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Blunt Business

Dispensing Cannabis business knowledge beyond a million square feet of cultivation space. Blunt Business will navigate the challenges and opportunities of one of the most profitable industries on earth. Join us each episode to hear our weekly round tables and interviews with industry professionals.

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40:41

Agrify With David Kessler And Robert Harrison

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2020/12/23

Agrify with David Kessler, VP & Head of Horticulture and Customer Success, and Robert Harrison, COO of Agrify. Given the lack of quality control and production inefficiencies, traditional growing methods are in dire need of a facelift. Outdoor cultivation is unprotected; subject to unpredictable weather patterns, environmental damage, and is only operational in select seasons. Greenhouses are a step up in that they allow for better control of the environment and year-round cultivation, provided

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37:45

Cannabis Industry Data Guru Liz Connors

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2020/12/17

Cannabis Industry Data Guru Liz Connors, Director of Analytics at Headset joins us today on Blunt Business. Our next guest worked as a Data Scientist in CPG retail and Financial Services for eight years before opening her own analytics and statistics consulting business where she advised small firms on how to utilize their data to design a better product, improve marketing programs and build more informed business strategies. She now serves as the Director of Analytics at one of the cannabis

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39:03

Navigating The California Cannabis Marketplace

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2020/12/09

Navigating the California cannabis marketplace with CA-based Cannabis & Entertainment Lawyer Jeffrey Welsh, the partner at Vicente Sederberg LLP. Our next guest is a partner at Vicente Sederberg LLP, where he focuses his practice on advising companies, brands, entertainment and media properties, other law firms, and investors on how they should be navigating the California cannabis marketplace. Jeffrey worked in Corporate Business Affairs at the largest talent agency in the world, William Morris

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36:35

Certified Cannabinoid Ingredients

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2020/12/02

Certified cannabinoid ingredients with Josh Epstein, CEO of Socati. Our next guest recently announced it has successfully completed the rigorous evaluation process and received official USDA Organic certification for its CBD ingredient line up which can be used in USDA Organic finished products. This company is the only commercial-scale producer of USDA Organic certified cannabinoid ingredients with third-party verified non-detectable levels of THC. The USDA Organic Seal represents a comprehensive

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38:55

Diversity And Inclusion In The Cannabis Industry

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2020/11/25

Diversity and inclusion in the cannabis industry with Kevin Ford Jr., CEO of Uplift Maryland. Our next guest is the CEO of a platform that strives to increase diversity and inclusion within the emerging medical cannabis industry, ensuring that all communities, especially those of color, have an opportunity to participate in the economy of the future. Uplift Maryland was founded on the principle to take what the generation before has created and elevated it to the next level. You were able to make

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32:06

CBD And Cannabis Testing

Blunt Business ·

2020/11/11

CBD and cannabis testing with Roger Brown, CEO/ President of ACS Laboratory. Our next guest is the president of the largest hemp, CBD, and cannabis testing facility in the Eastern United States. It is one of the largest and top-ranking laboratories for precision testing of hemp, CBD, and cannabis in the U.S. with customers in 44 states throughout the country. ACS Laboratory recently acquired Botanica Testing Inc., certified hemp and CBD testing laboratory thus expanding your position as the largest

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40:44

AlphaRoot with Managing Director Isaac Bock

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2020/11/03

AlphaRoot with Managing Director Isaac Bock today on Blunt Business with Jorge Hermida only on Cannabis Radio. Our next guest works for an insurance brokerage dedicated to supporting the cannabis industry. His company’s unique expertise in cannabis allows them to provide customized access to preferred insurance markets. AlphaRoot is a full-service insurance brokerage completely dedicated to strengthening and supporting the cannabis industry. You offer a wide range of liability coverages to all types

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38:59

The First ISO Accredited Cannabis Lab

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2020/10/28

The first ISO accredited cannabis lab with Antonio Frazier, President of CannaSafe. Our next guest oversees the first ISO accredited cannabis lab in the world, and the #1 accredited cannabis testing lab in California. He is also an Executive Committee Board Member of The American Council of Independent Laboratories Cannabis Working Group. Antonio recently co-wrote a letter on behalf of the ACIL outlining the deficiencies in California cannabis regulations and suggestions for no-cost improvements. So

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35:32

CanaFarma with Frank Barone

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2020/10/21

CanaFarma with Frank Barone, Chief Operating Officer. With CBD widely popular in many consumer products due to the passing of the Farm Bill in 2018 that legalized industrial hemp, the industry still faces legal challenges and gray areas. The FDA is thoroughly reviewing CBD in an effort to release regulations and guidelines soon once there is a better understanding. CanaFarma is a burgeoning company that has effectively re-arranged the vector of pop culture in only a few months. The executives at the

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33:25

Maintain Compliance In Cannabis

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2020/10/13

Maintain compliance in cannabis with James Minutello, CEO of LeafLogix. Our next guest has 25 years of experience building high growth tech and logistics companies. He represents an ERP solution company servicing many of the largest MSOs in the cannabis industry. Leaflogix is available across 37 states and three continents, allowing clients to maintain compliance with business growth, and have remained 100% compliant since inception. James spoke with New Cannabis Ventures about the company’s

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29:31

The Valens Company

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2020/10/07

The Valens Company with Everett Knight EVP, Corporate Development & Capital Markets. Our next guest works at the largest publicly traded extraction company in the world with a broad expanding international footprint. HealthEuropa recently described The Valens Company as “one of the few companies in the world that can facilitate the utilization of five extraction techniques using customized and proprietary methods and technology, with further research and development always ongoing. This

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30:49

Cashless Payment For The Cannabis Industry

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2020/09/30

Cashless Payment For The Cannabis Industry with Chris Rentner, Spence Labs, co-founder, and CEO. Our next guest operates an innovative financial technology startup developing cashless payment and customer relationship platforms for the cannabis industry. The innovative platform lets dispensary customers pay for cannabis purchases with their mobile phones, eliminating the need to carry cash or visit an ATM inside the dispensary. Spence is a turn-key national system for both dispensaries and

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42:54

Marijuana Opportunity Today

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2020/09/23

Marijuana Opportunity Today with Adam Goers, VP of Corporate Affairs at Columbia Care. Our next guest is here representing one of the nation's largest fully-integrated, multi-state, medical cannabis companies. This includes pharmacies, dispensaries, home delivery, cultivation, and manufacturing facilities. Columbia Care operates one of the largest portfolios (16 U.S. states + the EU) of highly regulated, licensed medical cannabis product development, research, manufacturing, and dispensing

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40:26

The 8th Annual Marijuana Business Factbook

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2020/09/16

The 8th Annual Marijuana Business Factbook with Jenel Stelton-Holtmeier, Editorial Director at MJBizDaily. MJBiz recently published the 8th Annual Marijuana Business Factbook and we look at the overall scope of findings. “Though the long-term outlook for the recreational side of the industry is more bullish than for medical, MMJ sales are expected to grow at roughly the same pace in 2020. New MMJ markets including—but not limited to—Florida, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania are booming, more

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48:07

Tax and CFO Services for Cannabusiness

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2020/09/09

Tax and CFO Services for Cannabusiness with Jason Brown Founder and CEO of Foresight Financial CPA. Our next guest has over 20 years of experience in the accounting profession, specializing in providing customized tax, accounting, CFO, and consulting services and solutions for businesses, startups, venture-backed companies, estate and trusts, and high net-worth individuals. He has been serving the Cannabis Industry with Tax and CFO Services for Dispensaries, Growers, Technology, CBD, & PEO

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36:23

Cutting Edge Retail Technology

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2020/09/02

Cutting edge retail technology with Jeremy Jacobs, CEO & Chairman of Enlighten Dispensary Solutions. Our next guest manages the first full-scale enterprise solution in the cannabis space and is already working with over 700 cannabis businesses, including dispensaries, cultivators and producers, head shops, cannabis lounges, and medical facilities. Enlighten is a full spectrum enterprise solution managed by a team with a collective 20 years of experience serving Fortune 500 companies, first-class

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50:44

4Front Ventures

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2020/08/26

4Front Ventures with CEO and Co-Founder, Kris Kane. Our next guest runs one of the leading multi-state operators ushering in cannabis and fierce public advocate for cannabis decriminalization and legalization. He believes the correlation between ending prohibition and legalizing cannabis is undeniable. Having founded 4Front Advisors in 2011, Kris now serves as president of 4Front. Prior to forming 4Front, Kris served as director of client services for CannBe, a pioneer in developing best practices

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37:01

Virtual Versus In-Person Conferences

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2020/08/19

Virtual Versus In-Person Conferences with Matt Hawkins Founder/Managing Partner at Entourage Effect Capital. Our next guest has over 20 years of private equity experience and has founded multiple $500+mm alternative firms. He has an extensive background in building large alternative investment firms and scaling the companies he invests in. Matt brings an extensive background in building large alternative investment firms and scaling the companies he invests in. In 2014, Matt had the vision to create

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36:24

The Ever Booming Cannabis Business

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2020/08/12

The Ever Booming Cannabis Business with Nick Tennant, Founder & CTO of Precision Extraction Solutions. Our next guest is a cannabis entrepreneur with over 12 years of experience developing and operating companies in the cannabis industry. His expertise is in cannabis and hemp extraction, code regulation, lab design, extract product and process development, and extraction equipment engineering. Precision is actually the world's only provider of turn-key extraction labs, and more award-winning

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33:37

The Many Uses Of Industrial Hemp

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2020/08/05

The many uses of industrial hemp with Luke Dandrea, founder of DRIHP. Our next guest’s mission is to educate the consumer one product at a time on how industrial hemp is the game changing component in the science of global warming. He recently launched a new environmentally-safe hemp line and he has signed on actress/philanthropist, Bella Thorne, influencer Rachel Cook and model and social media personality, Jay Alvarrez to serve as brand ambassadors for DRIHP.Advertising Inquiries:

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