. After that, she helped win cannabis licenses in New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, California, Arkansas, North Dakota, and Nevada. A regulatory specialist, Dede is passionate about combining complia...
Annie Davis, Founder and CEO, Growing Impact
January 21, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutesAnnie Davis, Founder and CEO, Growing Impact Annie Davis is a business strategist and marketing leader with a lifelong passion for building lasting brands. She founded Growing Impact because she believes in the healing power of cannabis, and that business can be a force for good. She served as VP Marketing for Flow Kana, a leading brand of sun-grown flower, VP Sales & Marketing for Care By Design, a pioneer in CBD wellness, and I've led direct-to-consumer and strategic partnerships for Garden...
Jeff Sampson, CEO & Founder of Everscore, Inc.
January 14, 2022 07:00 - 32 minutesJeff is an entrepreneurial leader and storyteller with more than 25 years experience in technology, marketing, product management, business development, and finance. Prior to Everscore, he was the founder of two marketing technology startups in consumer goods including myUpside, the first experiential rewards coalition in the world with over 100 brands including Red Bull. He pioneered data-driven, personalized promotions for wellness, and better-for-you brands with an emphasis on creating, co...
Bryan Passman, Founder, Hunter + Esquire
January 07, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutesBryan Passman, Founder, Hunter + Esquire Bryan Passman is the Founder + Head Hunter at the retained executive cannabis search firm Hunter + Esquire. Bryan is globally renowned in executive search and advisory in the Cannabis, MedTech/ Pharma/Biotech, and Food & Beverage (FMCG) Consumer Packaged Goods industries. Bryan's hiring partners have included small and large NA and LATAM based cannabis companies, hundreds of startup and blue chip companies in the Healthcare life sciences and (food an...
Jerry Abiog, Co-Founder and CMO of Standard Insights
January 04, 2022 07:00 - 33 minutesJerry Abiog, Co-Founder and CMO of Standard Insights Jerry Abiog currently serves as a Co-Founder and CMO of Standard Insights - an AI as a Service growth marketing platform. Their solution helps companies worldwide across many different verticals address the challenges of leveraging customer data to drive growth. “If two markets are pretty much guaranteed to make money over the next decade separately, it’s artificial intelligence and cannabis.” Forbes He and his team are leading the charge...
Kevin Hart, CEO of Green Check Verified
December 31, 2021 07:00 - 34 minutesKevin Hart, CEO of Green Check Verified Hart is the CEO of Green Check Verified, the leading provider of cannabis banking solutions and expert advisory services for financial institutions. He is an experienced, passionate, team-oriented leader that has held executive positions in venture backed technology companies. Hart specializes in developing strategic plans coupled with organizational development with strong metric driven execution to achieve the next level of results. His diverse exper...
Darwin Millard, Chief Science Officer, Canada - Final Bell Corp
December 29, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutesDarwin Millard, Chief Science Officer, Canada - Final Bell Corp Darwin Millard is an active member of ASTM International’s technical committee D37 on Cannabis which is an international group dedicated to the development of voluntary consensus standards for the global cannabis/hemp industry. Darwin is the Subcommittee Vicechair of D37.04 on Processing and Handling of Cannabis and Cannabis-derived Products, and the Co-chair of Subcommittee D37.07 on Industrial Hemp. He has been active in cannab...
Steven Phan, Founder, Come Back Daily
December 24, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutesSteven Phan, Founder, Come Back Daily New York City-based entrepreneur Steven Phan has been an activist in the cannabis space for nearly a decade, where he also spent time working for a CBD company and noticed a need for peer-to-peer interaction. While operating the company’s live chat, even after providing extensive customer service, individuals still wanted to see and speak to someone physically. Overcoming decades of stigma and re-familiarizing people with the cannabis plant became the dri...
Matthew Moore, Principal Scientist, Benuvia Manufacturing
December 22, 2021 07:00 - 30 minutesMatthew Moore, Principal Scientist, Benuvia Manufacturing Matthew received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin and has since worked on developing methodologies for transferring bench scale research to manufacturing production. He currently works at Benuvia Manufacturing to further the development of clinical quality psychadelics and cannabinoids for use in clinical trials to treat all ranges of indications from anxiety and depression all the way to pain relief and appe...
Delano Phillips, General Counsel, Head of Business Development
December 17, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutesDelano Phillips, General Counsel, Head of Business Development Delano Phillips serves as General Counsel and Head of Business Development/Compliance at Hana, a vertically integrated cannabis company based in Tempe, Arizona. He oversees a diverse portfolio of brand assets for the organization including product lines Dutchie and Revival Infused Edibles. In addition, he leads projects related to cultivation expansion, acquisitions, dispensary operations, R&D, and product launch. An executive lea...
Bryan McLaren, Chairman & CEO, Zoned Properties
December 15, 2021 15:44 - 35 minutesBryan McLaren, Chairman & CEO, Zoned Properties Bryan McLaren is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Zoned Properties, a publicly traded, strategic real estate development firm for emerging and highly regulated industries. McLaren has accrued over a decade of experience in social, economic, and environmental development of complex business organizations with a focus on sustainability in emerging industries. As a certified and licensed realtor, Green Roof Professional, LEED Green Assoc...
Jon Purow, Counsel, Zuber Lawler
December 10, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutesJon Purow, Counsel, Zuber Lawler Jon Purow is Counsel in the New York law office of Zuber Lawler. Jon specializes in cannabis regulatory and transactional matters, as well as general intellectual property litigation and transactions. He helps spearhead Zuber Lawler’s team in New York and New Jersey as these states . He focuses on how constantly evolving cannabis state and federal laws and regulations impact his clients and their brands. Jon is also the host of the podcast Cannabis Last Week f...
Eric Meth, Chief Strategy Officer, Surfside
December 09, 2021 07:00 - 32 minutesEric Meth, Chief Strategy Officer, Surfside Eric is a media sales professional & leader specializing in interactive, programmatic, mobile, and ad tech with 25 years of CPG & retail experience. Having worked in both start-up environments and some of the most recognizable media and digital companies in the world, Eric founded Good Harvest Co. in 2018 to transition his expertise and help innovate the way cannabis brands reach their desired consumers, and the way non-endemic brands reach cannabis...
Kyle Paradiso, Founder, CEO, Sleepy Bear
December 03, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutesKyle Paradiso, Founder, CEO, Sleepy Bear Launched in early 2020, Sleepy Bear was born with one idea in mind: to provide a natural nighttime option that customers could trust to not only be effective but most importantly safe. Sleepy Bear was founded by Kyle Paradiso, a former army ranger, whose service injuries guided him into research involving the use of cannabis and other homeopathic remedies for medical intervention. After suffering a series of spinal cord injuries in 2016, Kyle was forc...
James Yi, Founder, CEO, Leaf Trade
November 30, 2021 07:00 - 30 minutesJames Yi, Founder, CEO, Leaf Trade James Yi founded Leaf Trade in 2016 after seeing firsthand the inefficiencies in the cannabis supply chain. Since then, he has led company strategy and execution to ensure that Leaf Trade delivers innovation, value, and happiness to its stakeholders. In this nascent industry, James stands apart as someone with both keen industry understanding and proven technology experience, having previously co-founded NextME, a B2B software provider across multiple indust...