Charlo Greene is host of The Weed Show With Charlo Greene, an independent media channel that investigates popular and important cannabis issues in a weekly live format, and she is also the owner and founder of CBD Body and Beauty, offering high-quality CBD products in the pursuit of transformative body and beauty care.

In this week's episode of the Ganjapreneur.com Podcast, Charlo joined our host TG Branfalt to discuss the reasons behind her decision to leave a cherished career in broadcast television and give her all to Alaska's 2014 cannabis legalization push, her eventual return to the media scene via The Weed Show, and the experience of both founding a company and bringing a product to market in the cannabis space. They also discuss Charlo's ongoing cannabis activism which has taken her around the world, the substantial and growing number of women-led companies in the cannabis space, as well as the importance of emphasizing cannabis reform efforts that empower communities of color who were disproportionately targeted by the Drug War.

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Terpenes are an essential part of the healing and playful aspects of cannabis. As normalization stretches across the country, more products are being developed and more consumers are experimenting with terpenes in an array of applications. On this episode of Shaping Fire, podcast host Shango Los chats with Ben Cassiday, co-founder of True Terpenes about the origins of terpenes used in cannabis products, their desirable traits and how to enjoy terpenes without cannabis at all.

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Serge Chistov is the financial advisor for the Honest Marijuana Company, a Colorado-based cannabis cultivation group that prides itself on providing clean, premium cannabis products to the medical and recreational consumer markets.

In this episode of the Ganjapreneur.com Podcast, our host TG Branfalt and Serge discuss the importance of all-natural cannabis growing, what qualities Serge looked for in a company before getting involved in the cannabis industry, and — with Serge coming from a previous career in liquor and spirits imports — how he believes cannabis legalization will affect the alcohol industry. The two also discuss reusable, quality packaging options in the cannabis industry and much, much more!

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Michael Katz is the owner and founder of Evoxe Laboratories, a family business that offers innovative vaporizer technology combining cannabinoids with organically grown essential oils. Michael joined Spark the Conversation podcast host Bianca Green for an interview at the Emerald Cup in December. In this episode, Michael and Bianca talk about the cannabis industry's dwindling stigma, emigrating from the East to the West coast to start a family business in cannabis, making the change from a media-focused career in videography to owning and operating a company providing an actual, tangible product, and more!

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Rob Tankson is a career tech innovator and founding partner of PrestoDoctor, an online medical cannabis recommendation service based out of California that puts patients in contact with cannabis-friendly doctors.

Rob joined cannabis activist and Spark the Conversation podcast host Bianca Green for a live interview during the Emerald Cup. In this podcast episode, Rob and Bianca discuss the founding of PrestoDoctor, the medical cannabis recommendation process in California, the ongoing development of telemedicine laws around the U.S. and what it can mean for patients, and much more.

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Chip Baker is a man of many pursuits and accomplishments in the cannabis industry: he is the founder and former owner of Royal Gold Potting Soil, the founder and current CEO of Cultivate Colorado, and he is also the host of his own cannabis industry podcast — The Real Dirt with Chip Baker.

In this Ganjapreneur.com Podcast episode, Chip sits down with our own podcast host TG Branfalt to discuss Chip’s entrance to the cannabis world, the early years he spent learning about cannabis cultivation from professionals in Switzerland and the Netherlands, and the important role that independent media plays in the national coverage of the cannabis movement.

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Jerred Kiloh is president of the United Cannabis Business Association and owner of The Higher Path, an award-winning medical cannabis dispensary in Los Angeles. In this episode of the Spark the Conversation podcast, host Bianca Green interviews Jerred about creating one of the region’s best-known and most-loved dispensaries.

In the following interview, Jerred shares his own strategies for running a dispensary, which include an emphasis on employee fulfillment & retention, as well as community involvement and making sure that patients feel safe and comfortable during their visit. The two discuss best business practices for the cannabis industry — and according to Jerred, you have to choose the cannabis industry for more than just monetary reasons if you want to truly be successful.

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Richard Pine is the founder and CEO of Cleveland Cannabis College, an institution in Independence, Ohio that offers quality, in-depth schooling on the cannabis plant. Classes at the Cleveland Cannabis College cover the plant's historical significance, its many medical properties, the culture of cannabis and the legalization movement, as well as the actual cultivation and preparation processes.

In this episode of the Ganjapreneur.com podcast, Richard joins our podcast host TG Branfalt for a discussion about the college's founding, available curriculum, and Ohio's medical cannabis rollout. Richard also shares what it's like being a young (28) entrepreneur in the nascent cannabis space and he talks about transitioning from the retail investment industry to cannabis.

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Aaron Justis is CEO of Buds and Roses, a seasoned medical cannabis dispensary in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

In this podcast episode, Aaron hosts Spark the Conversation's Bianca Green for a conversation inside of the Buds and Roses dispensary location. This interview was recorded during the Spark the Conversation bus tour last fall, before California had officially voted to end the prohibition of cannabis.

The interview covers the scope of Aaron's cannabis career, which began with the leap of faith of uprooting from Illinois to move to California and join a technically illegal industry, as well as his many long-term activism efforts. Though this conversation technically took place during the Spark the Conversation bus tour last fall (before California voters approved Prop. 65 to legalize adult-use cannabis), we hear from Aaron about his predictions for the L.A. cannabis market and he offers his input on what qualities are most important for an entrepreneur entering the cannabis space.

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David Barakett is the CEO of ShowGrow, a culture-focused dispensary chain with California locations in Los Angeles, Santa Ana, and Ramona. ShowGrow also runs a dispensary in Las Vegas, Nevada.

David recently joined our podcast host TG Branfalt for a chat about participating in the widening cannabis markets in California and Nevada. In this episode, David offers predictions for the new adult-use cannabis markets that will be opening after last November's election, describes how he is able to make his dispensary brand stand out in the modern cannabis industry by understanding who cannabis consumers are and what they care about, and shares insight about his own management style, which he says can be summed up in one word: "positivity."

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https://www.ganjapreneur.com/topic/marketing/

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