Louis Anthony Carideo is a public figure, a cannabis activist, the CEO, and owner of https://thedriplv.com/ (The Drip LV) in Las Vegas. He is a true believer in the healing, health-giving power of CBD, and a passionate advocate for the industry.

He's on a mission to build the finest medical CBD emporium in Las Vegas (and online), educate people about the incredible potential of CBD, and serve anyone who can use this "miracle drop" to restore and maintain optimal physical and mental health.

In this segment, we'll be talking about how Louis turns out the real OG by sharing his story regarding being on the ground floor of Las Vegas with his booming business in the CBD industry.

Jorge Escudero has 33 years of experience in both hospital, community, and now CBD healthcare. The CBD industry is overgrowing both in the production and retail of CBD. Still, Jorge chose to work on a pharmacist service model to help patients determine the feasibility and safe integration of CBD for their disease state and complicated medication regimens.

https://mycbd-rx.com/ (CBD (Care Best Designed) Apothecary) focuses on enhancing the quality of life, especially for the elderly who are most at risk for medication issues. CBD can be a great addition to an individual's healthcare regimen that does not require a prescription.

In this episode, Jorge thoroughly explains how consulting an expert before using any CBD product is essential and why CBD dosing is very patient-specific. Listen and be informed; stay tuned!

Alex Collins is the principal and partner of https://sapling.cc/ (Sapling), a brand strategy and marketing consultancy which is uniquely positioned in the cannabis and hemp industry. Since 2017, Sapling has been relentless and wildly obsessive in their pursuit of reducing the stigma surrounding cannabis use. They believe that the world deserves to have open and unrestricted access to such an amazing plant, similar to our belief system. Its mission is to grow and scale cannabis companies around the world in one unifying mission.

They focus their efforts on creating brands that win the hearts and minds of both cannabis users and skeptics. Alex has a background in marketing luxury consumer goods and retail operations. He has exited multiple successful ventures and the jewelry industry and the reason behind what he does is to change the stigma surrounding cannabis.

This episode is incredibly worth your time as Alex shares how this amazing plant has shaped his view of the world, as well as his takeaways on creating brands for the cannabis industry. He believes that cannabis has the right properties to change the world we live in and bring hope for a better future for humankind.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chavezrobert/ (Robert Chavez) is the President and CEO of https://aghealth.net/ (Avant-Garde Holdings Americas Inc). He is also a healthcare executive and founder of https://www.yourexecteam.com (ExecTeam, LLC), a consulting firm that focuses on helping private medical businesses improve operations through process efficiencies and executive management coaching.

Looking at the healthcare trend, when cannabis-hemp was outlawed almost 100 years ago, there's been an increase in neurological diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, autism, and ADHD.

So, Robert has a theory that if we can naturally re-establish hemp into the food chain, that over time, we will see a decrease in neurological diseases that came about after the outlaw.

Tune in as Robert shares how he is applying his extensive experience in healthcare in organizing something that could have a real impact and bring real change on our planet, the challenges, and his plans to overcome them to stay relevant in this space.

Jeff Tacy is the CEO of Franny’s Farmacy. He is actively involved in developing and maintaining their Hemp and CBD business unit. They have built a product line of more than 30 exceptional items, opened 6 CBD clinics, a production plant, a distribution center, an eCommerce platform, and launched one of the first OPOs (Online Public Product Offerings) sold out in 7 days, with another on the way to Franny 's Manufacturing.

https://frannysfarmacy.com/ (Franny's Farmacy) is a vertically integrated business family that involves companies in a farm, growers network, production, distribution, franchising, and dispensary. They are North Carolina's first female-owned hemp farm in over 75 years, attracting national attention and press.

In this segment, Jeff and Brandon share their incredible experiences, trials, and outstanding skillsets to succeed in the franchising world of cannabis.

Keyva King is the CEO of Royal Highness, a boutique that offers excellent customer service and high-quality CBD products.

In our first interview with Keyva, she shared a little bit about her journey in the cannabis space—the motivation behind her passion and challenges. If you haven't listened to it yet, click HERE.

In the 2nd interview, Keyva talks about her successes and how she is creating a social impact. Let's all hear once more from Royal Highness queen of cannabis.

Shauna Levy is a respected Canadian cultural visionary who helped establish Toronto as an internationally recognized destination for design excellence.

She was the President and CEO of the celebrated arts and design hub, Design Exchange (DX), co-founded the internationally acclaimed Interior Design Show (IDS), North America's largest contemporary design fair.

Her journey was always about making things accessible to a broader market, democratizing, building something, and putting Toronto on a platform. So, when her former board director at Design Exchange, Lorne Gertner, invited her to work with him in the cannabis world, it made total sense.

Shauna's passion for creating a sophisticated, normalized cannabis culture is the inspiration behind ByMinistry, an experiential lifestyle brand with the mission of shifting the perceptions around cannabis and becoming the global epicenter and culture authority in a world.

She's also has been leading the charge to advocate and encourage the government of Canada to legislate cannabis consumption spaces.

Here to share her skill sets and knowledge of the industry and to tell a little story about how she is creating change through cannabis, is no other than Ms. Shauna Levy. Let's hear it.

Keyva King is the CEO of Royal Highness, a boutique that offers excellent customer service and high-quality CBD products.

Her journey into the cannabis space wasn't easy. Even her friends and family members doubted her success in this space, considering that she never had any experience running a storefront. Still, Keyva firmly believes that cannabis would greatly benefit her community, so she worked really hard. She now has one location and two more coming up very soon.

In the 1st part of our interview with Keyva, she talks about her story, the challenges of an African-Amerian entrepreneur in the space, her greatest motivations, and her continued efforts in providing great products, education, and customer service.

Brandon Henry is the owner of Kalbra, one of the largest vertically-integrated manufacturers and suppliers of hemp-derived products in Pennsylvania.

He is a full-fledged alien, lover of all things cannabis-related, a fellow among fuzzy creatures, and partner to a fierce woman who is also those things.

In this episode of The Hemp Revolution Podcast, Brandon talks about the experiences that ultimately led him and his wife Kali into the cannabis space with the mission to build something that would benefit the people in the communities that they are part of.

Mike Alden is the CEO of Blue Vase Marketing LLC, a multimillion-dollar full-service direct response marketing agency offering media production, sales, and customer satisfaction, call centers, warehouse, and fulfillment analytics. 

Under his leadership, Blue Vase grew from a small call center into a comprehensive marketing management company, ranked by Inc magazine for three years in a row as one of the nation's 5000 fastest-growing private companies and named the 2015 Large Business of the Year by the Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce.

In this episode, Mike talks about how a serial entrepreneur and attorney like himself ended up losing his merchant processors and half a million dollars in just one day and the valuable lessons that he learned through this experience. He also shares some tools and tactics that he has used in the supplement space that is now being applied to the hemp industry and, most importantly, why hiring an attorney should be a priority if you're starting a cannabis and hemp business.