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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Charles McElroy, Founder, Goldleaf
June 25, 2019 06:00 - 31 minutesCharles McElroy is the founder of Goldleaf, a science-forward printing company for cannabis growers, patients and enthusiasts. Goldleaf empowers people by helping them better understand their interactions with the plant, and works to make the subject more approachable to new audiences. A former volunteer with Marijuana Policy Project, a history supporting veterans education and access to medical marijuana, and several years studying permaculture and organic farming in Ohio and Colorado, Mc...
David Feldman, Partner, Duane Morris LLP
June 21, 2019 18:00 - 31 minutesDavid N. Feldman concentrates his practice on corporate and securities law and mergers and acquisitions, as well as general representation of public and private companies, entrepreneurs, investors, and private equity and venture capital firms. Mr. Feldman also advises emerging growth companies with regard to alternatives to traditional financing through initial public offerings. He is also considered an authority on public offerings through the recently implemented SEC Regulation A+. Mr. Feld...
Rob McCorkle, Co-Founder and COO of Emerald Metrics
June 18, 2019 06:00 - 31 minutesRob McCorkle is a Co-Founder and COO of Emerald Metrics. He also owns and operates a 10,000 sq ft indoor grow operation in Portland Oregon, KGB Farms. His experience in Spectral Imaging and his knowledge of Cannabis has allowed Emerald Metrics to transition quickly from working in large agriculture to now dominating the Cannabis market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Debra Borchardt, Co-founder & CEO of Green Market Report
June 14, 2019 06:00 - 31 minutesDebra Borchardt is the Co-founder and CEO of the cannabis financial news website Green Market Report. She began her career in the securities industry where she was a Vice President at Bear Stearns holding three securities licenses. She left Wall Street to earn her Masters Degree in Business and Economic Reporting from New York University. She embarked on a career as a financial journalist and spent eight years at TheStreet.com working daily with Jim Cramer. Debra has covered the cannabis in...
Kris Krane, Co-founder and President of 4Front
June 11, 2019 06:00 - 39 minutesKris Krane is co-founder and president of 4Front, a leading investment and operations firm in the legal cannabis industry. He has had the opportunity to work on regulatory and business strategy with cannabis business operators across the United States and globally, and is a frequent speaker at cannabis industry conferences and events around the world. Krane has spent 20+ years working in the cannabis industry. Prior to his work at 4Front, Krane worked in Washington to reform our nation’s misg...
Warren Bobrow, Entrepreneur, Visionary, Cannabis Taste-Maker
June 07, 2019 06:00 - 31 minutesWarren Bobrow is a mixologist, chef, and writer known as the Cocktail Whisperer. In 2010, Bobrow founded “Wild Table” for Wild River Review and serves as the master mixologist for several brands of liquor, including the Busted Barrel rum produced by New Jersey’s first licensed distillery since Prohibition. Bobrow has published three books on mixology and written articles for Saveur magazine, Voda magazine, Whole Foods-Dark Rye, Distiller, Beverage Media, DrinkupNY and other periodicals. He w...
Peter Vogel, Entrepreneur, CEO of Leafwire
June 04, 2019 06:00 - 30 minutesPeter is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded several companies in the fin-tech/loyalty space. He jumped head-first into the cannabis industry a year ago and co-founded Leafwire, an investment platform specifically built to help investors meet cannabis companies who are fundraising. Peter is a thought leader in the cannabis entrepreneurship and fundraising space and has been published in TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Dope Magazine, and Entrepreneur.com, among others. Peter is recognized as a...
Kevin Nafte, Co-founder, YVY - Medical Cannabis Uruguay
May 28, 2019 06:00 - 29 minutesKevin is the cofounder of YVY, a medical cannabis production company / brand based in Uruguay. He started the company together with his wife, Andrea Kruchik in June 2018. Prior to moving to Uruguay, Kevin lived in California where he was introduced to the cannabis industry and subsequently became head of operations at Flow Kana and later moved to Humboldt where he lived and worked at Alpenglow Farms. Kevin has also lived in South Africa, Australia and Israel. Prior to cannabis, he worked in v...
Danny Keith, CEO/Founder Cannabis Club TV
May 20, 2019 18:00 - 37 minutesDanny Keith is the CEO of Cannabis Club TV. Danny has built and sold numerous businesses and has also raised over $20M in nonprofit and corporate fundraising. He’s worked in social media, internet development and professional sports team marketing with the Golden State Warriors minor league affiliate Santa Cruz Warriors before founding Cannabis Club TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alon Aloni, Cannabis Professional
May 14, 2019 06:00 - 34 minutesThinking 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. Have each episode delivered to your inbox by subscribing here: http://www.thinkingoutsidethebud.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jessica Velazquez, Managing Partner and CEO of Indiva Advisors
May 07, 2019 06:00 - 31 minutesJessica Velazquez is Managing Partner and CEO of Indiva Advisors. She brings more than 15 years of experience and is Indiva's main authority on 280E and general tax matters for individuals, partnerships, and corporations. Jessica holds a Master of Science in Taxation from DePaul University and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Southern Illinois University. She is a licensed CPA in Illinois and Nevada and is actively involved in several professional organizations including the AICPA and...
Dr. Michele Ross, Cannabis Health Coach, International Speaker, Author
April 30, 2019 06:00 - 42 minutesDr. Michele Ross is a leading psychedelic researcher and educator as well as fibromyalgia patient. She founded the first 501c3 nonprofit on cannabis for women’s health in 2013, and is now CEO of Infused Health, an online platform for cannabis health coaching. Dr. Ross is the author of “Vitamin Weed: A 4-Step Plan to Prevent and Reverse Endocannabinoid Deficiency” and has a Doctorate in Neuroscience. Dr. Ross’s most recent project is an initiative attempting to decriminalize psilocybin mushroo...
John Nemanic,President, COO, SaviAndina Cannabis Organics
April 23, 2019 06:00 - 30 minutesJohn Nemanic is a serial entrepreneur and investor, leveraging his extensive experience in starting, growing, managing and exiting firms. As co-founder, Chairman and CEO, he exited three very successful Internet start ups, Internet Direct, Tucows and Hostopia. In 2006, Hostopia raised 29.2 million (TSX:H), sold to Deluxe Communications for $124 million USD. John’s current interest are medical cannabis, hemp and CBD start ups, with a focus on Colombia. John lives in Panama and Colombia, manag...
Gary Cohen, CEO of Cova Software
April 16, 2019 06:00 - 34 minutesGary leads Cova’s charge into the legal cannabis space by guiding the vision, strategic development, ‘go to market’ plans and culture. Before joining Cova, Gary was a principal in over a dozen tech start-ups in the mobile communications industry ranging from small VC funded companies to Fortune 100 firms, including Onavo, which was later acquired by Facebook. In those companies he led sales, marketing, business analytics and market expansions. He has also held a multitude of leadership role...
Sumit Mehta, Founder and CEO at MAZAKALI
April 09, 2019 06:00 - 30 minutesIn addition to his role as Founder and CEO at MAZAKALI, Sumit is a consultant to The Arcview Group and the Managing Partner of Emerald Ventures. A frequent speaker at investment seminars, Sumit acts as a mentor to Arcview and Canopy companies and serves on the Canopy Investment committee as well as the NCIA Finance & Insurance committee. Sumit and MAZAKALI support NCIA, the Marijuana Policy Project and Students for Sensible Drug Policy. Sumit’s past experience includes: Financial Advisor, J....
Jeff Renwick, CEO & Director, Canntab Therapeutics Ltd.
April 02, 2019 06:00 - 29 minutesJeff Renwick, serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Canntab Therapeutics Limited, a cannabis oral dosage formulation company, researches and develops advanced pharmaceutical grade formulations of cannabinoids in Canada. With extensive experience in drug formulation and business development, Jeff also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Orbus Pharma Inc. He is a pharmaceutical executive with over 15 years of international industry experience covering manufa...
Eric Meth, Founder & CEO at Good Harvest Co.
March 26, 2019 06:00 - 30 minutesEric Meth is a media sales professional & leader specializing in interactive, programmatic, mobile, and ad tech with 25 years of CPG & retail experience in both start-up environments and some of the most recognizable media and digital companies in the world.As Founder & CEO of Good Harvest Co., Eric is now applying his expertise to help innovate the way cannabis brands reach their desired consumers, and the way non-endemic brands reach cannabis consumers—moving audiences from shopping mode to...
Gia Morón, Executive Vice President, Women Grow
March 19, 2019 06:00 - 31 minutesGia Morón is Executive Vice President for Women Grow. With 25 years of experience in public relations, she oversees the company’s internal and external communications, manages business relationships and strategic development of the company. Gia works with team on education programming and day-to-day operations working closely with the CEO and Chairwoman of the company. She began working with Women Grow headquarters in January 2017 as Director of Communications, after transitioning from the W...
Victor Guadagnino Jr., Chief Business Development Officer, Keystone Canna Remedies
March 12, 2019 06:00 - 32 minutesVictor obtained his B.S. in Biology at Siena College and Masters in Medical Bioethics at New York University. His focus through course work in his Master’s program was the examination of how to obtain true informed consent from patients in various circumstances: an approach he implemented on a daily basis working hand in hand with patients to help educate them not only about informed consent but their doctor’s directives as well. He completed his Medical Bioethics program with his Master’s th...
Cassandra Farrington , Co-Founder & CEO, Marijuana Business Daily
March 05, 2019 07:00 - 31 minutesA former VP at Citigroup, Cassandra considers herself a fugitive of Corporate America. She saw a nascent industry that lacked reliable, unbiased news coverage, was underserved with regard to connections between the business individuals, and needed a repository for industry-wide business data. Cassandra heads up the cannabis industry leading daily news website Marijuana Business Daily and its family of content resources for the B2B cannabis marketplace, including the internationally recognize...
Tom Zuber, Managing Partner at Zuber Lawler & Del Duca
February 26, 2019 07:00 - 26 minutesTom Zuber is the Managing Partner of Zuber Lawler & Del Duca LLP, which handles IP, acquisitions, IPO’s and litigation. He has personally advised some of the most iconic companies in the world on their patent and trademark portfolios. He is at the cutting edge of cannabis patent and trademark law. Tom holds a law degree from Columbia Law School, a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard Government School, and a biomedical engineering degree from Rutgers University, where he graduated wi...
Jessie Gill, Cannabis Nurse at MarijuanaMommy.com
February 19, 2019 07:00 - 27 minutesJessie Gill, RN is a cannabis nurse with a background in holistic health and hospice. After suffering a spinal injury, she reluctantly became a medical marijuana patient then quickly transitioned into an advocate. Her site, MarijuanaMommy.com educates about cannabis while challenging the stigma against marijuana use. She’s been featured on Viceland and her work has appeared on VICE, GoodHousekeeping, Cosmopolitan, MSN, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Henry Finkelstein, CEO & Founder of Cannabis Big Data
February 12, 2019 07:00 - 33 minutesHenry Finkelstein, CEO & Founder of Cannabis Big Data, empowers colleagues and clients by spinning data into gold with intuitive, actionable insights. After working in e-commerce, consulting, healthcare and government contracting, Henry saw the opportunity to create a modern-day data toolkit for licensed cannabis businesses that connects all the data dots with simple, intuitive, one-click reports & dashboards. Henry’s person-centric approach to the power of data is summed up as “Let’s count...
Zack Darling, CEO of The Hybrid Creative
February 05, 2019 07:00 - 29 minutesAs the CEO of The Hybrid Creative, Zack is deeply focused on business development and expansion of the award-winning agency into the premier international platform for launching successful cannabis brands. Zack brings 20+ years of experience in brand development, design, marketing and event production. Having been raised by cannabis farmers in the Emerald Triangle, he is truly “second generation.” Zack’s passion for building the industry’s most successful brands is evident in The Hybrid Creat...
Jordan Wellington, Esq., Chief Compliance Officer at Simplifya
January 29, 2019 07:00 - 39 minutesJordan Wellington, Esq., Chief Compliance Officer at Simplifya, served as the sole legislative staffer assigned to shepherd the legislation implementing Amendment 64 and the legalization of cannabis through the Colorado General Assembly. Building upon his work with the firm, Jordan created the vision and co-founded Simplifya, a software company that provides compliance solution to cannabis businesses and consultants. As Simplifya's Cheif Compliance Officer, Jordan continues to help develop n...
Vinay Tolia, CEO at The Flowr Corporation
January 22, 2019 07:00 - 32 minutesVinay Tolia is the incoming CEO, pending regulatory approval, of The Flowr Corporation, a Health Canada Licensed Producer that cultivates ultra-premium nin-irradiated cannabis. An early investor in Flwor and former advisor to the company, Mr. Tolia is the managing member of Bengal Capital Trading LLC, a derivatives trading firm with a focus on listed equity options, and previously held roles with investment banking firms Peter J. Solomon Company and hedge fund Midtown Capital. Mr. Tolia atten...
Jonathan Purow, Shareholder at Gottlieb, Rackman and Reisman P.C.
January 15, 2019 07:00 - 30 minutesJonathan is a shareholder in a boutique 18-attorney law firm that exclusively practices intellectual property law. Jon focuses on trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation and transactional work. He works with clients to register their intellectual property rights domestically and internationally, and license these rights when fruitful for his clients. He enforces and defends copyright, trademark and trade dress infringement and other claims, either via online enforcement, cease and ...
Jane West, CEO, JaneWest.com
January 08, 2019 07:00 - 31 minutesJane West, Colorado-based CEO of the eponymous cannabis lifestyle brand Jane West, has emerged as a central figure in mainstream cannabis culture. When West lost her job as a corporate event planner in 2014 after her employer spotted her with a vape pen on CNBC, the working mother dove headfirst into the cannabis industry. She launched Edible Events, Colorado’s premiere cannabis event production company, one whose breakthrough “On a High Note” collaboration with the Colorado Symphony Orchestr...
Amanda Reiman, Vice President of Community Relations, Flow Kana
January 01, 2019 07:00 - 35 minutesAmanda Reiman is the Vice President of Community Relations for Flow Kana, a branded cannabis distribution company that works with small farmers in the Emerald Triangle. She is also the Secretary of the International Cannabis Farmer's Association, a non profit that advocates for research and policies that favor sun grown cannabis cultivation through traditional farming methods and a Board member for the California Cannabis Tourism Association, the Mendocino Cannabis Industry Association and Th...
Dean Harris, Co-Founder, CMO, TabBrands
December 25, 2018 07:00 - 26 minutesDean Harris has an extensive background building brands and businesses. He has served as the Head of Marketing/Chief Marketing Offices for HotJobs, Vonage, Katak, kgb and BlueCava, Three of these brands went public and two were acquired. Before his CMO work, he co-founded and ran a full-service ad agency in New York City and Connecticut with accounts that included: Coca-Cola, J&J, Citi and Sotheby's. Dean was educated at Carleton College, the Columbia School of International Affairs and Col...
Nancy Warner, Founder, CEO Assurpack LLC
December 18, 2018 07:00 - 29 minutesNancy Gruskin Warner, is the CEO and founder of Assurpack. Nancy has a degree in package engineering and over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, specifically in contract packaging, including expertise with materials, design, function, regulatory compliance and manufacturing. In 2012, Nancy co-founded Mina Pack, a contract packaging company providing specialty unit dose contract packaging services to pharmaceutical and HBA companies. Nancy was involved with Mina Pack until...
Dr. Jonathan Vaught, Founder of Front Range Biosciences™
December 11, 2018 07:00 - 32 minutesDr. Jonathan Vaught is CEO and Founder of Front Range Biosciences™. Previously, he was Director of Assay Development at Velocity Sciences, an IP development company creating next generation assay technologies for diagnostic applications. He also served as a Senior Product Development Scientist at Beacon Biotechnology, where he led development of a foodborne pathogen detection platform. Prior to Beacon, Dr. Vaught spent 5 years as a scientist at Somalogic where he helped build and optimize the...
Jed Wexler, Founder and Director of Elevated Talks
December 04, 2018 07:00 - 30 minutesJed is the founder and director of Elevated Talks: Luxury Meets Cannabis Conference, a platform for luxury-minded and design-forward visionaries in the modern Cannabis space. He is also CEO and head of content strategy for his company 818 Agency, an award-winning event content marketing agency based in NYC — as well as a leading retail and market trends journalist and strategist quoted in WWD, Forbes, The New York Times, Fast Company, and Shopify’s, “2018 Retail Predictions and Marketing Tr...
James Yagielo, CEO of HempStaff
November 27, 2018 07:00 - 29 minutesThinking 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. Have each episode delivered to your inbox by subscribing here: http://www.thinkingoutsidethebud.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mark DeRosa, VantagePoint Benefit Administrators
November 20, 2018 07:00 - 29 minutesMark is President of VantagePoint Benefit Administrators, a key provider of employee benefit services to a variety of entities throughout the country. Prior to starting his own company, Mark spent ten years working in various capacities in the insurance field at Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Group Health Incorporated, and Precise Benefits Administrators. Mark’s primary role with these companies involved the design and market introduction of alternative funding programs to the fully insur...
David Champion, Co-founder at Baker Technologies
November 13, 2018 07:00 - 30 minutesDavid Champion is Co-founder and CPO at Baker - the leading CRM for the cannabis industry, helping dispensaries generate more revenue and build relationships with their customers in one easy-to-use platform. Brought up in Papua New Guinea, Portugal and Scotland, Champion most recently lived in Kenya, where he founded an educational non-profit in response to policies that unfairly exclude children from primary schooling. He graduated with 1st Class Honors in Architecture at Cambridge Univers...
Andy Joseph, CEO at Apeks Supercritical
November 06, 2018 07:00 - 34 minutesAndy is the founder and president of Apeks Supercritical, a leading CO2 extraction system manufacturer, established in 2001 in Johnstown, OH. He is an engineer and skilled fabricator with experience in engineering and operations management. Andy and his team continually work to improve the processes and capabilities of Apeks Supercritical systems to increase processing efficiency for faster extractions requiring less energy consumption. Andy is the inventor of five patents, including the Val...
JP Laqueur, Principal and Chief Connector, BrandFoundations
October 30, 2018 06:00 - 34 minutesThroughout his career JP has been creating understanding and connections between people and brands, buyers and sellers, companies and employees. He began his career at MCI, marketing some of the world’s very first Internet services, and seeing first-hand how a powerful brand – and a committed culture – could disrupt a 100-year old monopoly and change the world. Over the next twenty years, JP held senior tech industry marketing positions and founded a series of marketing and brand agencies –...
Steve Schain, Senior Counsel, Hoban Law Group
October 23, 2018 06:00 - 36 minutesSteve chairs global cannabis law firm Hoban Law Group's Pennsylvania and New Practice and Financial Services Group. With 14 offices and 441 lawyers, Hoban Law Group is only practice 100% devoted to cannabis and hemp law. Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Steve represents entities, governments and individuals in choosing a structure, preparing and submitting license application, regulation, compliance and litigation, and drafting legislation. A nationally recognized banking ...
Ronit Pinto, Founder, Honeysuckle Magazine
October 16, 2018 06:00 - 28 minutesRonit Pinto is a filmmaker, founder and publisher of Honeysuckle Magazine. Bringing counterculture subject matter to the mainstream, Honeysuckle strives to normalize taboo subjects and put everything out onthe table through diverse voices and visual impact. Issues include sustainability, spirituality, social issue, culture and art. Ronit founded Honeysuckle in Detroit in 2013 and is now on her 7th printed issue titled ONE about sustainable ways of living, holistic thinking and regenerative ag...
Jeff The420Chef, CEO, Executive Chef, Inventor of Odorless Cannabis
October 09, 2018 06:00 - 25 minutesJeffThe420Chef, author of The 420 Gourmet, The Elevated Art of Cannabis Cuisine (Harper Wave, 2016), has quickly risen to prominence in both the cannabis and culinary worlds. Jeff is the pioneer of "layered micro-dosing" and famous for inventing FreeLeaf™, odorless, tasteless, cannabis for stealth smoking and for creating "tasteless" edibles. Jeff was recently named one of America’s top cannabis chefs by The San Francisco Chronicle and received one of two Canadian Cannabis Awards for Culinary...
Kate Bell, General Counsel at Marijuana Policy Project
October 02, 2018 06:00 - 31 minutesMs. Bell joined the staff of MPP in December 2015 and is working toward reform in D.C., Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wyoming. Prior to joining MPP, she worked as a criminal defense attorney based in Baltimore, Maryland, where she witnessed first-hand how the racially disparate enforcement of prohibition warps the relationships between police and the communities they serve. In her practice, she regularly represented medical marijuana patients under...
Jenny Argie, Founder, Baked at Home
September 25, 2018 06:00 - 30 minutesNurturing others with wholesome, healing foods is part of Jenny’s DNA. She grew up in her Greek grandfather's restaurant and her grandmother cooked traditional Polish food for the family every day. When Jenny was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016, she discovered the powerful health benefits of CBD (full spectrum hemp). She began experimenting with using CBD (full spectrum hemp) in cooking and initially developed a versatile canna-oil based baking mix. She started Baked at Home to share h...
Julie Wilson, Business Development Director at Be Trū Wellness™
September 18, 2018 06:00 - 28 minutesJulie Wilson Gordon is originally from Parkersburg, WV. She relocated to Greensboro, NC and started working as a Marketing Director for a local Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealer. Her passion for health came after enduring severe gastrointestinal disorders and stress that resulted from being a single mother and working nonstop. After several years of relying on doctors and prescription meds, she decided to do some research on natural ways to heal the body. After just 6 months of implementing s...
Matthew Nordgren, Founder and C.E.O. at ARCADIAN Fund
September 11, 2018 06:00 - 31 minutesMatthew Nordgren is an ambitious executive, dedicated philanthropist, and accomplished athlete who brings a unique passion to creating strategic alliances. He brings breadth and depth of experience in finance, corporate development, and capital sourcing, as well as in building highly motivated teams of skilled professionals. Mr. Nordgren is currently CEO and Founder of ARCADIAN Fund and ARCADIAN Capital management, a venture fund focused on the ancillary service providing companies in and a...
Adam Miller, Founder of BuddingTech
September 04, 2018 06:00 - 26 minutesThinking 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. Have each episode delivered to your inbox by subscribing here: http://www.thinkingoutsidethebud.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dozie Mbonu, CEO of Janerette's Eco-Friendly Fungi, LLC
August 28, 2018 06:00 - 36 minutesDozie Mbonu, CEO of Janerette's Eco-Friendly Fungi, LLC (Dr. J’s Fungi), distinguishes himself by facilitating business planning. Dozie’s ability to carefully analyze and evaluate situations makes him an extremely valuable company asset. His previous business ventures have added valuable brand development experience utilizing unique marketing and outside the box perspectives. In 2005, Dozie founded a sports management company, and one of his finest achievements involved managing and qualifyin...
Brandon Gold, Founder of Medvape Supply LLC, All Things Vape
August 21, 2018 06:00 - 37 minutesWith more than 15 years in the cannabis space, Brandon Gold is an experienced founder with a demonstrated history of working in the alternative medicine industry. He's the former Director of Cultivation at Garden State Dispensary, Former COO of Curaleaf CT, Currently the CEO of Medvape Supply LLC and All Things Vape which specializes in the latest vaporization technology. With a successful background in management operations he’s focused on capturing a significant share of the impending ex...
Stephane Dupervil, Quality and Compliance at Cannacure
August 14, 2018 06:00 - 24 minutesRaised in Montreal, Stephane has degrees in Microbiology and Management from McGill University. He made the jump to the Cannabis industry after working for more than 10 years in pharmaceutical injectables production. Now, he's the Head of Quality and Compliance for Cannacure Corporation, a company with facilities in Fort Erie and Essex County in Ontario, Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Monica Jones, Creative Director, Bud Branding
August 10, 2018 06:00 - 28 minutesMonica is a native New Yorker. After graduating from the School Of Visual Arts with her BFA, she knew that her talents would be best served helping others to define their dreams and find their voice. Her drive and determination helped her build 3D Studios, an international boutique branding firm that has served businesses and organizations since 1997. Understanding the needs of the cannabis industry were evolving and growing, Ms. Jones created Bud Branding to help change the conversation ar...