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IWG Plc ($IWGFF) is a leading global workspace and co-working provider, offering fully equipped office space to companies in over 1200 cities in over 120 countries. Post-Covid it has more to do with providing employees more space and more locations to work.

CEO and Founder Mark Dixon joins us to discuss how they're different from WeWork (WE) and the benefits of hybrid flex work model - lower costs, no geographic restrictions, focus on ESG, less carbon footprint.

Summary *IWG Plc is a leading global workspace and co-working provider. *CEO and Founder Mark Dixon joins us to discuss the benefits of hybrid flex work model, especially post-Covid. *Lower costs, no geographic restrictions, focus on ESG, recent adjusted outlook.

Show Links: IWG CEO Mark Dixon - Flexible Workspaces The New Norm (Video) https://seekingalpha.com/article/4435576-iwg-ceo-mark-dixon-flexible-workspaces-the-new-norm-video Mark Dixon https://www.linkedin.com/in/markdixoniwg/?originalSubdomain=lu IWG http://www.iwgplc.com/

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 751 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Beat | Keep On | 2020 Artist: Milochromatic Beats & Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018 Artist: LuxrayBeats

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Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.

Some view crypto as a possible solution to the cannabis industry’s banking problem of essentially forcing cannabis companies to operate outside of insured banking systems. As such, many are wondering if cryptocurrency might be the way to bypass regular banking systems without a federal bill?

The main issues cannabis tokens encounter are adoption, market capitalization and aiming. Instead of bringing new tech along with innovative proposals, these cryptos fail to confront the problem faced by the industry.

They also fall short because cannabis cryptocurrencies do not provide any innovation in their technology and are limited to a single industry, thereby narrowing their potential market outreach. A currency must be widely used and desired to be adopted by publicly traded companies.

A possible way for the industry to adopt a specific blockchain-based token could be providing cannabis manufacturers with the possibility of precisely tracking their production process from seed to sale, therefore guaranteeing customers quality control and vigilant product supervision.

As for now, unless someone comes up with a way to revolutionize the market, cannabis-specific cryptos remain impractical for the industry. Nevertheless, dispensaries would be wise to provide crypto payment methods to customers who choose to follow that financial trend.

Show Notes: Why Cannabis-Specific Cryptos Will Not Take On Mainstream, But Crypto In Cannabis Might https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cannabis/21/06/21613736/why-cannabis-specific-cryptos-will-not-take-on-mainstream-but-crypto-in-cannabis-might

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 750 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Beat | Keep On | 2020 Artist: Milochromatic Beats & Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018 Artist: LuxrayBeats

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Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.

The total U.S. economic impact from marijuana sales in 2021 is expected to reach $92 billion – up more than 30% from last year – and upwards of $160 billion in 2025, according to analysis from the newly published #MJBizFactbook.

For every $1 consumers and patients spend at retail locations, an additional $2.50 will be injected into the economy, much of it at the local level. That impact comes directly from the day-to-day needs of workers in the cannabis industry, including spending on life’s necessities such as housing, transportation, entertainment and more.

Marijuana businesses, consumers and patients also pay hundreds of millions of dollars in state and local taxes that are used to fund state and local government activities, including schools and roads.

In addition, real estate receives a boost from new retail, manufacturing and agricultural businesses moving into an area or established companies expanding, increasing broader demand for commercial properties. Cultivating and manufacturing marijuana can require large investments in equipment and technology that boost not only the local economy but also areas throughout the U.S.

The largest market in the U.S., California’s marijuana industry is expected to pump close to $20 billion into the state’s economy in 2021 and will contribute a little more than $500 of economic impact per person. The marijuana markets in Alaska, Colorado and Oregon also will pump almost $1,500 per person into their respective states.

From jobs to tax revenue to commercial real estate, the marijuana industry has a large – and growing – impact on the broader economy in the United States.

Show Notes: Marijuana industry expected to add $92 billion to US economy in 2021 https://mjbizdaily.com/marijuana-industry-expected-to-add-92-billion-to-us-economy-in-2021/ U.S. Mid-Year Report: Legal Industry Projected to Top $6 Billion in Quarterly Sales for Q2-2021 https://newfrontierdata.com/cannabis-insights/u-s-mid-year-report-legal-industry-projected-to-top-6-billion-in-quarterly-sales-for-q2-2021/

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 749 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Beat | Keep On | 2020 Artist: Milochromatic Beats & Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018 Artist: LuxrayBeats

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Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.

The new bill introduced into the House of Representatives aims to stop treating people suffering from drug abuse disorders as criminals, but rather introduce them into the healthcare system.

The measure not only aims to eliminate criminal penalties for drug use and possession but is geared towards shifting the perception around drug abuse, moving it from a law enforcement problem to a public health issue.

It would also expunge records and provide avenues for resentencing, as well as provide reinvestment in alternative health-centered approaches for people suffering from substance abuse disorders.

71% of those interviewed said that “Federal drug policies are not working and we need to reform them.”

59% said they either fully or somewhat support the idea of decriminalizing small possession of all drugs.

55% support distribution of drugs in small quantities.

67% of those interviewed believed that drug war policies have never and still don't make communities safer and fail to address either drug addiction or crime.

Show Links: Bill Introduced In Congress To Decriminalize All Drugs And 59% Of Americans Agree https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cannabis/21/06/21618199/bill-introduced-in-congress-to-decriminalize-all-drugs-and-59-of-americans-agree

Guest: Katrina Glogowski, Seattle Attorney & Angel Investor https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrina-glogowski-711a985/

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 747 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Beat | Keep On | 2020 Artist: Milochromatic Beats & Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018 Artist: LuxrayBeats

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Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.

Alvaro Torres is an entrepreneur and executive with over 15 years of experience in the Latin American market, including infrastructure projects and project finance, management strategy, team development, and mergers and acquisitions. He's overseen the development of projects totaling over $1 billion in capital expenditure, including the development and construction of Colombia’s tallest skyscraper.

Khiron Life Sciences Corp's intent is to position itself to be the dominant integrated medical cannabis company in Latin America. Khiron has core operations in Colombia and is fully licensed in the country for the cultivation, production, domestic distribution, and international export of both THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD (cannabidiol) medical cannabis.

With a focused regional strategy and patient oriented approach, Khiron combines global scientific expertise, agricultural advantages, branded product market entrance experience and education to drive prescription and brand loyalty to address priority medical conditions such as chronic pain, epilepsy, depression and anxiety in the Latin American market of over 620 million people

Summary: 00:00 - Intro 03:47 - Cannabis Health Centers 11:08 - Growing Cannabis in Colombia 17:43 - Flower's stigma, extracts only 22:18 - Converting Drs to cannabis 28:32 - Cannabis covered by Insurance 36:34 - $.05/g & 90% gross profit 43:36 - Advice for Lat. Am. 48:09 - Alavro's last words 50:31 - outro

Show Notes: Alvaro Torres, Co-Founder, CEO and Director at Khiron Life Sciences Corp https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvaroftorres/?originalSubdomain=co

Khiron Life Sciences Corp https://khiron.ca

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 747 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Beat | Keep On | 2020 Artist: Milochromatic Beats & Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018 Artist: LuxrayBeats

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Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.

Sales across North America were dominated by California (again), pulling in a whopping $429.7MM last month while CO, WA, ORIL, MA, & MI all came in over $100MM each.

Ontario's YOY sales growth was an astounding 326%, while the West Coast was all under 10% (CA 9%, OR 8%, CO 4%, WA 0.8%).

Although the number of transactions continue to increase, the average amount customers are spending is decreasing. Brand consolidation, on the other hand is creeping up, indicating slightly less competition as the top 10 brands grab more market share.

Random Fact: Besides singles joints, 10 packs of preroll were the most popular serving size in Oregon last month, growing by 21% since April, while sales to single Pre-Rolls actually decreased by 1%. The top brand for 10 pack Pre-Rolls in Oregon during May was Smokes by the Grow.

Show Notes: Cannabis Market Overview June 2021 https://www.headset.io/posts/cannabis-market-overview-june-2021

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 746 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Beat | Keep On | 2020 Artist: Milochromatic Beats & Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018 Artist: LuxrayBeats

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Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.

The Green New Deal and Vanadium batteries could produce 100% carbon-free electricity by 2035

Summary *Global renewable energy regulations creating an increased demand for energy storage. *Largo Resources is a vertically integrated vanadium company focused on the advancement of renewable energy storage solutions. *CEO Paulo Misk talks competing with Elon Musk and Tesla on home energy storage and batteries. *Vanadium redox batteries' significant advantages compared to other long duration storage batteries.

Paulo Misk President and CEO at Largo Resources Paulo Misk is an executive with over 35 years of experience in operational management for various large multinational companies across a wide range of specialty commodities. Mr. Misk is an expert on team building, results orientation, innovative policy implementation and the fostering of a high-performance work culture.

Largo Resources Largo Resources is a vertically integrated vanadium company, also focused on the advancement of renewable energy storage solutions. Largo Clean Energy was aimed at creating an energy storage system provider for the growing renewable energy storage market.

Show Notes: Largo Resources CEO Paulo Misk - Renewable Energy Storage Boom https://seekingalpha.com/article/4435342-largo-resources-ceo-paulo-misk-renewable-energy-storage-boom-video

Guest Links: Paulo Misk https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulo-misk-25206b16/ Largo Resources, LTD. https://www.largoresources.com/English/about-us/board-and-management/default.aspx

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 745 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Beat | Keep On | 2020 Artist: Milochromatic Beats & Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018 Artist: LuxrayBeats

Keywords: Hemp News, Weed News, Cannabis News, Marijuana News, Cannabis Business, Marijuana Business, Cannabis Industry News, Marijuana Industry News, Weed News 420, Talking Hedge Podcast, Cannabis Podcast, Marijuana Podcast, Business Podcast, CBD podcast, THC podcast, Cannabis Pitch Deck, Marijuana Pitch Deck, Marijuana Investment Deck, Cannabis Investment Deck, Cannabis Compliance, Cannabis Data, Cannabis Banking, Cannabis Investment, Pot Stocks, Cannabis Stocks, Weed Stocks, Marijuana Stocks, Cannabis Data, Marijuana Data, Cannabis Analytics, Marijuana Analytics, Cannabis Sales Data, Marijuana Sales Data

Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.

There were three fewer capital raises and a $319.2 million lower volume this week than in the prior week. The average deal size was $19.6 million this week vs. $7.1 million in the same week last year. Total capital raised YTD in 2021 is approximately $262M lower than the same period in 2019.

Cap Raises by Sector: *One of the companies came from the Cultivation & Retail sector *The other came from Infused Products & Extracts

Viridian believes debt financing is the wisest MSO finance strategy due to: *Equity valuation multiples have come down from their peaks. *Debt costs have come down significantly. (Cannabis debt has low or no prepayment penalties giving issuers the ability to react to equity market changes.)

So why haven't we seen more debt issuance? The top 10 MSO's now have more than $2 billion of cash. For the most part MSOs are more worried about spending cash than raising it.

Show Notes: Viridian Cannabis Deal Tracker - Week Ending June 4th, 2021 https://www.viridianca.com/deal-tracker/cannabis-deal-tracker-week-22-2020

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 744 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Beat | Keep On | 2020 Artist: Milochromatic Beats & Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018 Artist: LuxrayBeats

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Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.

The US CBD market was not immune to the economic impacts of the pandemic. CBD brand strategy was upended by store closures, changes in consumer needs, and drops in the price of CBD. The industry has been rebounding ever since its fall in Q2 2020, but the landscape looks much different than before.

The brands that focused on boosting their ecommerce have proven to be the most successful. Increased online sales made website visitors more important than ever, and the brands with the highest consumer loyalty also have the highest site traffic. Strategic online advertising brought shoppers onto brand websites. Targeted email campaigns kept potential customers interested and primed them to buy. Subscription models helped foster loyalty by providing convenient, money-saving incentives to remain a customer.

Ecommerce is the dominant channel, CBD discovery is stunted, and there is still no federally-supported regulatory structure for ingestible products. All the while, innovation in the category and increasingly close ties between CBD and cannabis beg the question—is CBD a standalone industry, a cannabis product, or an ingredient?

Show Notes: CBD: Industry or Ingredient? 2021 Mid-Year US CBD Report https://content.brightfieldgroup.com/2021-us-cbd-market-report

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 743 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Beat | Keep On | 2020 Artist: Milochromatic Beats & Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018 Artist: LuxrayBeats

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Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.

Cannabis stocks have retraced much of their gains for the year, Viridian Capital believes we are likely to see a higher ratio of cash employed in acquisitions as MSOs become more conscious of dilution. They also expect to see a higher percentage of capital raises from debt.

Only 4% of the $6.1 billion cultivation & retail sector acquisitions was paid in cash, down from an average of 13% over the previous two years.

Take-Away: raise capital, scale and acquire, or risk becoming a target.

Show Notes: MSO Capital Raises = M&A Fuel https://www.viridianca.com/chart3

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 742 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Beat | Keep On | 2020 Artist: Milochromatic Beats & Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018 Artist: LuxrayBeats

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Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.