Richard Rose has been a leading innovator in the food industry for four decades, 25 years of which have been in hemp alone. He is known as the grandfather of the North American hemp food industry, “The Hemp Nut.”

Since 1980, he has created hundreds of vegan food products from soybean such as TofuRella which landed him to the Inc 500 list of fastest-growing small companies in the US.

After 14 years, he realized that hemp is more nutritious and tastes better than soybean. So, in 1994, he pivoted to using hempseed.

Since then, he's been creating healthy hemp food products and has been a hemp advocate and entrepreneur.

In this episode, Richard shares how he made strategic partnerships with people so he can stay focused on the things that he does best, how he is helping in pushing this industry forward and a whole lot of insightful information and words of wisdom. Don't miss out!

Matt Sibert is quite literally the king of CBD. He has worked the process from soil to sale for at least 25 years. He is a very respected CBD entrepreneur and educator. The courses and communities that he has built are quickly becoming the go-to place for CBD entrepreneurs.

In the past two years, together with his wife, Dr. Bee he's been strictly focused on helping CBD brands launch and scale.

Tune in to this episode as Matt shares some important things to consider before jumping into this industry, tips on how to launch a successful CBD brand and programs that can help CBD business scale and a whole lot more.

Brett Kimes is the owner and operator of Authentic CBD, a company that carefully hand selects the highest quality and authentic CBD brands available in the industry.

Brett Kimes went to college at Old Dominion University. After college, he helped start a biodiesel manufacturing company. Once the owner sold out the biodiesel plant he became a professional poker player for 4 or 5 years. After what they call "Black Friday", he had to find a job. He became a recruiter then got promoted to recruitment director and after 5 years, recently, he left that position to start an online CBD retail.

Join us in this episode as Brett talks about some of the key areas that he had to find creative solutions for, the value of building a community, how he's finding and choosing the brands and products that they sell in their store. And just like any other business, there are ups and downs. In this episode, he shares what keeps him grounded and motivated and a whole lot more.

Stu Meyer is a brain cancer survivor. Fortunately, his tumour was operable and after months or brain radiation and chemotherapy, they've successfully treated his cancer but the side effects were troublesome. 

He suffered excruciating pain throughout his body due to nerve damage and got addicted to different pain medications which didn't help at all.

In this episode, Stu shares how the years and years of pain and sleeplessness affected the quality of his life significantly and how he overcame his drug addiction.

Seabedee is a CBD company committed to providing high-quality products that contain not only CBD but also other cannabinoids and terpenes for added relief from pain, also helps with anxiety and sleep.

It was founded by two longtime friends, Peter Stadniuk and Paul Clotar. Seeing the things that other CBD companies were missing, especially the big gap in transparency and quality, they saw an opportunity to create a company that people can trust and rely on. 

In this episode, Peter and Paul share an interesting story on how their friendship started, how the idea of building a CBD company was born, and how they're complementing each other. Stay tuned and be inspired by these perfect duo.

Jeremy Levine is the founder of Headery, a company that is committed to providing all-natural blends to achieve and maintain balanced wellbeing without the use of harmful chemicals. 

Jeremy's passion for providing all-natural products came from his own experience with pharmaceutical antidepressants. He lost his sexual drive for six months and even after he stopped taking them. 

Tune in to this episode as Jeremy shares how CBD changed his life and learn about the exciting products that they have in store.

Dean Foor is the founder, director and extraction specialist of Entangled Biome. Applying his three decades of international experience in environmental engineering and fermentation, Dean continues to innovate new products to promote personal and ecological wellness through hemp-based products.

Join us in this episode as Dean shares how he's using his extensive experience in innovating their products, the advantages and disadvantages of the different extraction processes, and the biggest challenges that they're facing.

He also talks about some medicinal mushrooms that seem to have a synergetic effect when combined with CBD. Tune in and learn more about Dean's exciting discoveries!

Marco Hernandez is the chief marketing officer of Kaizen Social, a marketing agency focused on growing e-commerce brands and the founder of Hoopla, a fast-growing premium brand CBD brand.

He's been hearing about CBD for years and when opportunity knocked he thought he could use all this knowledge that he learned from other brands to innovate.

In this episode, Marco shares his inspiration behind Hoopla. How he is utilizing his skills and experience in pushing this industry forward. Some really effective strategies on how to grow your business and some inspirational messages from his mentor, Tony Robbins.

Brian Lytle is the founder of Limitless CBD, a hemp-CBD manufacturer and CBD supply company. He is a health and wellness enthusiast, a personal trainer and a fitness coach.

Prior to entering the CBD space, he had a personal training company, Wow Fitness where he worked as a personal trainer and fitness coach helping men and women get healthy.

When he saw the results his client and grandmother got from taking CBD, he became an advocate. He started learning more about CBD and eventually started his own distribution business.

Join us in this episode as Brian shares how his company evolved from distribution to manufacturing, the core challenges of managing the business and the things that he wishes he could have changed given the chance.

He also shares how he's managing his time for the business and his family while staying healthy. Stay tuned!

Brothers Jake and Judd Wolff are the co-founders of Thrive Flower, a company based in Philadelphia who takes pride in creating high quality and third-party tested CBD products serving both local and online communities. Their mission is to spread CBD awareness on how beneficial CBD can be for our bodies, minds and spirits.

In this episode, Jake and Jag share their inspiration behind Thrive Flower, how they are keeping their products at the highest quality possible and 100% compliant. They talk about one of the biggest challenges in this space, online marketing, and how live events can help with this. Stay tuned!