MJBulls: Cannabis investing and cannabis fundraising

Where will the cannabis investment opportunities be in 2023?

 The Cannabis Investor Series Sponsored by PodConx is back for the Fifth year.  This year, the Series will again feature the cannabis industry's top investors, reviewing how the current macroeconomic cycle is affecting the cannabis industry, what to expect in 2023 and sharing investment opportunities and strategies.  In today's episode, Dan Humiston is joined by Matt Hawkins the Founder and Managing Partner at Entourage Effect Capital 

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Dan Humiston - https://podconx.com/guests/dan-humiston

Entourage Effect Capital - https://www.entourageeffect.com/

Matt Hawkins - https://podconx.com/guests/matt-hawkins

Recorded on Squadcast - https://squadcast.fm/

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Dan Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/humiston/

Sound Design - Jamie Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-humiston-91718b1b3/

Recorded on Squadcast - https://squadcast.fm/

Where will the cannabis investment opportunities be in 2023 with Morgan Paxhia.

 The Cannabis Investor Series Sponsored by PodConx is back for the Fifth year.  This year, the Series will again feature the cannabis industry's top investors, reviewing how the current macroeconomic cycle is affecting the cannabis industry, what to expect in 2023 and sharing investment opportunities and strategies.  In today's episode, Dan Humiston is joined by Morgan Paxhia from Poseidon Asset Management.

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Dan Humiston - https://podconx.com/guests/dan-humiston

Morgan Paxhia - https://www.podconx.com/guests/morgan-paxhia

Poseidon Asset Management - https://www.poseidonassetmanagement.com/

Recorded on Squadcast - https://squadcast.fm/

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Dan Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/humiston/

Sound Design - Jamie Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-humiston-91718b1b3/

Recorded on Squadcast - https://squadcast.fm/

How do you know what is the best type of cannabis for your body chemistry?

  By analyzing DNA,  EndoCanna Health can determine the type cannabis that will work best for every individual.  CEO Len May joins Dan Humiston to explain why it's important to select the correct type of cannabis.   He also discusses their expansion plans, including expanding their genome sequencing from 675,000 genes to sequencing the entire genome.

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Dan Humiston - https://podconx.com/guests/dan-humiston

EndoCanna Health - https://www.endocannahealth.com/

Len May - https://podconx.com/guests/len-may

Recorded on Squadcast

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Dan Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/humiston/

Sound Design - Jamie Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-humiston-91718b1b3/

Recorded on Squadcast - https://squadcast.fm/

More debt financing is now available!

  Cannabis companies that were forced to purchase their real estate are now able to free up cash by accessing their property's equity.   NewLake Capital Partners  (OTCQX Marketplace: NLCP) recently announced that they have 90 million dollars available for cannabis real estate.  CEO and Founder,  Anthony Coniglio joins Dan Humiston to explain what this means for the industry today and in the future.  

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Dan Humiston - https://podconx.com/guests/dan-humiston

NewLake Capital Partners -  https://newlake.com/

Anthony Coniglio - https://podconx.com/guests/anthony-colignio

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Dan Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/humiston/

Sound Design - Jamie Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-humiston-91718b1b3/

Recorded on Squadcast - https://squadcast.fm/

Building fundraising into a branding strategy from the start

  After a business plan, the next most important step in creating a business is to develop an all-inclusive branding strategy.   Michael Doyle the CEO of Brand Iron follows a priority, four-part process for helping his clients create their brands.   He explains to Dan Humiston why it's important for fundraising to be baked into a brand's design from the beginning.   

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Dan Humiston - https://podconx.com/guests/dan-humiston

Brand Iron - https://brandiron.net/

Michael Doyle - https://podconx.com/guests/michael-doyle

Recorded on Squadcast

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Dan Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/humiston/

Sound Design - Jamie Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-humiston-91718b1b3/

Recorded on Squadcast - https://squadcast.fm/

Transitioning from the "Keep-Everything-Inhouse" mentality

   As the cannabis industry matures, businesses must focus on their strengths to stay competitive.  Francesca Vavala the President and Co-Founder The Sales Joint realized that companies need help with many of the non-core aspects of their business.  She joins Dan Humiston to explain how outsourcing certain functions like sales, marketing and operations, gives owners more time to focus on what makes them unique.

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Dan Humiston - https://podconx.com/guests/dan-humiston

The Sales Joint - https://www.thesalesjoint.com/

Francesca Vavala - https://podconx.com/guests/francesca-vavala

Recorded on Squadcast

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Dan Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/humiston/

Sound Design - Jamie Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-humiston-91718b1b3/

Recorded on Squadcast - https://squadcast.fm/

Is Oklahoma best positioned to capitalize on federal legalization?

  Capturing product market share within a state while laying the groundwork for national expansion is very challenging.   Fortunately,  Pura Verde Cannabis Co-Founder and COO, Ryan Bishop has a three-pillar strategy that leverages their leading private-label  manufacturing strengths.   He joins Dan Humiston to discuss the breakthrough technologies that is driving demand for their products in Oklahoma and helping them stay in compliance with federal regulations during their nationwide expansion. 

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Dan Humiston - https://podconx.com/guests/dan-humiston

Pura Verde Cannabis - https://puraverdecannabis.com/

Ryan Bishop - https://podconx.com/guests/ryan-bishop

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Dan Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/humiston/

Sound Design - Jamie Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-humiston-91718b1b3/

Recorded on Squadcast - https://squadcast.fm/

How can retailers ensure that new smoking supplies will sell?

    Having thousands of customers subscription smoking boxes gives Hemper a built-in market to develop and test new products.  Bryan Gerber the co-founder and CEO is back with  Dan Humiston for part 2 to share a hidden strength of their business model.   He is back to explain how their in-house design team has created hundreds of products which they premiere first to their subscribers before releasing to their online and wholesale customers.

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Dan Humiston - https://podconx.com/guests/dan-humiston

Bryan Gerber - https://podconx.com/guests/bryan-gerber

Hemper - https://www.hemper.co/

Recorded on Squadcast

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Dan Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/humiston/

Sound Design - Jamie Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-humiston-91718b1b3/

Recorded on Squadcast - https://squadcast.fm/

What happens when cannabis is combined with blockchain?

  When entrepreneurs learn to harness the massive disruptive potential of blockchain technology it will impact everything.  Justin Calvino the founder of Emeraldroad.io is using cannabis to incubate a blockchain template.    He joins  Dan Humiston to provide an overview and explain why cannabis is the ideal industry to perfect this game-changing technology. 

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Dan Humiston - https://podconx.com/guests/dan-humiston

Emeraldroad.io - https://www.emeraldroad.io/

Justin Calvino - https://podconx.com/guests/justin-calvino

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Dan Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/humiston/

Sound Design - Jamie Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-humiston-91718b1b3/

Recorded on Squadcast - https://squadcast.fm/

Why every brand's main focus should be outpacing the category. 

  As the competition for shelf space intensifies many cannabis brands struggle to maintain their market share.  Jason Vegotsky the CEO and Founder of Petalfast, a full spectrum sales and marketing agency for cannabis brands, joins Dan Humiston to share some of the secrets they use to help brands improve sales.   He also discusses their plan to expand beyond California.

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Dan Humiston - https://podconx.com/guests/dan-humiston

Petalfast - https://petalfast.com/

Jason Vegotsky - https://podconx.com/guests/jason-vegotsky

Recorded on Squadcast

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MJBulls - https://podconx.com/podcasts/raising-cannabis-capital

Dan Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/humiston/

Sound Design - Jamie Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-humiston-91718b1b3/

Recorded on Squadcast - https://squadcast.fm/