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- The Road To Sustainability In The Hemp Industry With Michael Savarie
The hemp industry has long been on its road to sustainability, and farmers are making their way to economy and environmental efficiency. In this episode, Anthony Frischknecht talks to Michael Savarie, a Sustainability Enterprise Catalyst for hemp technology startup, Hemp Black. Michael encourages everyone to adopt on the sustainability process, not just for your products but also for your employees, who are your major investments. He then distinguishes the differences between Canada, the US, and other countries on hemp production. Listen to Michael as he dives deeper on how their startup can minimize negative environmental impact with lesser expenses.
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36 min - Cannabis: Part 2 Legalization Of CBD In Taiwan With Zoe Lee
Unique things are happening in the cannabis industry in Taiwan. Bringing on a guest to give light to the situation, Anthony Frischknecht talks with Zoe Lee of the Zhu Lu International Legal Office where she represents a variety of clients in cannabis and hemp-related cases. In this episode, Zoe lets us in on the legality of CBD in Taiwan and discusses where she works to clarify and pioneer its policies and overcome the barriers that lead to the opening of CBD legalization. Turning over the microphone, Zoe then interviews Anthony about his own cannabis origin story and becoming a pioneer in the industry.
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24 min - Cannabis: Legalization Of CBD In Taiwan With Zoe Lee
Unique things are happening in the cannabis industry in Taiwan. Bringing on a guest to give light to the situation, Anthony Frischknecht talks with Zoe Lee of the Zhu Lu International Legal Office where she represents a variety of clients in cannabis and hemp-related cases. In this episode, Zoe lets us in on the legality of CBD in Taiwan and discusses where she works to clarify and pioneer its policies and overcome the barriers that lead to the opening of CBD legalization. Turning over the microphone, Zoe then interviews Anthony about his own CBD origin story and becoming a pioneer in the industry.
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22 min - Overcoming Business Setbacks With “The Unshackled Owner”, Aaron Scott Young
Starting your own company and having the skillset to handle it doesn’t keep you from experiencing setbacks. You have to have the knowledge and get as many advice on how you can overcome it when the time comes. Proving he is The Unshackled Owner, Aaron Scott Young, has fallen into this business death spiral and came out to the other side as the success that he is now. In this episode, he shares his early years as an entrepreneur, the multiple setbacks he met along the way, and the learning points he took from them. He gives great wisdom for those entrepreneurs who are still finding their way around the business, explaining why you need more than technical skills to succeed and why your audience has to know you exist.
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16 min - Passion To Product: Start Your Cannabis Cultivation With Matt And Chris Gillard
What does it take to put your passion for cannabis cultivation to a full-blown business? In this episode, host, Anthony Frischknecht, chats with Matt and Chris Gillard of Indoor Plant Kingdom and Jamaco, LLC about their cannabis cultivation business. They talk about funding your startup, operating under the Massachusetts law, and planning your business for sustainability. They also discuss giving back to the community and why they choose not to run their cultivation venture like the multi-million dollar players. Discover why we live in an exciting time for the cannabis industry with Matt and Chris.
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42 min - Picking The Right Business Partner
A partnership can make or break your business. Today, Anthony Frischknecht talks about partnerships, how they work into your business, and how can they help you. He emphasizes the importance of choosing the right partners and planning an exit strategy in case the worst happens. Learn more from Tony as he shares to us what he knows about business partnerships.
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16 min - Kat Nieh: Dear Workaholics, Why Do You Work So Hard?
Often, doing more than you know you can handle can lead to burnout and negative results for your business. Today, Anthony Frischknecht interviews Kat Nieh—a certified mindset coach, award-winning author, and NLP Practitioner—about the struggles many workaholics face. Sharing tidbits from her book, Dear Workaholics, Kat lets us in on her own journey and how she learned how to embrace being a workaholic and, at the same time, find a way to channel it properly into her passion and become more productive and fulfilled. She talks about how you can take a step back, delegate tasks better, and letting go of the people-pleasing personality and, instead, figuring yourself out to authentically and uniquely help someone.
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20 min - Creating Your Business Structure
A great business structure is one that gives you peace of mind that your business will not go the wrong way with the wrong people. Today, Anthony Frischknecht teaches us the importance of creating a system that works for your business. He highlights the importance of finding the right partner, if necessary, and creating a corporate structure. He believes that a good system is when you can delegate who’s doing what and what they’re responsible for. Anthony notes that you must be able to run your company according to how you like it.
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15 min - Association Groups: Why Do You Need Them?
The good thing about starting businesses is that you don’t need to do it alone. One great support that you can lean on is association groups. In this episode, Anthony Frischknecht guides us into the world of these information-based groups and why you need them. He shares tips for finding the right association group that can help you throughout your business growth and further explains the things you need to understand in fitting in your association. Don’t miss out on the valuable information that Anthony is going to share and more!
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19 min - Legalization Of Marijuana: The Effects After Six Years With Maria Loya
While the legalization of marijuana has led to many benefits for patients in need, it also spun out a number of bad effects like substance abuse. Not uncommon in the state of Colorado, substance abuse has caused a lot of accidents throughout the years. Maria Loya, Director and Owner of La Trenza Counseling, Inc. in Commerce City Colorado, strongly believes that marijuana substance abuse should not be taken lightly. In this episode, Maria talks about the fatalities caused by people who are under the influence of cannabis and how she is planning to make marijuana strictly medical. Guiding others to recovery, she further explains in detail helping users who are trying to get out of that vicious cycle.
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About Plant Problems
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If you’re thinking of investing, working, or starting a business in the cannabis industry, then you need to listen to Plant Problems, a podcast that takes a different approach to cannabis than what…
you’re seeing and hearing from the mainstream media. Hosted by Tony Frischknecht, the podcast provides high level information to help you understand the business more and make your decision on the direction you want to take. Tony has been successful in the cannabis industry for over fifteen years, and he’s going to take you along on a ride that will help widen your horizon and your industry knowledge about this amazing plant. The cannabis industry is still very new. Therefore, there are a lot unknowns. These unknowns are rather scary, but we will take you on a journey to help uncover the unknown. In Plant Problems, he’s going to be breaking down and tearing apart the myths of the cannabis industry along with shedding some light on the opportunities in the industry. Born and raised in Colorado, Tony always enjoyed the challenge of starting and building a business. At the young age of 25, he became an entrepreneur with two small construction companies. In 2005, he got introduced to the medical marijuana industry in Fort Collins, Colorado, and started a small MJ caregiving business called Highway to Healing. By the time he was 35, he had two dispensaries with an annual revenue of $6.5 million in sales, including two indoor grow facilities in Denver, Colorado – all four locations having 19 city and state licenses.In late 2012, Tony joined a group of industry leaders to build Organa Brands and started a successful cannabis brand called O.penVAPE. The maker of vaping products and edibles posted a top-line sales of $100 million in 2016 and prides itself of selling a product every nine seconds. It buys ten tons of marijuana a year and creates over 1 million grams of concentrated cannabis oil a year. Organa Brands is the only cannabis company with products on the market in ten states, including at 1,200 dispensaries. Subsequently, Tony has moved on to other ancillary businesses involving small scale extraction and commercial grow technologies. He is also the author of the newly released book, From Black Market to The Man, which outlines the 10 steps to becoming a multi-millionaire in the legal cannabis industry. With the fast evolution of the industry and the acceptance by those who used to be skeptics, the opportunities are vast. The Plant Problems podcast will make that much easier to navigate for you as Tony will be featuring and interviewing some people he knows personally and some who are working in the industry that are large influencers at this point in time to help facilitate and address a lot of your concerns and your needs. Be prepared to take in as much information as you can along with understanding as we all learn together from the experts and come out with an amount of insight that will be very valuable. Come along with Tony Frischknecht for the ride here on the Plant Problems podcast as he shows you more of the industry than anybody out there. Be in the know about how to invest, work, or start a business in the cannabis industry. We look forward to having future conversations with you as we go along this journey.