364: JM Balbuena on empowering aspiring leaders in the legal cannabis industry
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Navy veteran JM Balbuena is an author, filmmaker, advocate, and entrepreneur focused on empowering aspiring leaders in the rapidly growing legal cannabis space. JM’s debut book, The Successful Canna-preneur, does exactly this, while awarding JM with “Cannabis Educator of the Year” by the 2021 Las Vegas Cannabis Awards and “100 Latinas Shaping The World” by The New Latina. JM received a Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal for her dedicated service as Aviation Electronics Tech in the United States Navy between 2010 to 2014. With a focus on business development, strategic...
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#363: Andrew DeAngelo on common mistakes cannabis startups make
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Andrew DeAngelo is a visionary leader with a proven track record of enacting systemic social change and developing best practices in cannabis. He lends his vast cannabis business and political expertise as a consultant for hire to the global cannabis community at large, including several strategic partnerships with the world's leading cannabis-centric service firms. Over two decades as an activist, Andrew worked on a variety of voter initiatives which legalized medical and adult-use cannabis in San Francisco, Washington D.C, and the State of California. As a co-founder of Harborside, Andrew...
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#362: Curious About Cannabis' Jason Wilson on the history, science, & understanding of the plant
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Jason Wilson is the MS of Curious About Cannabis. Curious About Cannabis spans a wide array of Cannabis and cannabinoid science topics in a manner that is accessible to most people. It is also an interactive book that includes links to courses, interviews with experts, quizzes, games, and other educational material that allows the reader to follow any topic that they like as deep as they want to go. Jason has also developed educator and student workbooks to accompany the textbook, as well as a Curiosity Journal to help people on their quest to learn more about the Cannabis plant and...
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#361: Peter Su on the complexities emerging due to the lack of banking in the legal cannabis industry
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Peter Su is the Senior Vice President at Green Check Verified, the top cannabis banking compliance software/consultancy in the space. A long time banker, Peter has spent 20+ years in finance with stops at HSBC, Signature, Dime and East West. He has spearheaded two separate cannabis banking programs and in his current role at Green Check is responsible for the growth of over 120 cannabis banking programs all over the country. Peter is an active member of the cannabis community, as he currently chairs the Banking and Financial Services Committee for the NYCCIA & HVCIA. Peter is...
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#360: Humo's Susie Plascencia on providing meaningful industry representation to Latino communities
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Susie Plascencia is a Brand Partner at Humo Cannabis, an award-winning Mexican-American owned craft cannabis company. Humo is on a mission to eliminate the stigma surrounding cannabis in the Latino community by celebrating the community’s rich cultural history with the plant and normalizing its daily use.
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#359: Tamara Anderson on running an all sensory interactive cannabis event production company
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Tamara Anderson is the Founder of Culinary & Cannabis, an all sensory interactive cannabis event production company. Tamara oversees daily operations and growth for Culinary & Cannabis including online content, marketing, and brand partnerships. Tamara's mission is to showcase cannabis’s positive impact on people’s lives, Culinary & Cannabis is where the canna-curious feel comfortable to learn and explore along with conscious cannabis consumers who celebrate a sophisticated stoner style.
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#358: UK Journalist Ruby Deevoy on the United Kingdom's medical cannabis and psychedelics industry
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Ruby Deevoy is one of the UK’s very few dedicated cannabis and CBD journalists, contributing regularly on the subject to international newspapers and magazines for the past 4 years. Her bylines include The Independent, The Mirror, The Times, The Sun, The Express, The Metro, Evening Standard, Stylist, Woman & Home, Natural Health, Red, Platinum, Chat! and many more. Ruby is also the founder of The CBD Consultancy, member of The Cannabis Industry Council, Women In Cannabis Leadership, has just been invited to take on the role of Exec Director for UK NORML and cannabis correspondent for...
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#357: Kukuni's Willy Christie on the anatomy of making a psychedelic record
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Willy Christie is the artist behind Kukuni, which is best described as psychedelic, indie, experimental art rock with pop sensibilities; wavy and groovy; dark but uplifting. Willy is also a breeder/grower. He started growing 12 years ago, started breeding and switched to using living soil a few years ago and is always refining his process. Willy is working with growers in Colorado, New Mexico and California to bring some of his proprietary genetics to the market.
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#356: Charles McElroy on the power of design to understand cannabis science and the emergence of AI Art
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Charles McElroy is the founder of Goldleaf, an educational printing company focusing on botanical science. As a former volunteer with Marijuana Policy Project, Charles has a history of supporting veterans' education and access to medical marijuana, while also studying permaculture and organic farming in Ohio and Colorado for several years. McElroy created Goldleaf to benefit the evolving recreational and medical cannabis communities.
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#355: Hemp For Victory's Robert Head on the importance of cannabis legalization for veterans & our military
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Robert Head is the Chair for Hemp for Victory. Hemp For Victory’s purpose is to create an understanding about veterans use of Industrial Hemp, CBD, and medical cannabis as a healthy way to manage their mental and physical challenges as a result of their service. Robert served in the army as an infantryman from 2002-2007 with deployments to Iraq in Baghdad and Taji. After the military, Robert went to Texas A&M and finished his degree and around 2016 he got into the cannabis industry by building a farm in Maine that grew organic cannabis and sold it to local dispensaries.
info_outlineGarrett Bain is the President of EcoGen Biosciences, a vertically-integrated manufacturer and supplier of hemp-derived speciality ingredients in the U.S.