#373: Marion Mariathasan on taking the guesswork out of continually changing state regulations
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Marion Mariathasan is the Co-Founder and CEO at Simplifya, the leading regulatory and operational compliance software platform serving the cannabis industry. Simplifya offers a suite of services in 25+ states and counting, which have been specifically designed to help cannabis businesses remain compliant under the various states' enacted laws, as well as manage risks in a cost-effective way.
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#372: HARA's Bryan Gerber on running the largest pre-rolled cone manufacturer in the world
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Bryan Gerber AKA “King of Cones"s is the founder and CEO of HARA Supply. HARA Supply directly operates 14 manufacturing sites, spanning over 250,000 square feet of the highest-quality pre-rolled cone production using the world’s finest European rolling paper. Hara Supply currently has over 4,000 personnel based in India, along with HQ office and warehouse located in Las Vegas, Nevada. HARA Supply currently produces over a billion pre-rolled cones per year for the cannabis industry’s largest entities.
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#371: POSIBL CEO Jesus Burrola on California’s chaotic market dynamics
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Jesus Burrola is the CEO at POSIBL, the cannabis farm of the future. POSIBL is redefining what it means to produce the highest quality cannabis. Leveraging a state-of-art system that uses less to do more, POSIBL brings the best greenhouse technology and expertise from traditional agriculture into cannabis, and pairs it with the best possible genetics to produce the perfect flower — grown in an ethical, sustainable, free of pesticide and cost efficient way, year round.
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#370: Ayr Wellness' Khari Edwards on advocating and addressing racial, health and civic disparities
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Khari Edwards is the Head of Corporate Relations at Ayr Wellness. Khari has spent over 25 years of his professional career in public and government service, working for several elected officials, non-profit organizations, and city agencies where he focused on strengthening communities by advocating and addressing racial, health and civic disparities.
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#369: Andrew DeAngelo on the top financial management issues cannabis companies face
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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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#368: AVD's Michael Brosgart on creating vape hardware specifically for cannabis oils
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Michael Brosgart is the Chief Operating Officer of Advanced Vapor Devices (AVD), is a vape hardware manufacturer that specializes in building reliable cartridges, disposables, and batteries specifically designed for cannabis oils. Prior to joining AVD, Michael was the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at cannabis investment leader The Arcview Group, where he worked with some of the top brands in the cannabis industry.
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#367: Joey Espinosa on California's Cannabis price collapse, regulations, licensing, and high taxation
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Joey Espinosa is a Cannabis Permitting and Regulation Specialist with over 13 years of professional experience in the Cannabis Industry. He co-founded a cannabis delivery service in Monterey County, running alongside a non-profit mutual benefit Corporation that he founded himself and also ran based on his research of Prop 215. ==================== About CannabisPermits.com Since 2016, CannabisPermits.com has been committed to helping entrepreneurs establish legal cannabis businesses throughout California. Their experience working with municipalities and counties throughout California has...
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#366: Brandon Mills on operational efficiencies and white labeling opportunities driving 4Front's success
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Brandon Mills is the President of Massachusetts and Illinois at 4Front Ventures. Mills is also charged with implementing a low-cost CPG production and distribution strategy and building and maintaining wholesale relationships at the Company’s state-of-the-art facilities in each of 4Front’s operational markets. Prior to joining 4Front, Mills co-founded and served as president and chief operating officer of Island Cannabis. With his strong entrepreneurial and C-Suite background, Mills brings expertise in corporate strategy, operations, technology, product and data in both public and private...
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#365: Boveda's Shannon Klick on preserving cannabis flower with two-way humidity control solutions
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Shannon Klick is the VP of Global Sales at Boveda Inc., the global leader in two-way humidity control solutions for cannabis, cigars, musical instruments, and other items. Klick brings more than two decades of sales experience to the company. Klick manages a team of more than 50 employees across the country and exemplifies the customer-centric Boveda company culture.
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#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 planning,...
info_outlineGarrett Bain is the President of EcoGen Biosciences, a vertically-integrated manufacturer and supplier of hemp-derived speciality ingredients in the U.S.