Adrian Adams, Ed. D. is the NY Director for Minorities For Medical Marijuana and has spent years working as an advocate for the social equity community in many ways. And once again, he is looking for innovative ways to uplift those who deserve a chance to thrive in the cannabis industry. Adrian is brokering deals to bring together successful business owners and license holders who need their expertise to attract investor capital.

It's a solution that will give investors the confidence to invest in social equity entrepreneurs and give everyone a fair shake in the industry. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ontogenbotanicals/

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When entrepreneurs decide they want to start a cannabis-based business, most likely they get distracted with the arduous process of applying for a license. However not getting the layout and design of their facility right can cost more to fix in the long run due to the legal complexities of the industry.

Today we meet Brian Anderson, co-founder of Massachusetts-based architectural firm, Anderson Porter. In addition to designing dispensaries, they have experience building pharmaceutical-grade and compliant facilities that require safe and secure protocols. Brian shares valuable insights into what you need to consider when building a cannabis facility of any type.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bdanderson/

https://www.andersonporter.com

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Many know Nikki Lawley in the cannabis industry for sharing her true story about how she used cannabis to help her heal from a brain trauma injury.

Nikki is on a mission to help bridge the gap between the medical and recreational communities and get both sides communicating instead of the hateful rant toward corporate cannabis. Nikki is shining a light on both entities hoping they will find a way to work together to build the cannabis industry.

Nikki and I take a deep dive into NY's medical program and how it will evolve now that medical dispensaries are about to enter NY's recreational market.

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https://www.nikkiandtheplant.org/

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A well-known cattle rancher and craft lettuce farmer in the tiny town of Millerton, NY, teamed up to join the cannabis industry and launched the brand, Alchemy Pure.

I spoke to Chris Regan, Alchemy Pure's head grower and co-founder. We talk about what makes them stand out, their plans for launching a line of tinctures and gummies into the marketplace, and how they plan to establish their brand and compete with West Coast cultivators once the borders open up.

They are a small, but mighty farm that is determined to make it in NY's turbulent industry rollout. 

Alchemy Pure 

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This Cannabis Franchise Is Making Inroads In The North East

Partnering with a franchise is a great way to fast-track a business, and get a built-in team of professionals, especially in the highly regulated cannabis industry.

Sweet Spot Farms, a franchise in the NE has been quietly building cultivation facilities and dispensaries to support its franchise operations. They have licenses in Vermont, Rhode Island, NJ, Maine, and Maryland.

Franchise veteran Eugenia T. heads up their operations and joined the podcast to share their plans for becoming the top cannabis franchise operation in the country.

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Ruben Lindo is well known as someone working hard to make sure that everyone gets a fair shake in the cannabis industry. He started down the path of medical school and ended up developing a CBD-based product to help his daughter battle a disease that was causing her hair to fall out. It worked and that's when he launched Phoenix Nutraceutical. He went on to start a THC brand in Michigan called Balk Mar Farms and is eyeing his home state of NY for his next venture. But that won't be for a while given the mess NY is in with their cannabis rollout. Ruben has so many irons in the fire and has his heart in the right place.

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https://herbncouture.com/ 

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Interview with Gary George, CEO of The Real Canna Consulting

From a long career in the music industry as a recording rap artist, audio engineer, and marketing agency owner, Gary George stepped into the cannabis industry when his son asked him for help applying for a NJ dispensary license. He ended up consulting and writing applications for other social equity entrepreneurs and launched a yearly conference to support their business growth called The Real Cannabis Entrepreneur. It's a two-day business boot camp and will have its 5th show in Newark, NJ,  on October 4th and 5th.

Gary knows the NJ cannabis industry inside and out.  and shares hot tips on how to navigate the marketplace.

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Gary George, founder of The Real Cannabis Entrepreneur Conference in New Jersey.

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Jaime Gorman and Laurel Mason. Two great women from Upstate NY that love making bubble hash and have jumped into the gummy game by launching hash rosin gummies in NY (Soccer mom alert!). They are self-taught and inspired by the late Frenchy & Madame Cannoli, Mila the Hash Queen, among others.  Solventless extraction products have been very popular on the West Coast for years, and NY is about to catch up thanks to these ladies from Highland Goat. 

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Today we meet Robert Beasley, the CEO of Fluent, a Florida-based vertically integrated cannabis company with operations also in Pennsylvania and Texas, and more on the way.

He felt his company missed out on opportunities the last two years when the rest of the industry was flying high, and MSOs were scooping up licenses in a state-by-state expansion frenzy. But, actually, Fluent may have dodged the bullet.

While companies were on a spending spree, Robert was brought in to restructure Fluent and scale down operations. Now, as the rest of the industry is tightening operations, Fluent is fiscally sound and has its eyes on expansion.  Hit play to hear more.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-beasley-1972fluent/

https://getfluent.com/dispensaries/

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Today we meet Hayley Dineen and Lana Van Brunt, the ladies behind the cannabis lifestyle brand and design company Sackville & Co. They both have years of experience in luxury product design and brand development. They stepped into the cannabis y introducing a line of accessories that speaks to the Gen-Z and Millennials. And they have forged partnerships with the likes of Sundae School and Playboy to create cannabis branded accessories.

We talk about their approach to branding a whole new industry and how they are helping cannabis users learn to have a new relationship with the plant now that we don't have to hide our stash in drawers. We talk about the different consumer archetypes in cannabis and the opportunities to reach them through branding.

https://sackville.co

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