Episode 359: 03-10-16
On this week's show, Tommy Knapp, leader of the Miami Marlins' Baseball to Business Program, shares how you can take advantage of the groundbreaking program for your business, Nicole Fried discusses what the future holds for the marijuana industry, our special UHealth guest Denise C. Vidot, Ph.D., shares insight on current medical marijuana research, and Paul Isenbergh discusses opportunities in the cannabis industry.
Miami Marlins Baseball to Business Program
Tommy Knapp is Manager, Corporate Engagement, at Miami Marlins, L.P. Knapp leads the Miami Marlin's groundbreaking Baseball to Business Program. As professional sports' most robust and comprehensive business program, the B2B continues to shape a new way of doing business, through sport, via successful corporate collaboration and connecting. And, Knapp is throwing the Perfect Game.
We discuss how I use my suite at Marlins Park to build my business.
Medical Marijuana Business and Research
Nicole Fried is an attorney at Colodny Fass. Fried was involved in the crafting of Florida's new medical marijuana law. We discuss what the law says, who it will impact, and what the future holds for the "marijuana industry."
Our special UHealth guest, Denise C. Vidot, Ph.D., is Executive Director at The Student Myeloma Advocacy Coalition. Dr. Vidot is a researcher with the University of Miami Department of Public Health Sciences. Her research on the health outcomes of marijuana use spans three years. We discuss the current research on medical marijuana.
Paul Isenbergh is Senior Vice President at Dunton Commercial Real Estate Company in Denver Colorado. Isenbergh relocated to Denver from Miami in 2009. He is actively involved in the cannabis industry in Colorado. We discuss what opportunities he sees in the cannabis industry.
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Transcription:
Jim Fried: Give me that mic. There it is. We're ready to go now. We've got another episode, Episode 359 of Fried on Business. We're in our seventh year. We've got stuff that's going to help you build your business and live your life good, stuff you're going to be interested in. Stick with us. We got building your business with my good friend Tommy Knapp. He's the B-to-B guy from the Miami Marlins. Give me the fist bump there, Tommy. And then we've got the medical marijuana. We're going to change gears and talk about the new medical marijuana law. We're going to have one of the lobbyists that wrote the law. We're going to have the UHealth doctors that are doing research on whether medical marijuana really is a thing that works. And then we're going to talk to a guy that moved from Miami to Colorado and he's taking advantage of the business opportunities of Colorado's marijuana laws. But the number one thing we're going to do today is have a good time. So, AC, get it started.
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Jim Fried: We are back. We are with - I'm going to have to say it this way - Tommy, my old friend, one of my favorite sports marketing guys in South Florida. Tommy, we've known each other for ten years now.
Tommy Knapp: I guess it's been ten years.
Jim Fried: Can you hear him okay, AC? We're getting him okay. We got him okay. So you can stay there. Be laid back while we talk.
Tommy Knapp: I'm laid back. I'm not dancing and jumping around like you were at the song.
Jim Fried: That's okay, that's what I do. That's what I do that gets me geared up. Everybody's got their own thing. Now, what your thing is this Business to Business program that you put together with the Marlins, you've been in a champion in your own right from that,
