Co-founder and co-CEO Donald Biedrzycki brings us back to 2016 when he founded Global Widget with co-founder and co-CEO Kevin Collins and discusses where we are heading four years later. Hear about the early days, our first products, expansion into over 110,000 square feet of manufacturing and distribution space, growth of our brands Hemp Bombs and Nature's Script and an introduction to new products. Plus, hear what’s in store for 2020 as we continue to set industry standards and be the brands that all other CBD brands are measured against.

Leading cannabis industry advocate and attorney Rod Kight discusses his 2020 predictions for the CBD industry. Rod covers what the market holds for the thousands of companies who have entered the industry in the last year, how consumers can know the company they are purchasing products from has their safety and well being in mind, and some of the new terms you may hear in the marketplace.

At Global Widget, we create CBD vape products you can trust. Sara Brown, research and development specialist at Global Widget, is our guest on this episode to discuss exactly what goes into our vaping products, and how you can review our independent lab results so you can feel confident in the safety of the products you’re purchasing. For more details on our safe vape products, visit www.hempbombs.com and www.naturesscript.com.

In 2019, Global Widget added a food chemist to its quality and compliance team, Michael Torti. Michael discusses his role, his past experience in the food and beverage industry, what a food chemist's responsibilities are in the CBD industry and how his work ensures that customers are getting the quality product they expect each time they purchase. For more information on Michael's addition to the team at Global Widget, visit https://global-widget.com/expanding-quality-and-compliance-team/.

Three of our in-house experts from our CBD University: Seeing is Believing seminars share their experience with the wholesale and retail industry. Margaret Richardson, VP of regulatory, compliance, and safety, John King, chief technology officer and VP of marketing operations, and Vince Gillen, VP of sales discuss the trends, education, and insights from our first graduating classes of our on-site seminars. Learn more about visiting our facility by visiting https://global-widget.com/visit-our-facility.