Thinking Outside The Bud

Thinking Outside The Bud

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Thinking Outside The Bud episodes

  • Sumit Mehta, Founder and CEO at MAZAKALI
    In addition to his role as Founder and CEO at MAZAKALI, Sumit is a consultant to The Arcview Group and the Managing Partner of Emerald Ventures. A frequent speaker at investment seminars, Sumit acts as a mentor to Arcview and Canopy companies and serves on the Canopy Investment committee as well as the NCIA Finance & Insurance committee. Sumit and MAZAKALI support NCIA, the Marijuana Policy Project and Students for Sensible Drug Policy.
    Sumit’s past experience includes: Financial Advisor, J.P. Morgan Securities, Director of Business Development, DiMeo Schneider and Associates; Head of Midwest Sales and Trading, Susquehanna Financial Group, Director of Institutional Equity Sales, UBS Investment Bank; Equity Research Analyst, Raymond James Financial; Associate Analyst, Merrill Lynch.
    Sumit has earned an MBA from the University of Michigan, a BA in Economics with Honors from the University of Texas and currently holds Series 7, 63, 65 and 79 licenses. He resides in San Francisco where he enjoys riding his motorcycle, yoga and craft beer.
    30 min
  • Jeff Renwick, CEO & Director, Canntab Therapeutics Ltd.

    Jeff Renwick, serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Canntab Therapeutics Limited, a cannabis oral dosage formulation company, researches and develops advanced pharmaceutical grade formulations of cannabinoids in Canada.

    With extensive experience in drug formulation and business development, Jeff also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Orbus Pharma Inc. He is a pharmaceutical executive with over 15 years of international industry experience covering manufacturing, purchasing, distribution, marketing and product development, as well as mergers and acquisitions in North America, Europe, Caribbean and South America.


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    31 min
  • Jeff Renwick, CEO & Director, Canntab Therapeutics Ltd.
    Jeff Renwick, serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Canntab Therapeutics Limited, a cannabis oral dosage formulation company, researches and develops advanced pharmaceutical grade formulations of cannabinoids in Canada.
    With extensive experience in drug formulation and business development, Jeff also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Orbus Pharma Inc. He is a pharmaceutical executive with over 15 years of international industry experience covering manufacturing, purchasing, distribution, marketing and product development, as well as mergers and acquisitions in North America, Europe, Caribbean and South America.
    29 min
  • Eric Meth, Founder & CEO at Good Harvest Co.

    Eric Meth is a media sales professional & leader specializing in interactive, programmatic, mobile, and ad tech with 25 years of CPG & retail experience in both start-up environments and some of the most recognizable media and digital companies in the world.As Founder & CEO of Good Harvest Co., Eric is now applying his expertise to help innovate the way cannabis brands reach their desired consumers, and the way non-endemic brands reach cannabis consumers—moving audiences from shopping mode to buying mode.


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    31 min
  • Eric Meth, Founder & CEO at Good Harvest Co.
    Eric Meth is a media sales professional & leader specializing in interactive, programmatic, mobile, and ad tech with 25 years of CPG & retail experience in both start-up environments and some of the most recognizable media and digital companies in the world.As Founder & CEO of Good Harvest Co., Eric is now applying his expertise to help innovate the way cannabis brands reach their desired consumers, and the way non-endemic brands reach cannabis consumers—moving audiences from shopping mode to buying mode.
    29 min
  • Gia Morón, Executive Vice President, Women Grow

    Gia Morón is Executive Vice President for Women Grow. With 25 years of experience in public relations, she oversees the company’s internal and external communications, manages business relationships and strategic development of the company. Gia works with team on education programming and day-to-day operations working closely with the CEO and Chairwoman of the company. She began working with Women Grow headquarters in January 2017 as Director of Communications, after transitioning from the Women Grow New York City market in 2016. Gia is also the Founder and CEO of GVM Communications, Inc., a public relations, brand and business development consulting firm in which she launched in 2012. Her client base ranges from small to mid-sized businesses, non-profit organizations, entrepreneurs, authors and celebrity clients. Prior to launching her firm and working with Women Grow, Gia was a Media Relations Officer in the Corporate Communications department for fifteen years at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

    While at Goldman Sachs, Gia oversaw various business areas from Private Equity, Urban Investment, Investment Research and Technology to the firm’s organizational focus on Corporate Engagement, Diversity, Recruiting, Human Resources and Corporate Services. Before joining Goldman Sachs, Gia was Director of Promotions and Publicity for six years at The Fremantle Corporation, an international television distribution and production company. Outside of her professional accomplishments, she continuously works with a number of non-profit organizations in New York City and mentors up-and-coming young women entrepreneurs across the country to South Africa. Gia currently resides in her hometown of Brooklyn, NY, with her daughter.


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    32 min
  • Gia Morón, Executive Vice President, Women Grow
    Gia Morón is Executive Vice President for Women Grow. With 25 years of experience in public relations, she oversees the company’s internal and external communications, manages business relationships and strategic development of the company. Gia works with team on education programming and day-to-day operations working closely with the CEO and Chairwoman of the company. She began working with Women Grow headquarters in January 2017 as Director of Communications, after transitioning from the Women Grow New York City market in 2016. Gia is also the Founder and CEO of GVM Communications, Inc., a public relations, brand and business development consulting firm in which she launched in 2012. Her client base ranges from small to mid-sized businesses, non-profit organizations, entrepreneurs, authors and celebrity clients. Prior to launching her firm and working with Women Grow, Gia was a Media Relations Officer in the Corporate Communications department for fifteen years at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
    While at Goldman Sachs, Gia oversaw various business areas from Private Equity, Urban Investment, Investment Research and Technology to the firm’s organizational focus on Corporate Engagement, Diversity, Recruiting, Human Resources and Corporate Services. Before joining Goldman Sachs, Gia was Director of Promotions and Publicity for six years at The Fremantle Corporation, an international television distribution and production company. Outside of her professional accomplishments, she continuously works with a number of non-profit organizations in New York City and mentors up-and-coming young women entrepreneurs across the country to South Africa. Gia currently resides in her hometown of Brooklyn, NY, with her daughter.
    31 min
  • Victor Guadagnino Jr., Chief Business Development Officer, Keystone Canna Remedies

    Victor obtained his B.S. in Biology at Siena College and Masters in Medical Bioethics at New York University. His focus through course work in his Master’s program was the examination of how to obtain true informed consent from patients in various circumstances: an approach he implemented on a daily basis working hand in hand with patients to help educate them not only about informed consent but their doctor’s directives as well. He completed his Medical Bioethics program with his Master’s thesis “How Technology Affects the Patient Physician Relationship.”

    Victor’s education in Medical Bioethics makes him uniquely suited to address the policymaking and internal review challenges of the emerging medical marijuana industry to ensure the highest standard of care. Victor has worked closely with a team of content experts to learn MMJ strains, dosages and delivery systems with respect to various medical conditions. Victor also brings technical experience to the KCR team through his management of an API Certified Laboratory where he oversaw the handling and processing of patient specimen samples, ensuring quality control procedures were maintained.


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    33 min
  • Victor Guadagnino Jr., Chief Business Development Officer, Keystone Canna Remedies
    Victor obtained his B.S. in Biology at Siena College and Masters in Medical Bioethics at New York University. His focus through course work in his Master’s program was the examination of how to obtain true informed consent from patients in various circumstances: an approach he implemented on a daily basis working hand in hand with patients to help educate them not only about informed consent but their doctor’s directives as well. He completed his Medical Bioethics program with his Master’s thesis “How Technology Affects the Patient Physician Relationship.”
    Victor’s education in Medical Bioethics makes him uniquely suited to address the policymaking and internal review challenges of the emerging medical marijuana industry to ensure the highest standard of care. Victor has worked closely with a team of content experts to learn MMJ strains, dosages and delivery systems with respect to various medical conditions. Victor also brings technical experience to the KCR team through his management of an API Certified Laboratory where he oversaw the handling and processing of patient specimen samples, ensuring quality control procedures were maintained.
    32 min
  • Cassandra Farrington , Co-Founder & CEO, Marijuana Business Daily

    A former VP at Citigroup, Cassandra considers herself a fugitive of Corporate America. She saw a nascent industry that lacked reliable, unbiased news coverage, was underserved with regard to connections between the business individuals, and needed a repository for industry-wide business data.

    Cassandra heads up the cannabis industry leading daily news website Marijuana Business Daily and its family of content resources for the B2B cannabis marketplace, including the internationally recognized family of MJBizCon conferences. MjBizDaily was co-founded by Cassandra and her business partner in 2011. It is now the most established ongoing business to business news organization serving the cannabis industry.


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    33 min

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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…