Shelby Isaacson co-owns Second and Seed, the most award-winning CBD shop in Florida; Synkron BioSciences, a boutique-style private and white-label manufacturing company; and Bogart Labs, an international concierge-style equipment manufacturing company for the hemp and cannabis industries. 

Shelby is a multi-passionate entrepreneur with a background in public relations and marketing. She has been the keynote speaker for a national CBD expo with over 13,000 attendees and also a 2019 Women in Business nominee on SRQ magazine.

In the previous year alone, she has conceived more than a dozen CBD brands and deployed over 50 products from sublingual tinctures to more complicated pharmaceutical-grade facial creams and CBD-infused nitro cold brew coffee and tea.

If you would have asked five years ago, Shelby would definitely have said no to getting involved in anything cannabis and hemp as she had never smoked a cigarette in her life but an earth-shattering circumstance has brought her into consciousness and awareness and changed her life forever.

In today's episode, Shelby shares her story and how she is striving to impact other people's lives with her unique approach to the industry and her deep knowledge of brand and product development.

Jared Sawyer witnessed how his mom went from perfectly healthy to passing away, undergoing chemotherapy at the age of 44, which made him wonder why they resorted to chemotherapy. Why was a natural alternative not given as an option when our bodies are designed to receive natural medicine and be able to process stuff like cancer out?

Research shows that cannabis helps with a lot of health issues. Still, despite its growing popularity and acceptance from the general population, the stigma that's been surrounding it for years and years continues. 

In today's episode, Jared shares his incredible journey into the space to change the way people think about cannabis and hemp by breaking the stigma and his lifelong commitment to serving his client at the highest level possible.

Troy Tucker is a United States Air Force veteran, a hurricane Iniki survivor, tech-savvy, and an uber passionate hemp enthusiast who is supporting hemp brands and businesses to get exposure through his website, CBD Landing. 

In this episode, he talks about the benefits as well as the stigma around hemp and cannabis-derived products, especially in the military, and his untiring efforts to help push this industry forward.

Matt Miller has been skateboarding the streets since he was a little kid and never thought that this passion would turn into a profession. He's now been skateboarding for almost 25 years.

As he has gotten older, Matt needed something to help with the day to day pain and inflammation, and he wanted it to be all-natural. That's when a life long family friend introduced him to CBD, which somehow worked but not really that effective, so he started doing research and development to make an extra-strong and effective formula. Six months later, they came up with the formulation of Miller Healer CBD.

In this episode, Matt shares how they're integrating cannabis-based products into their daily lives, and why he decided to build his own company when he can promote someone else's product. He also has a message for the parents who are concerned about their children's exposure to natural alternatives for pain management.

On average, an adult human body is composed of up to 60% of water, which is why water-soluble substances can enter the bloodstream in a short period of time.

On the other hand, the natural form of plant extracts is oil or fat, and we all know that oil and water simply don't mix together. Therefore, cannabinoids, in its original form, are not water-soluble. Now, the question is, how can we get around this?

Dr. Alexey Peshkovsky, the Co-founder, President, and Chief Science Officer of Industrial Sonomechanics, has the answer. He is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the company and overseeing instrumentation and applications development.

Dr. Peshkovsky received his B.A. in Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania and Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Columbia University.

His professional experience includes over 25 years as a researcher, entrepreneur, product developer, and scientific director, mainly focusing on instrumentation design, and process development for the medical physics, pharmaceutical and cannabis industries.

Join us in this episode as he talks about the different ways of delivering cannabis to the bloodstream, what nanotechnology is, and why it makes oil-based products like cannabis or hemp more bioavailable for us. He also shares about the turnkey solution that they've developed. It's absolutely brilliant. So, buckle up and stay tuned.

Partners Cooper Dodd and Austin Hunter are the lead chemists of NutraLife Biosciences, a hemp extract production manufacturer in Coconut Creek, Florida.

Austin has a dual degree in Chemistry and Secondary Education from Northwestern University. This former high school chemistry teacher is now the lead formulator at NutraLife Biosciences.

Cooper got his bachelors' degree in Biological Health Sciences at the University of South Florida. He specializes in product development and formulation of oil and water emulsions, which many people in the industry know as "nanoemulsions." He also has a strong focus on regulatory compliance and quality assurance. He is the new leader of research and development at NutraLife Biosciences.

In this episode, Cooper and Austin discuss why micelle, nanotech, or water-soluble technologies in CBD products. They also talk about the right things that one should invest in in the cannabis space and lots of valuable insights about the future of cannabis.

In this episode of The Hemp Revolution Podcast, we are following the story of Jake Williams, a cannapreneur who has been in the industry for over 15 years growing, formulating products and educating people about cannabis.

Jake personally experienced the incredible power of cannabis in managing the pain caused by multiple sports injuries when he was in college. He also witnessed how cannabis helped his mother when she was going through cancer. In return, he decided to go full-pledged with this plant.

Join us as Jake shares the obstacles he faces in trying to get his business started, things that he's most afraid of and most grateful for being in this industry, and some inspiring words of wisdom.

Join us on another badass rockstar episode of The Hemp Revolution Podcast Celebrity Edition with no other than the world-famous celebrity entrepreneur and the host of 77 WABC in New York City, Clint Arthur.

He has been quoted as One of America's Top Public Speakers, Greatest Celebrity of All Time, and Media Trainer to The Stars.

In today's episode, Clint explains what a celebrity entrepreneur is and why it is so important to become one. Learn about what famous celebrities like Suzanne Somers, Mick Jagger, and Snoop learned from this amazing guy.

Lots of golden nuggets, don't miss out!

In this episode of The Hemp Revolution Podcast, we have another lady boss in the cannabis industry. Rita Tsalyuk is a seasoned entrepreneur with many years of experience in and operating businesses in different fields, including:

15 years in civil and software engineering

27 years in real estate

20 years in home-health and medical supply business

5 years managing cannabis enterprises

Rita is the Owner/CEO of Yuma Way LLC, a company that has extensive cannabis business expertise and know-how. Yuma Way LLC opened its first dispensary in 2016 and grew exponentially over the next three years by opening three additional stores, two cultivation facilities, and a licensed cannabis social consumption establishment.

Rita is also the proud spokeswoman and owner for The Coffee Joint, a licensed center for marijuana consumption and education since February of 2018.

Tune in to this episode as she shares her incredible story and how she is literally pioneering what will be known as the next wave in cannabis consumption.

Rick Martinez has been a registered nurse for almost 25 years. He launched his first company about the end of the year 2000 which grew from 0-600 employees in 19 states and became one of the largest federal contracting firms in the US.

He is also the host of the Weed to Know Basis, a podcast dedicated to CBD business.

In today's episode, Rick shares his story on how he founded companies, his work both on and offline as an entrepreneur, and shed a little light on his journey toward success.