While we usually talk about the business realm of cannabis here on CannaInsider, in this episode we’re going to take a deep dive into medical marijuana and how it’s being used to better the lives of an increasing number of patients - specifically children.  

Here to discuss this growing movement are Abby Epstein and Ricki Lake, makers of the 2018 documentary Weed The People in which Abby and Ricki follow a number of families that are turning to cannabis to treat their cancer-stricken children.

In this episode, Abby and Ricki share the ways in which medical marijuana is beginning to save lives and why it’s essential we overcome the political and legislative obstacles inhibiting cannabis from joining commercial healthcare.  

Learn more at https://www.cannainsider.com/wtp

Key Takeways:

• Ricki and Abby’s backgrounds in film and what sparked their desire to create Weed The People
• Ways in which the traditional medical industry is lacking when it comes to children’s cancer treatment
• Abby and Ricki’s documentary The Business of Being Born and the parallels they observed between the business aspects of the birth and cancer industries
• The stigma surrounding cannabis in the medical sphere and how certain doctors are working to overcome it
• Medical cannabis in other countries versus the U.S.
• Why many of the families in Weed The People choose to follow a combination of chemo and a formal dosing schedule of cannabis to treat their children’s cancer
• Abby’s advice to parents interested in exploring medical cannabis to help treat their children and how they can do so right away

We knew it wouldn’t be long before the cannabis industry started taking market share from the wine and spirits industry, and here to showcase that trend is Chip Forsythe, CEO of Rebel Coast Winery.

Founded in 2013, this California winery is making a major splash with its alcohol-removed, THC-infused wine - a beverage that offers a very different kind of buzz (and skips the hangover).

In this episode, Chip shares a behind-the-scenes look at the meticulous process involved in creating cannabis wine, Rebel Coast’s plans for the future, and his insights on where the cannabis beverage market is headed in the next few years.

Learn more at https://rebelcoast.com

Key Takeaways:

• Chip’s background in wine and what led him to start Rebel Coast Winery
• How Rebel Coast’s cannabis wine compares to traditional wine in terms of taste, aroma, and calorie count
• The difficult process behind infusing wine with cannabis and how long it took Chip and his team to get it right
• Regulatory and logistical hoops Chip still has to jump through in order to keep Rebel Coast alive and kicking
• Difficulties in scaling the production of cannabis-infused wine and the ways in which Rebel Coast has worked to overcome them
• Chip’s work educating regulators and politicians so that the cannabis industry can continue to grow and become more diverse
• What’s on tap next for Rebel Coast Winery and where Chip sees the cannabis beverage market going over the next 3-5 years

With business models from other industries quickly making their way into the cannabis industry, TILT Holdings is aiming to become the swiss army knife of business-to-business offerings in the cannabis space.

A vertically-integrated infrastructure and technology platform, TILT Holdings delivers contract manufacturing, distribution, hardware, and software for over 1,500 retailers and brands throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

In this episode, TILT Holdings CEO Alex Coleman shares with us an in-depth look at the goings-on at TILT, shares his insights on the future of cannabis, and provides some invaluable advice on how to navigate the cannabis B2B market.

Learn more at https://www.tiltholdings.com.

Key Takeaways:

• Alex’s background in cannabis and what inspired him to start a B2B business in the cannabis space
• A deep dive into Tilt Holdings and the various companies under its umbrella, including Baker Technologies and Sea Hunter Therapeutics
• How Alex believes the recently passed Farm Bill of 2018 will impact the cannabis industry over the coming years
• Up-and-coming technologies like AI, gene editing, and nanotechnology and their implications for cannabis
• Why big alcohol and tobacco companies are investing in cannabis and the traditional businesses Alex predicts will follow suit
• Alex’s outlook for the future of cannabis and what he believes the industry will look like in 2030

With the cannabis market projected to hit $31 billion by 2021, it’s easy to feel like the industry has simply taken on its own momentum.

However, what most people don’t know is that there’s a group of investors called The Arcview Group that funds the very companies we’ll be reading about in the headlines 1-2 years from now.

In this episode, founder and CEO of Arcview Troy Dayton gives us an in-depth look at the goings-on at Arcview, shares his insights on the future of cannabis, and provides some invaluable advice for those looking to take the plunge.

Learn more at https://arcviewgroup.com

Key Takeaways:

• The cannabis industry’s current landscape and where Troy sees it heading over the next few years
• How The Arcview Group has evolved from angel investors to now also include venture capitalists and large companies looking to make acquisitions
• Overlaps in the entertainment and cannabis industries and how this could positively influence cannabis’ growth
• The amount of capital Arcview investors have invested to date and projections for the future
• Troy’s advice on what to look for when investing in startups
• A deep dive into Arcview Ventures and Arcview Market Research
• What it will take for cannabis to become as established as other industries and start seeing more interstate commerce

Can small-scale craft cannabis survive against huge corporations and the big ad practices they’re introducing to North America?

Here to help us answer that is Ryan Stoa, Associate Professor at Concordia University School of Law and author of "Craft Weed: Family Farming and the Future of the Marijuana Industry."

In this episode, Ryan argues the need to keep cannabis “more craft beer than Anheuser-Busch” and proposes a Marijuana Appellation system that would support a sustainable, local, and artisanal farming model within the U.S.

Learn more at http://ryanstoa.com

Key Takeaways:

• Ryan’s background in law and cannabis and what sparked his desire to write “Craft Weed”
• Why Ryan argues we need to support craft weed over big companies with large scale cultivation facilities
• The extensive research that went into Ryan’s book and the information that shocked him the most
• Smart farming and how it relates to indoor cannabis growing
• How Ryan believes the newly passed Farm Bill of 2018 will affect the small American family farm
• Why the desire for sustainable, artisanal cannabis fluctuates across the U.S.
• Ryan’s positive outlook for the future of cannabis agriculture and how he believes legalization will benefit our culture

With the recent global surge in industrial hemp, scientists are moving into the hemp and cannabis space to provide cultivators the technologies and best practices of other industries.

Helping lead the movement is Dr. Jon Vaught, CEO and founder of Front Range Biosciences, an agricultural biotechnology company that specializes in tissue culture cloning for cannabis and other high-value crops.

In this episode, Dr. Jon shares how Front Range Biosciences is revolutionizing cloning methods to not only produce robust, healthy plants but also create new varieties that could disrupt the dietary and pharmaceutical industries.

Learn more at https://www.frontrangebio.com

Key Takeaways:

• A breakdown of Front Range Biosciences and the revolutionary biotechnology it’s bringing to the cannabis industry
• Dr. Jon’s background in biotechnology and what led him to start Front Range Biosciences
• The differences between cannabis and hemp
• A deep dive into Front Range Biosciences’ services, including its Clean Stock Nursery Program
• The ins and outs of tissue culture laboratories and the benefits they offer researchers and cultivators alike
• How to avoid common mistakes in cultivation, including exposing plants to disease
• Dr. Jon’s goals to create new plant varieties and cannabinoid profiles for the purposes of dietary supplements, nutraceutical products, and even pharmaceutical products
• Our current understanding of the cannabis genome and the exciting new discoveries Dr. Jon anticipates in the years to come

American cannabis companies are starting to go public in Canada, using the fresh capital to further fuel their growth.

One of these companies is Dixie Brands Inc., one of the most recognized consumer brands with a portfolio of over 100 products across more than 15 different product categories.

In this episode, Dixie CEO Chuck Smith shares his insight on the future of cannabis and discusses the company’s goals to become the leading global consumer packaged goods company in cannabis.

Learn more at http://dixieelixirs.com

Key Takeaways:

• A breakdown of Dixie Brands and its expansive array of THC and CBD products
• Chuck’s background in the cannabis industry and his journey to CEO of Dixie
• Dixie Brands’ state-by-state growth and its plans for expansion within the U.S. and beyond
• How differences in regulation dictate Dixie’s go-to-market strategy in Canada versus the U.S.
• Why Dixie focuses on building brands instead of cultivation
• How Dixie competes against new companies entering the cannabis industry
• The importance of packaging and how Dixie successfully creates packaging that distinguishes their brands from others and achieves consumer trust and engagement
• A walkthrough of BDS analytics and it offers cannabis industry market trends and consumer insights
• Chuck’s outlook on the global future of cannabis over the next decade

Michael Kadonoff is the Founder and CEO of Braingrid. Braingrid allows any non-technical person to hang little devices around your grow room and immediately start collecting data about your grow. Including temperature, humidity, CO2 and more. Learn how growers are harnessing this data to build the grow rooms of the future today.

Learn More:

http://braingrid.io/

Key Takeaways:

– Michael’s background as an inventor and at GE

– What growers think they know about their garden is actually not wrong but incomplete

– How Braingrid’s Sentroller collects data and presents that data as insights

– Will this system increase your yield or your efficiency

– Preventing mold and equipment failure

– Creating redundancy in your grow

– Traceability and health compliance

– Michael’s favorite book and tool

With the worldwide cannabis market projected to hit $32 billion by 2022, better training and information sharing will be paramount for industry newcomers in the years ahead.

Enter Oaksterdam University, widely known as the Harvard of Cannabis.

Since 2007, Oaksterdam has been the forerunner in providing the highest quality training offered in the cannabis industry and the first institution to address the growing needs of the marijuana movement, from patients to regulators. Such a focus has established Oaksterdam University as the first and only cannabis college with a comprehensive curriculum in cannabis business and horticulture.

In this episode, Oaksterdam Executive Chancellor Dale Sky Jones joins us to share everything the university has to offer for those looking to achieve success in the cannabis industry.

Learn more at https://oaksterdamuniversity.com

Key Takeaways:

• Dale’s background in the cannabis industry and how she became executive chancellor of Oaksterdam University
• The crippling federal raid Oaksterdam underwent in 2012 and how Dale took over to ensure the university’s continued success
• Oaksterdam’s extensive curriculum and how the school determines its core programs and electives
• How the university’s student population has expanded beyond the U.S. to 40 different countries since it was founded in 2007
• Oaksterdam’s online versus in-person programs
• How the university utilizes augmented reality in its courses
• Examples of students who have gone on to achieve great success in the cannabis industry following their time at Oaksterdam
• Dale’s advice to those looking to leave behind their current careers and enter the cannabis industry

Extraction is considered the most profitable segment of the cannabis industry, but what if we’ve been thinking about extraction all wrong?

Is it really necessary to use large CO2 or butane extraction systems when there’s a way to extract oil from hemp and cannabis using just air?

In this episode, Vapor Distilled Founder and CEO Russell Thomas explains how this revolutionary, all-natural extraction method produces stronger, ultra-pure oil.

Learn more at http://www.vapordistilled.com

Key Takeaways:

• Russell’s background in the cannabis industry and how he came to start Vapor Distilled
• What constitutes “cleantech” or clean technology
• A deep dive into traditional extraction methods, including CO2 and hydrocarbon systems
• How the Vapor Distillation process uses heated air and a proprietary condensation method
• The evolution of Vapor Distilled and what it took to turn it into a large-scale, commercial product
• Consumer responses to the ultra-pure taste of Vapor Distilled oils
• Vapor Distilled’s cost efficiency versus that of traditional methods
• The future of Vapor Distilled and its all-natural extraction method

WAYV is an automated, on-demand supply chain logistics platform serving California’s exploding Cannabis industry. The technology streamlines the traditional B2B process, including transport, sales, and payment through a one-stop website that integrates regulatory and compliance checks. WAYV serves as a transparent, efficient tracking and compliance platform that surpasses the fulfillment experience of non-cannabis markets in today’s on-demand world.

In this episode, WAYV founder and CEO Keith McCarty shares how WAYV is revolutionizing e-commerce in the industry to become the “Amazon of Cannabis.”

Learn more at https://www.wayv.com 

Key Takeaways:

• Keith’s background as an entrepreneur in cannabis and how he came to start WAYV
• How WAYV streamlines the traditional B2B process and removes friction points for retailers and brands in the cannabis industry
• The most common difficulties retailers experience in cannabis and how WAYV works to remove those difficulties
• How Keith builds trust with both retailers and brands using the platform
• Conflict resolution methods WAYV applies within its FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) model
• A breakdown of the WAYV user experience for both retailers and brands
• Ways in which WAYV brings in revenue
• Keith’s plans to reduce other friction points within cannabis and expand WAYV beyond California

Only a few months after leaving MillerCoors where he invented the company’s wildly popular Blue Moon brand, Keith Villa launched Ceria Brewing Company to embark on new territory: cannabis-infused non-alcoholic craft beer.

A spin on Blue Moon’s Belgian-style white ale, Keith’s new beer, “Grainwave,” is a medium-bodied ale with blood orange peel and 5mg of THC, the psychoactive component in cannabis.

In this episode, Keith shares the goings on at Ceria Brewing Company, the variety of “sensations” his new line of craft beers have to offer, and his insights on the booming edibles industry.

Learn more at https://www.ceriabrewing.com 

Key Takeaways:

• Keith’s background in craft beer, his experience at MillerCoors, and how he came to launch Ceria Brewing Company
• The process behind earning a PhD in Brewing
• Why Keith decided to launch Ceria Beverages and create THC-infused beer
• The ins and outs of infusing non-alcoholic craft beer with cannabis to ensure the THC is evenly emulsified and each bottle contains the proper dosage
• Where Ceria is aiming to make its beers available in 2019
• Keith’s goals to overcome the stigma surrounding cannabis
• The THC doses within Ceria’s two beers and the different sensations they offer
• Keith’s insights on the future of Ceria and the cannabis industry at large

A firefighter out of college, Cody Shirk’s expertise in finance is self-taught.

Today he’s a full-time investor and the founder of Explorer Equity Group (EEG), a global alternative asset manager that works to capitalize on investment opportunities off-the-beaten-path.

With investments in industry household names including Kush Bottles and Regulated Solutions, Cody’s latest non-mainstream investments lie in - you guessed it - cannabis.

In this episode, Cody shares his insights on the future of cannabis and advice for both entrepreneurs and investors looking to break into the industry.

Follow Cody at https://www.explorerequity.com/canna

Key Takeaways:

- Cody’s background in investing and how he came to start Explorer Equity Group and Explorer Partnership

- Ongoing propaganda against cannabis and how the industry is working to improve public perception

- The cannabis businesses Cody has invested in thus far, including Kush Bottles and Regulated Solutions

- What Cody looks for when investing in cannabis businesses and his advice to startups seeking funding 

- Cody’s outlook on startup investment and the price of cannabis over the next 1-2 years

- Asia and South America’s developing economies and the exciting investment opportunities within

- Cody’s tips on how entrepreneurs should go about approaching investors as well as ways investors can determine the best entrepreneurs to get behind

To learn more, visit: https://www.explorerequity.com/canna

The cannabis industry is projected to hit $31 billion by 2021, and with its growing demand comes a desperate need for scalability.

Enter Jon Gowa, founder and CEO of Bloom Automation, LLC, a Boston-based company revolutionizing the way we harvest marijuana through robotics and automation.

Designed to “trim with the precision of a human, but the efficiency of a machine,” Bloom Automation’s robots use smart optics and proprietary algorithms to increase efficiency and cut production costs - an enticing proposition to the next generation of cultivation.

In this episode, Jon shares a little about the goings on at Bloom Automation and the importance of robotics to the future of cannabis.

Key Takeaways:

- Jon’s background in robotics engineering and how he came to be founder and CEO of Bloom Automation, LLC

- The benefits of robotics and problems the industry is working to resolve

- The ins and outs of Bloom Automation and the technological solutions it provides the cannabis industry

- Price versus ROI and the increased production rates cannabis business owners and cultivators are witnessing thanks to Bloom Automation

- The 2-3 days of training required for new operators

- Challenges Jon is working to overcome during the company’s beta development phase

- Jon’s outlook on the future of robotics in the cannabis industry

To learn more, visit: https://www.bloomautomation.com

Jonah Barber is the co-founder of MRX Xtractors. Learn how profitable cannabis oil extraction can be and the different business models available to those in the business or entering this business.

Key Takeaways:
– From lab testing flower to extraction company
– A lot of oil on the market is not good, here’s why
– The profit margin on a gram of extracted cannabis oil
– Throughput from different extraction machines
– The different business models in extraction

Learn more at
http://mrxxtractors.com/

Important:
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Karson Humiston is the founder of Vangst, a multi-state recruiting company focused on the cannabis space. Karson is on the Forbes list of The Top 30 Under 30 entrepreneurs on the rise.

Listen in as Karson describes how to hire the perfect candidate to help your business grow. Karson also lays out how to create a successful career in the cannabis industry and what kind of candidates are getting hired.

Key Takeaways:
– How Snoop Dogg’s VC fund invested in Vangst
– Common mistakes employers make hiring
– The devastating math behind misfiring
– How to ensure employees are successful in their new roles
– Enticing executives from other industries

Learn more at:
https://vangst.com

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Harborside is one of the oldest, largest, and most respected cannabis retailers in the world, and it’s expected to grow much bigger in 2019.

Led by CEO Andrew Berman, the company has played an instrumental role in making cannabis safe and accessible, and its stores are known for supplying the world’s best-curated selection of award-winning flower, concentrates, edibles, and other cannabis products from California growers and manufacturers.

One of Andrew’s first acts as CEO was to create a capital markets strategy for the company, and in so doing Harborside has raised over $25M in 2018.

In this episode, Andrew shares his insights, learnings, and what’s in store for the future of the cannabis industry.

Key Takeaways:

- Andy’s personal journey and how he came to be the CEO of Harborside

- Harborside’s focus on California and the company’s multistage strategy going forward

- Harborside’s projections and the cannabis industry’s growth following the legalization of adult-use in California

- Andy’s growth tactics in California

- Harborside’s clean, sun-grown cannabis and how the greenhouse method is more environmentally friendly and cost-effective

- Cannabis business licensing in California

- Shifting trends in customer preferences for flowers, edibles, and concentrates

- Harborside’s $25 million capital raise and evolution from a medical nonprofit to a for-profit company

- Andy’s predictions for reduced banking restrictions on cannabis businesses

- Tips on how to break into the cannabis industry for those interested

To learn more, visit: www.shopharborside.com

You are leaving half the potency from your cannabis plant behind when it is not properly activated or decarboxylated. Find out how this simple technique can take your cannabis flower to the next level.

About Today's Guest

Shanel Lindsay is the CEO and founder of Ardent Cannabis. Listen in as Shanel talks about her move from a traditional lawyer to a tech and cannabis entrepreneur.

Special Offer

Shanel is offering CannaInsider listeners $30 off her flagship device the Ardent Nova decarboxylator. Use coupon code Canna30 for $30 off. Learn more here:

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Foria hits below the belt with their cannabis intimates. Find out why customers are so curious about this budding new market category of the cannabis industry.

Jon Brandon is the Co-founder of Foria, listen in as we discuss a wide range of topics. 

Key Takeaways:
- Defining a category
- Microdosing
- Using Customer Feedback to Iterate
- Sexual wellness and invigoration with Foria
- Can cannabis help menstrual health?

Limited Time Offer:
Jon and the team at Foria Wellness have generously offered a coupon code for a limited time for 10% off their products.

Visit: https://www.foriawellness.com
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Cannabis businesses need to understand what is selling in dispensaries so they can make informed decisions.

Cy Scott, co-founder, and CEO of Headset.io delves into how to get this data and use it to make actionable business decisions now. 

We also cover some cannabis items that are hot sellers right now.
Learn more at https://www.headset.io/
and
https://www.cannainsider.com/

Cy's Favorite Tools:
https://quip.com/
https://www.intercom.com

Cy's Favorite Books
High Growth Hand Book

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Charles Jones has created vape pens that are selling like crazy in 7 states. Why are dispensaries ordering his vape pens in greater and greater quantities?

Charles has stumbled upon the holy grail that cannabis enthusiasts have been searching for. His vape pens allow you to experience desired moods consistently.  The moods you can experience are; party, focus, bliss, focus, relax, and flow. The name of this larger cannabis segment is called "functional cannabis."

Enjoy this fascinating interview to understand where the cannabis market is moving.

Learn more:

https://www.cannainsider.com/216
And
https://www.lucidmood.net

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Dennis O’Malley is CEO of Caliva Dispensary in San Jose California. Listen in as Dennis shares how difficult but rewarding it is to run a thriving vertically integrated cannabis company.

Key Takeaways:

- The price of wholesale cannabis in California vs Oregon

- How to successfully navigate regulatory changes

- Creating in-house technology

- Why delivery app Eaze is a dominating force in California Cannabis

- Building a brand

- Staying competitive

- What the future holds for cannabis operators in California

Learn More:
https://caliva.com/

And

https://www.cannainsider.com

Andy Joseph is CEO of Apeks Supercritical. Andy and his team make advanced extraction machines. Listen in as he talks about how the industry is evolving and how businesses appetite for specific methods is evolving.

Key Takeaways:

- Andy’s background on Navy submarines
- Creating extraction machines while moonlighting
- Business owners are more interested in terpene preservation
- CO2, Ethanol, Butane, Propane, which extraction method is better?- Why your finished product should drive your extraction methodology
- Monitoring and controlling extractions in real-time
- Fractionating, what is it and what does it matter?

Learn More At:
https://www.apekssupercritical.com/
And
https://www.cannainsider.com

Important:
What are the 5 Trends Disrupting Cannabis Right Now?
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Lars Meijer from Codema Systems Group shares how the top cannabis companies are using automation to radically increase efficiency and profit. Cultivators not thinking this way will be left behind soon.

Key Takeaways:
- Mapping out the lifecycle of your plants
- Creating a workflow
- Building automation around your workflow
- How moving and flying tables enable efficiency
- Reducing input costs

Show Notes
See Codema’s Solutions Videos Here
https://codema.nl/video/

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The days of informal commercial cannabis growing are coming to an end as governments, wholesale buyers, and consumers want next-level growing standards that many would refer to as Pharmaceutical grade standards.

To tell us about pharmaceutical grade cannabis growing is Tjalling Erkelens Founder and CEO of Bedrocan.

Learn more at:
https://bedrocan.com/
And
https://www.cannainsider.com

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James Slatic is well known and respected pioneer and thought leader recognized by the Huffington Post as one of top five Cannabis industry movers and shakers. As the former CEO of Med-West, James led and grew to be a $12M a year California infused products company. James is an active industry advocate and has sat on the boards of the California & Nevada Cannabis Associations and the Marijuana Policy Project providing James with a deep understanding of regulatory markets and frameworks.

Listen in as James discusses his most recent move into automation and robotics in the cannabis industry.

Learn more
http://todarorobotics.com/

See robotic automation video
http://todarorobotics.com/high-throughput-cannabis-testing/

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Andrew Duffy attended Harvard then went on to work for the most successful hedge fund manager in the world (Ray Dalio). Ready to start his own business Andrew and his co-founder ditched the cold New England winters and moved to Colorado to start Best in Grow, a platform that brings budtenders, brands, and dispensaries together in one place online.

Learn more at:
https://bestingrow.io/
And
https://www.cannainsider.com/

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Jonah Barber is the co-founder of MRX Xtractors. Learn how profitable cannabis oil extraction can be and the different business models available to those in the business or entering this business.

Key Takeaways:
- From lab testing flower to extraction company
- A lot of oil on the market is not good, here’s why
- The profit margin on a gram of extracted cannabis oil
- Throughput from different extraction machines
- The different business models in extraction

Learn more at
http://mrxxtractors.com/

and

https://www.cannainsider.com

Important:
What are the five trends disrupting the cannabis industry?
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Linda Klumpers Ph.D. is a scientist from The Netherlands. Listen in as she describes how she has built an interactive web-based tool that allows you to find the best cannabis product for your specific need.

Learn more at:
https://www.cannify.us/
and
https://www.cannainsider.com

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What if cannabis cultivators could use artificial intelligence (AI) to help them automatically identify a problem with their plants before the problem is even visible? Our guest today is Max Unfried chief AI officer for Deepgreen.ai. Max walks us through how AI is being leveraged in the cannabis space for the maximum benefit of growers and business owners.

Learn more:
https://deepgreen.ai
And
https://www.cannainsider.com

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Torsten Kuenzlen is CEO of Sundial Growers in Canada. Torsten’s background is the alcohol industry, and he has been very outspoken saying that cannabis is going to outgrow alcohol soon. Learn why and how he thinks this will play out and why the cannabis industry is poised for paradigm shifting expansion.

Learn more:

https://www.cannainsider.com
And
https://www.sundialgrowers.com/

Key Takeaways:

- Torsten’s background in the alcohol and soft drink industry
- Why Torsten left the alcohol industry
- Bringing best practices from the alcohol industry
- Why measuring your grow in square feet makes no sense
- Why brand matters and how to create a great brand

Nicole Wicker is the co-founder of Altopa which makes the Oblend. The Oblend device is the size of a K Cup coffee machine and sits on your countertop. The Oblend arrives with modular ingredient packs that allow you to create the perfect cannabis oil vape cartridge, tincture, topical and more.

The Oblend was awarded the innovation award at this year’s CES event in Las Vegas.

Key Take-Aways:
– Transferring expertise from the pharmaceutical industry
– Raising capital
– Creating a unique benefit for customers
– The difficulty with hardware products
– How to use the Oblend and home

Learn More at:
http://www.oblend.com/

Alan Brochstein covers the cannabis investing space through his subscription membership site 420 Investor and through his investing news site New Cannabis Ventures.

In this wide-ranging interview, Alan and Matthew Kind discuss some of the most noteworthy IPOs in the cannabis space, how the US and Canada public markets differ, and how the cannabis stock landscape has changed and is changing.

Learn more at

420 Investor
NewCannabisVentures

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Dr. Ethan Russo a neurologist and psychopharmacology researcher. If you are in the cannabis industry or looking to be this episode will help you to understand the most important scientific aspects of the cannabis plant. Specifically, you will learn how terpenes radically change how you experience cannabis. Learn more about the benefits and science of cannabis terpenes.

Key Takeaways:
[1:00] – Dr. Ethan Russo’s background
[4:26] – Dr. Ethan’s study of cannabis
[6:15] – How does cannabis affect migraines
[8:35] – Dr. Ethan’s take on why cannabis was put on Earth
[9:38] – The endocannabinoid system
[12:44] – What is a receptor
[13:37] – Differences between indica and sativa
[17:56] – Dr. Ethan talks about the interplay between terpenes and cannabinoids
[24:11] – What does cannabis smoke do to the lungs
[27:01] – Rescue shots if you get “too high”
[28:31] – Dr. Ethan discusses the anti-inflammatory properties of cannabis
[30:50] – What does cannabis do to the human body
[37:18] – How does cannabis help with chemotherapy
[39:37] – Dr. Ethan talks about CBD
[41:10] – What is THCV
[43:43] – Dr. Ethan answers some personal development questions
[48:28] – Dr. Ethan Russo’s contact info

Ever wonder how to consistent get 3+ pounds of cannabis per light?Our guest today Josh Haupt from Three A Light will tell you how to do just that in an easy step-by-step way.

Key Takeaways:
[0:57] – What is Three a Light
[1:34] – Josh’s background
[2:20] – Josh talks about using cannabis for his epilepsy
[4:16] – Josh talks about his book
[7:23] – Different lighting used in grows
[10:50] – How to find Josh’s book
[11:33] – Josh talks about his harvests
[13:17] – Josh talks about creating his own nutrients
[15:28] – Delivery method for nutrients
[16:00] – What is Nutrient Lock
[17:21] – What is Schwazzing
[19:11] – Creating clones
[20:40] – Preventing hot spots in your grows
[21:55] – Josh talks about things he sees when consulting
[23:27] – Josh talks about greenhouses
[25:02] – Pests and diseases
[27:30] – Josh discusses the ideal growing media
[30:22] – Josh answers some personal development questions
[33:56] – Josh talks about the future of the cannabis industry
[37:07] – Josh’s contact details

The CEO of Twitter and Square is Jack Dorsey. Last week Jack said “blockchain is the next big unlock.”

What Jack means by “unlock” is that it’s a disruptive but massively beneficial change.

In this episode, Matthew Kind details how blockchain will change the cannabis industry and your life. This is not an exaggeration and it is already happening.

Key Takeaways:
– A quick primer on blockchain and Bitcoin
– How blockchain technologies will impact chain of custody for cannabis plants
– How blockchain technologies will guarantee the authenticity of your cannabis
– Airing of Don Tapscott’s Ted talk on the financial impact of Bitcoin

Henry Vincenty is the founder of Endoca. Henry has an outdoor hemp grow outside Barcelona Spain. Learn how he is leading the way delivery healing cannabinoids internationally.

Learn more at:

https://www.endoca.com

And

https://www.cannainsider.com

Key Takeaways:

- Henry’s background as a scientist and genetic researcher

- Bringing pharmaceutical best practices to cannabinoid science

- The most popular hemp-derived CBD products

- Living off the grid to create the most healthy plants

- Personal development questions

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Justin Singer is the co-founder of Still Water Brands. Stillwater is focused on cannabis consumers that really don’t see themselves as cannabis consumers because they feel uncomfortable with the existing methods of consumption. For example, it is very confusing for a first-time cannabis consumer to understand why they don’t want to eat a 100mg infused chocolate bar, but instead, need to break it up into 10 or 20 pieces. First-time consumers ask, “wait, why do I need to break this bar up, isn’t a bar one dose?”

Justin and his team at Stillwater initially focused on rituals consumers are already comfortable with such as making a cup of tea. Stillwater’s water-soluble beverage additives including their best seller Ripple have resonated with a traditionally unrecognized and underserved market category.

Now Stillwater is going to offer their infused additives to other businesses.

This is a riveting interview you won’t want to miss.

Learn more at:
https://www.cannainsider.com

And

http://stillwater.life/

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Dan Gusafik was recently featured in Rolling Stone magazine because he has developed a specialty in containing the scent of cannabis. It turns out local governments have created extremely harsh fines and can even close down your grow or extraction facility if the odor is too much. Listen in as Dan explains how to prevent odor and optimize your grow and extraction facility.

Learn more:
https://www.cannainsider.com
And
http://hybridtech.us/

Key Takeaways:

- How to contain cannabis odor to avoid fines
- The trade-offs of using different types of extraction
- The cost per square foot for grows and extraction facilities
- Why extractors do better than cultivators during gluts
- Best practices when designing a grow and extraction facility
- Creating two-tier grows

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Many people are becoming familiar with hemp-derived CBD. Today’s guest is a Michigan entrepreneur that lost his wife and was left with three children. He started experiencing panic attacks. Frustrated with traditional pharmaceutical options his neighbor turned him onto CBD and it changed his life and eventually led him to launch MadeByHemp to offer CBD to the public.

Learn more at

https://madebyhemp.com/

CannaInsider listeners can get a 10% discount at MadeByHemp by using the coupon: insider

Key Takeaways:

- Jeff’s background

- How Jeff lost his wife

- Turning to traditional Pharma

- Jeff’s neighbor offered him CBD

- Feeling human after abandoning traditional meds

- Starting the business in his basement

- Opening a retail storefront in Indiana

- Hemp incubator plans

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In this episode Matthew Kind that last predictions he made about the cannabis industry and then lays out disruptive changes that will impact the cannabis industry in the next five years. Considering how many Matthew got right the first time around, you don’t want to miss this episode.

Learn more at:
http://www.cannainsider.com/trends

Michael Kadonoff is the Founder and CEO of Braingrid. Braingrid allows any non-technical person to hang little devices around your grow room and immediately start collecting data about your grow. Including temperature, humidity, CO2 and more. Learn how growers are harnessing this data to build the grow rooms of the future today.

Learn More:

http://braingrid.io/
And
https://www.cannainsider.com/

Key Takeaways:

- Michael’s background as an inventor and at GE

- What growers think they know about their garden is actually not wrong but incomplete

- How Braingrid’s Sentroller collects data and presents that data as insights

- Will this system increase your yield or your efficiency

- Preventing mold and equipment failure

- Creating redundancy in your grow

- Traceability and health compliance

- Michael’s favorite book and tool

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Because vape pens are so convenient and discreet consumers love them, but cannabis and CBD companies are struggling to keep up with demand for vape pens. To help businesses streamline their workflow and eliminate bottlenecks a resourceful entrepreneur created a machine that can fill 100 vape pen cartridges in under 1 minute.

Learn More at
https://www.convectium.com
See the filling machine in action https://vimeo.com/175737614

And

https://www.cannainsider.com/225

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Key Takeaways:

- Transitioning from a traditional degree in finance and investments

- How vape pen manufacturers are struggling with the wave of demand

- The specifics of how The Shark filling machine works

- Automating workflow after the vape pen cartridges are filled

- A look ahead at robotics and automation

- Mark’s days a face-painting Boston Red Sox fan

- A book that has had a big impact on his life

Alan Gertner is the CEO of Hiku Brands (HIKU) in Canada. Listen in as Alan goes deep on why cannabis consumers choose brands and not products. Hear how Alan’s background at Google, baking sourdough bread, and being a ski guide in Japan forged him into the brand building Jedi he is today.

Fun fact, the president of Hiku brands is Trent Kitsch who co-founded Saxx underwear. Matthew geeks out a little on this underwear and it’s fun to hear why.

Learn more at:
https://www.hiku.com/
http://www.vanderpop.com/
https://ca.tokyosmoke.com/

And

https://www.cannainsider.com/224

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Key Takeaways:
- How Alan’s father grew the first legal cannabis in Canada
- Why Alan left Google for a meaningful life in cannabis
- The way Alan measures happiness
- Why customers choose brands not products
- The evolution of cannabis preferences
- Alan’s favorite book and business tool

Karson Humiston is the founder of Vangst, a multi-state recruiting company focused on the cannabis space. Karson is on the Forbes list of The Top 30 Under 30 entrepreneurs on the rise.

Listen in as Karson describes how to hire the perfect candidate to help your business grow. Karson also lays out how to create a successful career in the cannabis industry and what kind of candidates are getting hired.

Key Takeaways:
- How Snoop Dogg’s VC fund invested in Vangst
- Common mistakes employers make hiring
- The devastating math behind misfiring
- How to ensure employees are successful in their new roles
- Enticing executives from other industries

Learn more at:
https://vangst.com

And

https://wwww.cannainsider.com/223

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Nick Hice is a master grower. Nick grew up working in his parent's nursery and took his green thumb to the cannabis industry. Listen in as Nick reveals all his insider info to help your grow.

Rob Smith started out growing before legalization in rural Maine. Hear his journey from the black-market to the legal market. Rob became a cannabis entrepreneur renting out trim machines, and now his latest invention a plant trainer that allows home-growers that are limited by plant count to get the biggest plants possible.

Learn More at:
https:///www.atlasplanttrainer.comAnd
https://www.cannainsider.com/222

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Key Takeaways:
- Finding your niche by serving the cannabis community around you
- Transitioning from the black-market to the legal market
- Which trim machines are the best for cannabis
- Why Rob created the Atlas Plant Trainer
- Lessons learned from trying to raise capital too early

Kyle Marshall is the founder of Morsel Bakery in Oakland CA. Listen in as Kyle shares how he deals with the challenges and opportunities in California since adult use became legal on January 1st. Kyle talks about real estate challenges, incubators, building a brand and driving a truck full of trim.

https://www.cannainsider.com/221
http://www.morselbakery.com/

Avery Collins is well known in the UltraMarathon community for excellence in competing but also his consumption of cannabis. Listen in as Avery explores why and how he uses cannabis and how it impacts his training.

Learn more:
https://www.cannainsider.com/220
https://twitter.com/avery_collins

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In this interview, Ana Hory of Enlucem discusses the data she has collected from interviewing over 1500 customers that have visited dispensaries for the very first time. What do they buy, what gender are they, how old are they? Find out in this interview.

Learn more at:
http://enlucem.com/
And
https://www.cannainsider.com/219

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Daniel Yazbeck is founder and CEO of MyDx Inc (MYDX). Today, Daniel shares how his company has grown from one product, a cannabis analyzer to a new product and platform. The new product the EcoSmartPen and MyDx360 allows start-up cannabis brands launch and track their customer's preferences so they can achieve true product/market fit.

You can hear Daniels 2015 interview here:
https://www.cannainsider.com/daniel-yazbeck-cdx/

Learn more at
https://www.mydxlife.com/
https://www.cannainsider.com/218

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Warren Bravo is CEO of Green Relief in Ontario Canada. Warren and his partners embarked on 2.5-year journey to master growing cannabis in an aquaponics system.

Most remarkable is Warren’s ability to leverage his aquaponics system to produce cannabis for under one dollar per gram. Growers of tomorrow or going to be competing with people like Warren and will most likely go out of business unless they are planning now to produce quality cannabis at massive scale.

Learn more at
https://www.greenrelief.ca/
https://www.cannainsider.com/217

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Charles Jones has vape pens are selling in 6 states and starting on 4/20 they will be available in California. Why are dispensaries ordering his vape pens in greater and greater quantities?

Charles has stumbled upon the holy grail of cannabis enthusiasts that is his vape pens allow you to experience consistent moods consistently.  The moods you can experience are; party, focus, bliss, focus, relax, and flow.

Enjoy this fascinating interview to understand where the cannabis market is moving.

Learn more:
https://www.cannainsider.com/216
And
https://www.lucidmood.net

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Lamine Zarrad saw an opportunity to take his knowledge working in financial regulation for US Government and applying his knowledge of interpret The Cole Memo and then an app that would allow dispensary customers to pay for purchases with an app alleviating the need for dispensaries to manage massive amounts of cash.

Then Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions happened and Lamine was forced to put his cannabis app on the back burner. Now Lamine is evolving his technology to liberate workers in the gig economy by ensuring they get paid.

Learn more at:

https://www.cannainsider.com/215

https://www.tokken.com

https://www.joustbank.com/

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In 2016 Inc Magazine named Aeron Sullivan as one its 30 people Under 30 years old to watch as a promising founder. Indeed Aeron, co-founder of Tradiv was on the move. His online cannabis trading platform was helping 230 growers and dispensaries conduct business.

Then everything changed when Aeron had a profound spiritual experience that caused him to rethink his life, reality, and his future. Listen to Aeron’s gripping and inspiring transition.

Learn more at
https://www.cannainsider.com/214
https://thebibleproject.com/

Aeron's First Interview on CannaInsider:
https://www.cannainsider.com/aeron-sullivan-tradiv/

Resources Mentioned:

The Language of Feelings
https://www.amazon.com/Language-Feelings-M-D-David-Viscott/dp/0671733362/


Healing the Shame that Binds You
https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Shame-Binds-Recovery-Classics/dp/0757303234/

Kenneth Berke is the co-founder and President of PayQwick. He is helping cannabis consumers, dispensaries, processors, and cultivators pay and receive payments digitally with their electronic wallet.

Learn more at:
www.payQwick.com

and

www.cannainsider.com/213

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Why would a Harvard-educated physician leave behind traditional medicine and create a practice that helps patients use cannabis to help alleviate symptoms associated with stress management, insomnia, and human sexuality? We are going to find out today in this interview with Dr. Jordan Tishler.

Learn more:
https://inhalemd.com/

And
https://www.cannainsider.com/212

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Dr. Stuart Titus is the CEO of Medical Marijuana Inc and General Hemp. Dr. Titus talks about how he got into the industry as an investor and then eventually became the CEO. Dr. Titus talks about how cannabis and CBD patients are using it and how he is expanding his business abroad.

Learn More at:
https://general-hemp.com/
And
https://www.cannainsider.com/211

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Key Takeaways:

- Wall Street to Cannabis and Hemp

- Noticing how athletes and patients use hemp

- Staring in hemp as an investor

- Expanding outside the United States

- How patients are using CBD and Cannabis

- Where the industry will be in five years

Gregg Steinberg is the CEO of Growcentia. Together with his three co-founders, Gregg has created an additive called Mammoth that helps cannabis plants become more bioavailable to absorb nutrients.

Learn more at:
https://www.cannainsider.com/210

And
https://mammothmicrobes.com

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As overproduction of cannabis swamps some markets savvy entrepreneurs like Nicole Smith are digging in and focusing on creating value for their customers. Learn how Nicole is leading the charge at Evolab making the highest quality custom extraction and terpene creations.

Learn more at:
https://www.cannainsider.com/209

And

https://www.evolab.com/

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Why grow huge gardens of cannabis plants when you take gene samples of the cannabis compounds you want and grow them in yeast? This is the argument Kevin Chen of Hyasynth Bio presents.

Learn more at
http://hyasynthbio.com/
And
https://www.cannainsider.com/208

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Nicole Wicker is the co-founder of Altopa which makes the Oblend. The Oblend device is the size of a K Cup coffee machine and sits on your countertop. The Oblend arrives with modular ingredient packs that allow you to create the perfect cannabis oil vape cartridge, tincture, topical and more.

 The Oblend was awarded the innovation award at this year’s CES event in Las Vegas.

Learn more at:

https://www.cannainsider.com/207

And

http://www.oblend.com/

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Learn how Natasha Irizarry risked it all to ditch the rat race and move to Colorado for her cannabis accessory subscription business StashBox.

Learn more at:
https://getstashbox.com/

And

https://www.cannainsider.com/206

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Peter Saavedra from Soil Balance Pro educates us on the incredible impact bacteria have on your cannabis plants.

Fun Fact
Did you know that terpenes are created from the feces of bacteria? Learn more in this fascinating episode.

Learn more at
https://www.soilbalancepro.com/

And

https://www.cannainsider.com/105

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Vincent Harkiewicz is the co-founder and COO of Grownetics a company building the grow rooms of tomorrow. Vincent shares why if you are not investing your time, money and energy into a perfectly automated and intelligent grow you are missing out on priceless data about your plants and what they need to thrive.

Learn more at
http://grownetics.co/

and

https://www.cannainsider.com/204

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How can dispensary owners delight customers to make them repeat customers?

Jeff Harris of SpringBig shares how smart dispensaries are crafting offers via text message to drive business.

Learn more at:
https://www.springbig.net

and

https://www.cannainsider.com/203

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What is the difference between drying and curing your cannabis and why should you care?

Great question. Turns out that it’s a really big deal to dry and cure cannabis right. If you do it wrong you can get nasty mold, if you do it right you have a beautiful flower with all its terpenes intact.

Learn how to master drying and curing your cannabis in this episode with Cole Ducey the founder of AutoCure.us

Key Takeaways:
[3:02] – What is Auto Cure
[4:40] – The making of Auto Cure
[9:37] – What’s the difference between drying and curing
[12:20] – Risks of not curing cannabis properly
[13:47] – Most common ways to dry and cure cannabis
[16:27] – How does Auto Cure work
[20:21] – Cole defines burping
[23:04] – What is RH Threshold
[25:14] – What does Auto Cure look like
[30:04] – Auto Cure’s data logging feature
[34:24] – Is the dashboard user-friendly
[37:46] – Cole talks about most common customer feedback
[41:08] – Cole answers some personal development questions
[48:40] – Cole’s contact details

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In this episode Matthew Kind the last forecasts he made in 2014 about the cannabis industry and then lays out disruptive changes that will impact the cannabis industry in the next five years. Considering how many Matthew got right the first time around, you don’t want to miss this episode.

Key Takeaways:
[2:10] –  Review of Previous Forecasts from 2014
[8:57] –   The First Trend Blockchain will Disrupt the Seed to Sale Tracking
[12:58] – The Second Trend, Boomer Cannabis Adoption of MIPs Soars
[14:16] – Third Trend, Dynamic Terpene Profiling,
[15:21] – The Fourth Trend – Intravenous Cannabis Oil Medications
[17:24] – The Fifth Trend – Autonomous Cannabis Deliveries

The CEO of Twitter and Square is Jack Dorsey. Last week Jack said “blockchain is the next big unlock.”

What Jack means by “unlock” is that it’s a disruptive but massively beneficial change.

In this episode, Matthew Kind details how blockchain will change the cannabis industry and your life. This is not an exaggeration and it is already happening.

Key Takeaways:
– Quick primer on blockchain and Bitcoin
– How blockchain technologies will impact chain of custody for cannabis plants
– How blockchain technologies will guarantee the authenticity of your cannabis
– Airing of Don Tapscott’s Ted talk on the financial impact of Bitcoin

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Listen in to hear how this woman’s obsession with evolutionary biology led her to develop the adaptive skills to study her surroundings and the competitive ecosystem to create cannabis plants that have won multiple cannabis awards.

Guest: Lindsey Pate, Co-founder of Glass House Grown

http://www.glasshousegrown.com/
https://www.instagram.com/glasshousegrown/

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David Hua is the co-founder of Getmeadow.com an online cannabis delivery platform in California. David talks about how Meadow is expanding into the dispensary to help business owners manage their business and get more customers.

Learn more at:

https://www.cannainsider.com/201

and

https://www.getmeadow.com

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Dustin Johnson is the founder of Adakai Holdings. Adakai owns Monarch dispensary, Huxton Brands (Flower and Vape Pens) and Omaha Farms. Listen in as Dustin discusses how he created a recognizable brand of cannabis flower.

Learn more at:
https://www.cannainsider.com/200

http://adakaiholdings.com/
www.monarchaz.org
www.huxtonusa.com
www.omahafarms.com

Matthew Kind evolved the idea of the MacGyver Quotient from this investor's thesis around The MacGyver Factor
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/macgyver-factor-the-best-entrepreneurs-work-miracles/

Ever wonder how to consistent get 3+ pounds of cannabis per light?Our guest today Josh Haupt from Three A Light will tell you how to do just that in an easy step-by-step way.

Learn how to successfully grow three pounds of cannabis a light with Josh's book. Learn more at https://www.cannainsider.com/book

Roy Bingham is the CEO of BDS Analytics. BDS collects sales data at the point of sale in dispensaries. Roy knows EXACTLY what is selling and what cannabis product trends are accelerating and what trends are fading. In this interview, Roy tells us what is selling in California dispensaries.

Learn more at BDS Analytics
https://www.cannainsider.com/bds

Get the California Cannabis Dispensary data briefing here:
https://www.cannainsider.com/california-dispensary-data

Dr. Ethan Russo a neurologist and psychopharmacology researcher. If you are in the cannabis industry or looking to be this episode will help you to understand the most important scientific aspects of the cannabis plant. Specifically you will learn how terpenes radically change how you experience cannabis.

Learn more at:
https://www.cannainsider.com/197

 
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Kurtis Johnson from Thomson Farm One spares no details as he talks about how optimizes his 5,000 foot Las Vegas grow. Including stacking plants into a two-story arrangements, adding nutrients to the water, adding CO2 and more. Listen in for the crucial details that will make your grow successful.

Learn more at

https://www.cannainsider.com/196

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Neal McQueeney is co-owner and operator of Midway Dispensary in Chicago. Listen in as he describes what is like to operate in a market where politicians throw a lot of obstacles in his path. Discover how he adapts and overcomes to build his business.

Learn more at:
https://midwaydispensary.com/

 
and

https://www.cannainsider.com/195

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Cassandra Farrington is the CEO of Marijuana Business Daily. It’s no exaggeration that everybody in the industry will be at this conference. Listen in to hear what you’ll learn, who you will rub shoulders with and how this conference can help your business grow.

Get $50 off your registration at:

https://mjbizconference.com/

use coupon code cannainsider50
in the next days and get an additional $50 of your ticket

Jim Makoso is the co-founder of LucidOils.com in Seattle.

Listen in as Matthew and Jim discuss the most important business and health aspects of cannabis oil including;

- Cannabis oil extraction

- Filtration

- Distillation

- Fractioning

- Terpene profiles

and more

Learn more at:

www.lucidoils.com

and

www.cannainsider.com/193

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Mason Levy is the founder of WeGrowapp.com an immersive chatbot technology that allows anybody to become a grower by asking questions to a bot. Listen in as Mason discusses how this technology will be woven into more cannabis business models in the future.

Learn more at:
https://wegrowapp.com/

and

https://www.cannainsider.com/192

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Jonathan Cachat PhD walks us through how to dramatically reduce electricity costs in indoor grows using The Dynamic Supplemental Sunlight.

The Dynamic Supplemental Sunlight (DSS) cultivation system is a hybrid-lighting approach to indoor cultivation facilities, using both full-spectrum, natural sunlight and supplemental artificial lights, to drive photosynthesis and healthy plant growth. A hybrid-lighting approach with resource efficient design represents the optimal way to save on production costs, while producing high-quality, premium flowering plants.

Lear more at:
www.ccvresearch.com
and 
www.cannainsider.com/191

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Meet the cannabis content mogul Matt Gray,
Founder and CEO of Herb.Co

Matt has created a cannabis content engine that generates hundreds of pieces of original content a month. Matt’s team creates articles, skits, videos and more.

Matt is known for creating content that people want to share.

Learn more at:

http://herb.co/

and

Cannainsider.com/190

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Patrick Rea is the co-founder and CEO of CanopyBoulder. CanopyBoulder is a seed-stage business accelerator program and venture fund for the cannabis industry.

Listen in as Patrick shares details about the most promising startups in the cannabis industry and gives tips to founders on how to talk with investors.

Why should you listen to this episode? 
If you listened to the first interview with Patrick three years ago, you took away prescient insights on where the cannabis industry is today. Patrick offers that 20/20 insight again in this episode and helps you understand the context of the cannabis opportunities for the next two to three years.

Learn more at:

www.canopyboulder.com

and

www.cannainsider.com

Cannabis grows are challenged by heat caused by traditional grow lights. This often results in cultivators having to invest a lot in chillers, special HVAC systems and more. Also, as much as we try we can’t replicate the perfect energy of the sun when lighting our plants indoors. Joseph DiMasi of Suncast believes he has solved both of these problems, listen in to learn more.

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Aubrey Marcus is the founder and CEO of Onnit which provides nutritional and health supplements like HempForce. Aubrey is also a psychedelic adventurer and shares some interesting insights around Ayahuasca and more.

Learn more at: 
https://www.onnit.com/

The CEO of Twitter and Square is Jack Dorsey. Last week Jack said "blockchain is the next big unlock."

What Jack means by "unlock" is that it's a disruptive but massively beneficial change.

In this episode, Matthew Kind details how blockchain will change the cannabis industry and your life. This is not an exaggeration and it is already happening.

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Have you wondered if LEDs are ready to replace traditional grow lights? Listen as these two experts provide clarity and context to help you understand of LED grow lights are right for you.

Learn more at:
https://www.blackdogled.com/

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Johann Hari is the author of Chasing the Scream, The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs. Johann walks us through all the alarming and rarely mentioned ways the war on drugs hurts societies and how ending prohibition brings order. Johann details how countries around the world are ending prohibition and the amazing results they are seeing as a result.

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Kris Krane is founder and president of 4frontventures.
Kris gives us a quick executive briefing on legalization in about a dozen key US States.

Learn more at:
www.4frontventures.com
and
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Mowgli Holmes, PhD is the co-founder and CEO of Phylos Bioscience in Portland.

Mowgli and his team do fast affordable sex tests for cannabis plants and also offer plant genetics tests. Listen in as Mowgli shares his knowledge of plant genetics so you can have thriving plants.

Learn more at:
www.phylosbioscience.com

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www.Cannainsider.com/186

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Listen in as Dooma Wendschuh co-founder of ProvinceBrands.com discusses how he and his team are creating cannabis brewed beer and cannabis distilled spirits. Dooma transitioned from the US Cannabis Market to the Canadian Cannabis Market because he saw more opportunity in Canada’s federally legal marketplace.

Interesting factoids about Dooma

- He was the co-founder of the software gaming company that made the mega hit game Assasin’s Creed that has grossed over 5 billion dollars in sales

- His favorite book is The Hard Thing about Hard Things
- His favorite business tools are Slack and SmartSheet

Find Dooma at www.provincebrands.com
and on twitter at @doomadooma

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Bob Pratt is the co-inventor of The Herbalizer, arguably the most expensive vaporizer that cannabis enthusiasts consider the gold standard. Bob formerly worked in the Aerospace industry on the stealth bomber.

Learn more at
https://www.herbalizer.com/

and

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Ryan Smith is focused on streamlining the process of bringing cannabis cultivators, infused products companies, and dispensaries together. Understand why if you want your cannabis product to get into dispensaries you need to be on Leaflink.

Learn More at

https://leaflink.com/

and

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Armando Suarez from Grodan shares growing wisdom garnered from years of working with indoor produce farmers who have to grow their crops at 50 cents a pound or less.  Listen in as Armando shares this wisdom to help you grow more efficiently.

See footage of rolling tables we talked about in the show
https://youtu.be/PyZ-kYfXymA?t=43s

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https://www.cannainsider.com/183

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http://www.grodan.com/

Skye Hanke is the co-founder and chief product officer at Smart Bee Controllers.

Smart Bee is creating cutting-edge automation and cannabis grow management solutions.

Smart Bee is offering a 10% discount on its grow room solutions.
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Gregg Weiss is EVP Software Development at Getleaf.co and Founder of CannaHoldings.com

Listen in as Gregg gives a boots-on-the-ground update of the legalization movement in Florida.

Learn more:
https://www.cannainsider.com/181

and

http://www.getleaf.co

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In this interview, Michael Beck of Royal Gold reveals the optimal growing medium for cannabis plants. He also tells us to avoid the most common problems new and veteran growers make.

[2:04] – What is Royal Gold
[2:39] – Michael discusses how he got started in the soil business
[3:13] – Soil’s role in creating a healthy plant
[4:16] – What makes a thriving plant
[5:54] – Overwatering, the biggest mistake made by first-time growers
[6:54] – Michael discusses healthy microbiology
[10:33] – Michael talks about oxygenation
[11:18] – Advice to veteran growers
[12:30] – Trying new techniques in your grow
[13:53] – How to optimize cannabis yield with fertilizer
[16:22] – Michael talks about ph levels
[19:15] – What is EC
[24:32] – Treating water before using it on plants
[26:46]- -Fertilizing for small grows and earthworm casting
[30:34] – Signs of too much water
[33:15] – Michael talks about what makes Royal Gold stand out
[34:33] – Contact details for Royal Gold

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Jim McAlpine is the Executive Director of The New West Summit. Jim and Matthew discuss how Jim’s Bay Area conference is attracting the best and brightest in cannabis tech and media.

Learn more at:

https://newwestsummit.com/

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Kristi Knoblich Palmer is co-founder and COO of Kiva Confections. Kiva is one of the top brands of infused products in California. Kiva’s quality, ingredients, and reputation is allowing Kristi and her husband to expand beyond the state lines of California. Listen in as Kristi describes the challenges and opportunities associated with infused products.

Learn more at:
http://kivaconfections.com/

and

https://www.cannainsider.com/179

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Matt Gaboury is head of Design and Systems for CalyxKing. Listen in as Matt describes the most high-tech and efficient grow rooms he creates. He also describes the grow room of the future.

Learn more at:
http://calyxking.com/

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http://www.cannainsider.com/178

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