ContenderCast with Justin Honaman

Helen Hall is the founder of Blender Bombs - a nutrient-dense, superfood "bomb" designed to make your smoothie a meal replacement or to be eaten as a power snack. Ingredients include chia seed, hemp seed, flaxseed, walnuts, pecans, dates, almonds, bee pollen, local honey, and more! This fast-growing start-up is making snacking on the go, bomb better! Helen joins Justin to discuss starting and growing this "explosive" business.

wanu water (water + nutrients) is the first-to-market, best-selling nutrient-infused water packed with 10 essential vitamins including 24% of your daily fiber that provides natural energy to boost your metabolism, support a healthy immune system and quench your appetite while you hydrate. At zero calories and zero net carbs, each bottle has 7g of plant-based prebiotic fiber in one bottle and zero sugar or artificial sweeteners making it the easiest way to fuel your body. Founder and CEO Todd O'Gara joins Justin to discuss launching and growing the business!

Headquarters (HQ) is a newly formed strategic advisory studio which launched a revolutionary approach and suite of services to help cannabis entrepreneurs enter, build, scale, and unlock accelerated growth in California's multi billion-dollar market. Co-founder and CEO, Daniel Abrahami joins Justin to discuss the cannabis market and building the business.

Laumiere Gourmet Fruits, an innovative food brand, explores the connection between luxury and nature in an ongoing quest to combine gourmet excellence with a healthy lifestyle. Co-Founders Vivek Sharma and Varun Sharma join Justin to discuss these amazing treats and building the brand!

Forager is an early stage startup with a social mission of making locally sourced food more widely available to all. Forager has been recognized by Forbes as one of a handful of little known startups to transform a multi-billion industry and by Fast Company as one of the Top 50 most innovative enterprises affecting social good in America. Serial entrepreneur David Stone joins Justin to discuss Forager as well as his history of building successful businesses.

Salvador Santana, son of the legendary ten-time Grammy winning guitarist Carlos Santana, has been a creator and entrepreneur for his entire life. Coming from a long family line of musical innovators, the passion to do things outside of the norm runs in his veins, which has translated to unique successes. His most recent venture is focused on the cannabis industry. Salvador is the founder of VAYA, a socially-conscious lifestyle cannabis flower brand, which takes an all-natural, spiritual feminist tone driven from African (Yoruba) and Mexican indigenous roots. Salvador joins Justin to discuss music, Cannabis, and harnessing positive energy to make a difference.

Ganja Goddess describes themselves as the "best cannabis delivery service in California, delivering cannabis with personalized customer care since 2011." The Cannabis product market is booming and Tara Wells joins Justin to discuss the market as well as launching and "growing" this new brand!

Routific is a leading route optimization platform that saves last-mile delivery businesses time and fuel. Routific's strength is in its proprietary algorithm and excellent user experience. Co-founder Suzanne Ma joins Justin to discuss launching and growing the business.

Bio Bidet manufactures modern solutions for "primitive" bathroom challenges and has become America's most popular wholesaler and retailer of bidets. Founded on the principle that "water does it better," Bio Bidet has achieved 400% year-over-year revenue growth from 2019 to 2020. CMO and bidet industry expert James Amburgey joins Justin for part 2 of their discussion on the industry and Bio Bidet products!

Agricycle's mission is to transform waste into opportunity. Agricycle works with a network of 35,000 smallholder farmers around the world to source upcycled products. Agricycle upcycles food that would otherwise go to waste to create ethically-sourced, upcycled brands. One brand, Jali Fruit Co, sources its naturally dried fruit from excess fruit farmers cannot sell at local markets. Claire Friona, co-founder and portfolio manager, joins Justin to discuss this global impact business.