Thinking Outside The Bud

Thinking Outside the Bud is a business podcast devoted to driving innovation in the cannabis space. During each episode, we speak with founders, investors, thought leaders, researchers, advocates, and policy makers who are finding new and exciting ways for cannabis to positively impact business, society, and culture. Have each episode delivered to your inbox by subscribing here: http://www.thinkingoutsidethebud.com/subscribe

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Matt Kowalis is the founder of Serenity Medical CBD, a Detroit-based CBD company. After losing his mom to Leukemia in 2012, Matt suffered from severe stress, anxiety and ultimately was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Committed to finding a natural remedy, Matt found CBD and dedicated his life to spreading knowledge about the product that changed his. As a result, he created Serenity Medical CBD in 2018. Today, Matt Kowalis and Serenity Medical CBD are dedicated to building a trusted brand within the community. Developing partnerships with the Michigan MS Society and athletes within the UFC, PGA, and LPGA, Matt has goals of becoming a young pioneer in a growing CBD industry, with a vision to be more than just a company, but a way of life where education, connection, and trust are core.

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Prior to co-founding LeafLink, Ryan successfully started and exited two companies, one of which he sold to a NYSE public firm. Ryan brings his experience creating and managing B2B firms and online marketplace investment in highly-regulated spaces to cannabis as LeafLink’s Chief Executive Officer. In 2016, Ryan was the first CEO of a cannabis company to be listed on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list. In February 2018, LeafLink was the first company in the cannabis space to make Fast Company’s 2018 Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Enterprise. Ryan currently serves on the board of the Jeffrey Modell Foundation and is also an active lender through Kiva, an online community that helps fund primarily women-owned businesses in developing countries.

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Brad is a marketing and communications leader who has spent much of his career as an entrepreneur and advisor to start-ups. Now, he is working in the cannabis industry, a field he’s deeply passionate about.

He has 15 years of leadership experience in companies ranging from cannabis software and media publishing to marketing agencies to eSports gaming. A practitioner of connecting the dots and solving problems. The more diverse his experience, the more value he brings into any project h engage in. He’s pitched boards and investors, helped raise funding (internally or externally), and collaborated with C-suite leadership all the way down to interns.His chief, unique quality is the energy and passion he brings into any company he works with; He often considered an evangelist or advocate for a brand he believes in. He creates or improves a culture, aligning the entire company on a singular mission and vision, to achieve great results.His previous roles as VP of Growth and Marketing at Confident Cannabis and as GM of The Cannabist gave him unprecedented access to the cannabis industry and its many talented people.

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Luis is a Mexican-licensed attorney with a special expertise in cross-border business law and corporate transactions. He obtained is law degree from the Tecnologico de Monterrey and later received a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from Northwestern University School of Law and a Certificate in Business Administration from Kellogg School of Management.

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