By BriAnne Ramsay
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Raised within the cannabis community on the hippie communal plant life path. Desiree’s mother was an advocate and educator of plant medicines. Her father was a skilled craftsman in addition to cultivating both hemp and cannabis. Desiree was your typical hippie GenX stoner youth - traveler, followed "The Dead", trim-igrated around the Northwestern region until she finally pursued a business degree to engage in the average 9-5 grind in such industries as Commercial Development and Renewable Energy. And then Desiree was diagnosed (and beat) cervical cancer. For years, she lived a double life working a corporate, non-cannabis job and her off-hours paving my path into the 215 medical cannabis landscape. As a relentless cannabis advocate for others, she found herself advocating for her own life. Desiree’s experience within the Renewable sector birthed the fondness she now has for legislative bodywork and the commencement of laws for Cannabis within the State of California. As a Cannabis Compliance and Operational Analyst Specialist, she bridges compliance, systems, and processes through her intuitive approach to culture, technology, and cannabis governess. From evaluating and condensing operational overhead to regulatory body compliance framework and policy-making, Desiree drives home compliant operational success in an often complicated cannabis business landscape.
Timestamps 0:00 Intro 12:00 Medical to Adult Use Transition 15:40 Challenges in Starting A Cannabis Consulting Business 18:30 SOP vs Playbooks: What’s The Difference? 26:20 Steps to Begin Your Cannabis Consulting Business 45:00 Unpacking California Cannabis Challenges
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Gregg Weiss is the VP of Technology and Strategic Growth at Happy Valley, a vertically integrated cannabis company in Massachusetts. Gregg has been involved in the cannabis industry since 2016 and has lived in Florida and Colorado. He previously started and sold a mobile app development company and has been involved in several start-ups.
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Timestamps 0:00 Intro 8:00 Challenges in Cannabis Technology Evaluations 19:25 Happy Valley's In-House Custom App 23:50 Unique Features in Happy Valley's Custom App 27:25 Lack of Consumer Education 32:40 Passion For Solventless Hash 40:28 Words Are Important 44:00 Gregg's Hopes For The Future
As counsel in Foley Hoag’s national Cannabis Practice, Mike has provided trusted counsel to start-ups and multi-state operators alike on issues associated with legislative/regulatory development and compliance. Michael has assisted clients in drafting and securing competitive state cannabis permits, having worked on winning applications in multiple states. Michael counsels clients on complex issues of regulatory compliance, including advising companies on regulatory considerations associated with anticipated mergers and acquisitions. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rmcc_cannaconsulting/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rocky-mountain-cannabis-consulting Subscribe to Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TaI1xJHpRgvTXT92Jfv4W?si=HTTsEiO3Tq6FdhBlWju9Uw Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBysW0XMCO5lUvgy1xk2RYw
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Timestamps 0:00 Intro 5:10 Attorney Advice TransitioningTo Cannabis 13:30 New Jersey Cannabis Regime 18:50 Product Diversity & Retail Square Footage 25:40 Breaking Down The NJ Licensing Process 35:00 Licensing Process As A Beauty Contest 53:00 NJ Licensing Recap
KJ Saffold is a decorated US Army Combat Veteran, a graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and a Georgia Tech EMBA candidate. KJ brings high-level executive leadership, strategic planning, distribution logistics, IT management, and proven operational excellence to the cannabis industry. In addition, he is a fierce advocate for social justice, social equity, and veteran medicinal cannabis use. In August 2021, Illinois awarded his company an adult-use dispensary conditional license.
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Timestamp 0:00 Intro 14:00 The Start of the Cannabis Journey 17:50 Leadership is a Philosophy 33:04 Obtaining a License in Illinois & Michigan 48:31 Improving Social Equity Programs 56:15 KJ's Wishes For The Future of Cannabis
Dede Perkins, Co-Founder and CEO of ProCanna, joined the cannabis industry in 2013 as a member of the application team that won one of the first competitive vertically integrated applications in Massachusetts. After that, she helped win cannabis licenses in New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, California, Arkansas, North Dakota, and Nevada. A regulatory specialist, Dede is passionate about combining compliance with operational excellence; safe, standardized products; empowered employees; strong company culture and brands.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
6:03 Solutions ProCanna Solves
13:20 How RMCC & ProCanna Work Together
15:05 QR Codes & Record Retention
21:35 Best Practices For Staying Update On Regulations
32:02 Inconsistency between Medical & Adult Use Programs
38:37 Dede’s Wishes For The Industry
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Rose Elliott is the co-founder and CEO of Komplyd, an API-first cannabis compliance-as-a-service platform. With over two decades in engineering and product, she is bringing her experience of delivering large scale platforms and complex compliance initiatives at companies such as PayPal, Netflix, UpWork, and Tenable to the cannabis industry. Her passion for health and wellness led her to the cannabis plant and ultimately to the industry where she is committed to making cannabis compliance work.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro 4:20 Cannabis The Disruptor 6:10 Komplyd Solving Complex Problems 10:25 What is an API? 18:32 Compliance Teams in Mature Markets 22:58 Increase Complexity With Federal Legalization 28:00 POS Payment Systems Risks 37:00 HIPAA Requirements Dispensaries Must Know 40:20 Komplyd Solving Complex Problems 44:42 Rose’s Hopes For The Industry
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BriAnne Ramsay invites guests each week to bring you the latest news in cannabis while diving deep into operations, policy reform, compliance, and technology.
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Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 5:23 What was Prop 215? 7:38 Transitioning from Prop 64 to Prop 215 10:26 Unique challenges in Humboldt 12:00 Free the Plant 13:47 Cannabis Appellations 15:11 Consumer Education with Sungrown 16:20 Quality Will Survive 19:45 Consultant’s Responsibilities to Clients 20:25 California Distributor Problems 27:54 Changes Are Coming 29:00 Stopping Cannabis Taxes 35:32 Conflict of Local Govnorence 39:23 Farmers Turning in Their LIcenses 41:28 Humboldt Satellite Surveillance Program 43:30 Regulate Cannabis Tomatoes 47:00 Britt’s Wishes for the Industry
Happy 420! In this special episode, BriAnne has a conversation with Ari Cohen, a Cannabis Operations Executive & Entrepreneur, Co-Founder at doobba - Colorado’s 1st Social Equity Business & Cannabis Delivery Company.
Ari brings in-depth knowledge from his global executive experience in Cannabis, Restaurant, Bakery, Retail, and Airport industries. He has held leadership roles at BellRock Brands, Dixie Brands, Le Pain Quotidien, OTG Management, and Danny Meyer’s Union Square Café and launched infused product manufacturing operations in Canada and 6 US states.
If you are dreaming of starting your own cannabis delivery business or seeking a social equity license in your state. You don't want to miss this episode.
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Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:32 Innovation as a Weapon 4:49 Launching Doobba 7:15 Nuances in Colorado Delivery Model 14:40 Licensing Fees 16:13 How to Qualify for Social Equity 23:45 Preparing for 420 & Partnerships 26:15 Future Expansion 28:07 Ari’s Hopes For The Cannabis Future 30:55 Applying Global Experience to Cannabis 34:20 Building Operational Standardization 37:42 Collaboration Over Competition 41:00 Fearful Decisions 47:00 Building Customer Loyal Brands
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0:00 Intro
4:31 Cop to Cannabis Security
7:08 Reputation is Currency
11:23 Trust a Cop?
14:59 Local Law Enforcement & Cannabis Knowledge
17:40 Cannabis is Not the Gateway Drug
21:41 Security Problems & Solutions
24:37 Is Insurance Your Blind Spot?
34:52 Legacy Risk vs Licensed Risk
38:44 Sergeant Says No to Cannabis Businesses
41:36 Surveillance Requirements
42:00 Transportation Security
50:00 When to Implement Proactive Measures
54:53 Chris’s Hope for the Industry
Matt Bayliss is the Founder and CEO of Gele, a licensed adult-use brand, currently cultivating 800 square feet of canopy in the great state of Maine. Matt has been an active participant and advocate of cannabis culture since 1992, and has been cultivating in regulated markets for over ten years. BriAnne and Matt unpack how unique the state of Maine is in their cannabis policy, the hurdles Matt has overcome in becoming a licensed operator, and what Matt hopes for the industry going forward. Matt mentioned the advocacy group he is a part of, the Maine Cannabis Industry Association, learn more here: https://www.mainecannabisindustry.com/
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Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction to Matt 2:13 The Writing on The Wall 5:07 Caregiver vs Licensed 7:00 Scaling with Quality 9:43 Policy Work in Maine 14:50 Metrc is Not Synonymous with Quality 20:05 Strategies to Improve Policy Work 29:37 Matt’s 3 Wishes for The Industry 37:42 Is Interstate Commerce the Solution? 42:00 Matt’s Life Philosophy with the Plant 47:00 Closing Hopes for the Industry
The podcast currently has 48 episodes available.