Today on Blunt Business we are joined by Olivia Mannix. Olivia is the Founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board at Cannabrand. Olivia is a cannabis industry pioneer and cannabis marketing and business expert. She has been named one of the top 50 PR Influencers by PRWeek and Top Brand Influencers by AdWeek.
At 23 years old, she founded Cannabrand –an award-winning, full-service marketing agency and business consultancy and the first to specialize solely in the cannabis industry. We talk about her background is in Marketing, Branding, Consulting, Brokerage and Public Relations. As well as about how she was able to recruit the talent she has brought in from mainstream business into cannabis.

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Today on Blunt Business we speak to Arthur de Cordova, the managing director and co-founder of Ziel. Arthur's company focused on providing safety solutions for the domestic and global food and cannabis industries through radio frequency and microwave technology. Arthur built multi-million dollar sales of technology products for over a decade in the clean energy space, providing innovative technological and financial solutions to Fortune 500 companies. He led the strategic account initiatives at SunPower, Solyndra and ClearEdge Power, where he was VP of global sales. Prior to working in energy, Arthur was a country manager at the pharmaceutical multinational AstraZeneca, where he was tasked with building their business presence in Russia. After university, he worked on Wall Street in the institutional equity trading operations of PaineWebber and then Bear Stearns. Graduating from Georgetown University with a degree in finance and business administration, Arthur has also studied at the Netherlands School of Business, Stichting Nijenrode, and the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland. At Ziel, Arthur is responsible for all revenue, marketing, and business development functions, as well as legal and finance.

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Today on Blunt Business we are joined by Joy Smith, founder of Joy Organics. Joy Smith is a speaker, mentor, mother of four, and grandmother of five. Born in the city of Chicago, Joy grew up in a home marred by divorce, drugs, and abuse. At 18, she gave her life to Jesus and began the process of releasing the pain and anxiety of her childhood and stepping into who God created her to be. He brought redemption into her most agonizing experiences, making her a living testament of His goodness. Her passion to see this same transformation in others has led her to speak in over 30 countries, coaching men and women across 4 continents on how to walk out of fear and shame and into their calling. Her company has announced the world’s first zero-THC CBD energy drink mix. The CBD Energy + Focus Energy Drink and Recovery Mix is designed to enhance anyone’s workout and provides improved workout recovery.

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Today on Blunt Business we are joined by Pete Patterson, the COO & Co-Founder of Vitalis Extraction Technology. The technology behind the Vitalis Extraction Technology (Vitalis) can be used to decaffeinate coffee or even make perfume, but the Pete saw a rare opportunity in a budding market. Along with his two business partners Joel Sherlock and James Seabrook, the trio began creating the Vitalis business plan, which applied CO2 extraction technology to the cannabis industry. At their Kelowna factory, now manufactures units that use high-pressure carbon dioxide to turn cannabis into essential oils used for both medical and recreational cannabis products. We talk about why is it that CO2 extraction leads the way as the go-to process as opposed to using nitrogen or other various methods on the market. Plus how Pete transitioned into cannabis in the first place.

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Today on Blunt Business we are joined by ICan founder and CEO, Saul Kaye. Ever since Saul remembers he has looked at a business and tried to break it down to understand it and figure out how to optimize it. He loves to improve a good idea and make it great. Saul understands that there is a fine balance between perfection and delivery – and drives hard to execute. He has been blessed with several successes in his career. His experience in pharma and customer service has given him a hard-learned perspective that good customer service and a valued product are keys to business success. He has learned a great deal about humility and success. The cannabis industry has been Saul’s most fast paced, action filled adventure to date. He loves the ability to make real change in the world and the ability to apply his unique take on this awesome field. Saul is very proud of Cannatech, his team’s first big initiative in this space and I is excited about establishing a global brand infrastructure that will shape the cannabis space.

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Today on Blunt Business we are joined by Phil Gibson. Phil is the Vice President of Marketing for AEssenseGrows, a precision sensor and software technology company specializing in fully automated aeroponic platforms for indoor plant production. AEssenseGrows was founded on solving three 21st century issues: the need for high growth yields for a growing population, food safety, and conservation of resources. To attain these goals, they had to re-invent the entire process of agriculture down to its purest “essence”. AEssenseGrows created the AEtrium series, accelerated plant growth platforms and software delivering pure, zero pesticides, year-round, enriched growth. This is the safest, cleanest, and most sustainable food & medicinal production available. Something that everyone deserves. They speak about how you explain the benefits of indoor farming to someone who is a proponent of sun-grown. As well as how much support they offer for that business that hears the word aeroponics and it goes over their head.

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Cited by Forbes as “one of the women venture capitalists changing the world - grooming the next generation of female entrepreneurs.” Jeanne Sullivan is a co-founder of an NYC-based venture capital firm and longtime tech investor, now cannabis investor and advisor as General Partner of the ArcView Group – an organization with more than 600+ investors focused on the cannabis sector and she now serves a General Partner of the ArcView Venture Fund.

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Today on Blunt Business we are joined by the founder of Highly Devoted, Molly Peckler. Highly Devoted is the world's first cannabis-friendly matchmaking and coaching service. Highly Devoted caters to smart, passionate, classy cannabis consumers who are tired of the swipe apps and dating sites. Molly focuses on helping cannabis consumers gain confidence, pursue their passions in the growing cannabis industry, or find love with a partner who appreciates cannabis in a relationship. Work with Highly Devoted, and get an honest, trustworthy partner, who happens to be the ultimate wing-woman. Share freely without judgment, tap into your confidence, and know we only have your success in mind. Gain access to our international network of curated cannabis consumers, and leave the screening and due diligence to them.

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Today on Blunt Business we speak with Amy Margolis, the founder of the Commune and the Initiative. Amy will talk about in detail here on the program. Amy has been recognized Cannabis Business Executive (CBE) on their Political 100 and is recognized as one of the 50 Most Important Women in Cannabis. Elle Magazine refers to Amy as “Pot Power Woman” and Herb.co lists Amy as one of the 10 Most Influential Women in the Cannabis Industry.

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Today on Blunt Business we are joined by Christian Hageseth, the CEO of ONE Cannabis. Christian is also the Founder of Green Man Cannabis, a six-time Cannabis Cup winner with two dispensaries in Denver. He’s been named an “Industry Trailblazer” by High Times magazine in 2015 and his entrepreneurial journey in the cannabis industry is chronicled in his book, Big Weed: An Entrepreneur’s High-Stakes Adventures in the Budding Legal Marijuana Business. We speak about how ONE Cannabis is touted as the world’s most powerful cannabis business franchise system and what was the reasoning behind franchising in the first place.

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