Cannabis Capital Markets: Where We Are Now & What To Expect

by Maynard Breslow | Feb 14, 2023

Being successful in the cannabis industry is a huge feat for companies aiming for it. With the various restrictions on the changing rules and regulations about cannabis, it adds difficulty for business owners to thrive and scale their businesses. This is the dilemma that Steve Makely is ready to solve.

Steve Makely is the vice president of capital markets at Lineage Merchant Partners, specializing in finance and cannabis. They help clients obtain their needs with their experience in the cannabis industry. Ultimately, Steve Makely and Lineage Merchant Partners goal is to bridge the gap between capital and the cannabis industry,

Through his vast experience in the finance industry as an institutional wealth manager, he is helping to create the path for small cannabis companies to reach their success by providing services such as strategic advisory.

Tune in to this episode to hear more about Steve Makely’s strategy for small companies to secure funds and have long-term success, evaluating a person’s talent and the similarities of successful companies.

Topics discussed in this episode:

Steve Makely’s journey to the cannabis market industry
How can Steve assist small companies in securing funding and long-term success?[5:50]
Evaluating a person’s talent for cultivating plants and running a business[11:57]
Social equity in having a license[19:23]
How does Steve’s company deal with changing cannabis regulations?
Separation of CBD hemp and THC
Similarities between successful companies
Establishing a presence in the west coast market
What’s next for Lineage Merchant Partners
Steve Makely’s definition of success

Contact Steve Makely on LinkedIn and learn more about Lineage Merchant Partners: https://www.lineagemerchantpartners.com/

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Hemp Farming: The Beauty of Cultivating The Magical Plant

by Maynard Breslow | Feb 2, 2023

Hemp is more than just a plant. Simply planting enriches the soil. Planting hemp has been found in studies to help remove toxins from the soil. And this is the power of the hemp plant. Tasha Mueller, a hemp farmer, wants people to know how amazing and beneficial hemp products are.

Tasha Mueller is the owner and founder of R & R Farms, a premium hemp farm that uses hemp-like gold to create products that will bring smiles to customers. She desires to spread the news about the life-changing magic of hemp and the healing power of one small flower.

Being a farmer is her favorite thing. Planting hemp let her see how magical it is, and talking to the customers increases her fuel to thrive and keep doing it. Just like other who believes in the power of hemp, she wants people to see the benefits of using hemp.

Tune in to this episode to hear more about Tasha Mueller’s love for hemp farming and how magical the hemp plant is.

Topics discussed in this episode:

Tasha Mueller’s journey to cannabis and hemp farm
Tasha’s transition from event planning to hemp farming
How did Tasha build her hemp farm and company, R & R Farms?
Wonders of Hemp planting to the soil
Strategies for marketing R & R Farms products
Challenges her brand faces in advertising her product
The future of R & R Farms
Tasha Mueller’s definition of success

Contact Tasha Mueller on LinkedIn, and learn more about her hemp-like gold premium products brand, R & R Farms: https://rrfarms1904.com/

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The Complexities of the Hemp Business, Tips on Organic Farming, and Business Strategies

by Maynard Breslow | Jan 31, 2023

Are you aware that the several cannabinoids present in hemp flower, such as CBD, CBG, and CBN, act as a nutrient or vitamin for our endocannabinoid system? When our body is deficient, processes including digestion, control of the central nervous system, brain health, and illness prevention are out of balance. The best method to support these essential processes is a regular dose of cannabinoids from foods, beverages, hemp flower products, or inhalation.

Geoff Bale is the owner of Umpqua Valley Hemp. He has a wide array of knowledge in the cannabis industry. He thinks that when anything is done from the heart, good things will result from it. and that by taking care of the land, we improve our quality of life and the ecology around us.

UVH’s belief is that the best medication starts with the seed, which is tenderly cultivated in live, healthy soils, and that employing solely hand-tended hemp flowers from their farms enables them to control the quality of the raw materials used in their goods. They claim that the final product, which is handcrafted goods of top-shelf quality you can feel and rely on, is what distinguishes them. They also take satisfaction in doing things the right way, not the easy way.

Tune in to this episode to hear more about Geoff’s passion and his experiences with certain growing practices like organic farming and tips he can give other growers!

Topics discussed in this episode:

Where Umpqua Valley Hemp is based
Geoff’s journey that led to UVH
Cannabis legality in different states
Large scale gardening and its difficult learning curve
Keeping your soil healthy from pests
Geoff’s tips on organic farming
UVH’s current goal and customer base
The best strategies in growing your business
Supply and demand, wholesaling issues and overcoming obstacles
Marketing and getting your brand known
How does Geoff define success?
How to contact Geoff and UVH

Contact Geoff on his LinkedIn! You can also learn more about Umpqua Valley Hemp on their website: https://umpquavalleyhemp.com/

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Deciding A Great Contract Manufacturer For Cannabis Supplements with Robert Johnson

by Maynard Breslow | Jan 27, 2023

If you’ve been researching all-natural alternatives to conventional medicine, you might have come across kratom and cannabidiol (CBD). While CBD and kratom are plant extracts, they work differently. Robert Varanasi, a supplement manufacturer, combines these and other high-quality ingredients to create supplements that improve people’s health and well-being.

Robert Johnson is the CEO of Custom Capsule Consultants. This California-based supplement manufacturer offers comprehensive production services, end-to-end product development, custom formulas, and white-label and private-label goods. He is the founder of the CBD Is a Better line of vegan soft gels and co-founded TetraLabs, where he helped create the first-ever CBD softgel supplement.

Since joining the cannabinoid/supplement industry in 2006, Robert has amassed extensive expertise in various related fields, including hemp cultivation, supplement manufacturing, market research, and customer preferences.

Listen to this episode to learn about Robert’s wealth of cannabis industry contacts and his predictions for the sector’s future.

Topics discussed in this episode:

Robert’s background on cannabis
Legitimizing plant medicine with TetraLabs
Why building trust is making products
Safer and natural alternatives
Cannabis’s negative connotation and the paucity of relevant studies
If questioned about cannabis, what would Robert’s response be?
Kratom as a stimula and a pain reliever, and its stigma
Custom Capsule Consultants, the company Robert owns, and the services they provide to their clients.
Ways on how to promote your company
Custom Capsule Consultants’ line of functional mushrooms
Robert’s definition success

Contact Robert on LinkedIn or her website here!

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Cannabinoid industry & Regulations: Fighting For the Future of Hemp, Cannabinoid, and THC Industry

by Maynard Breslow | Jan 25, 2023

Taking care of yourself requires a huge effort, and creating products to help people do it is a good business. But with such a saturated market, it is hard to compete with other brands and makes yourself stand out. That is why Melanie Kossan produces CBD-based wellness products to make a different kind of self-care and educate people about its benefits.

Melanie Kossan is the Founder and CEO of Stillwater Hemp, a health and wellness company that manufactures various natural cannabinoid high-quality products. Their mission is to provide natural remedies to aid pain, anxiety, and other conditions for you to live healthily and happily.

As a leader in the Cannabinoid industry, she is motivated to educate and enlighten people about the benefits of using CBD products.

Tune in to this episode to hear more about Melanie Kossan’s program for educating people about cannabinoid, how controversial issues affect her businesses, and the potential solution to fight those issues.

Topics discussed in this episode:

How do people in Montana view the whole Cannabis Industry
Melanie Kossan’s journey in creating Mountain Mama and Stillwater Hemp
Education about cannabinoid and their benefits
How do issues in the industry affect her businesses?
Cannabis THC and CBD industries uniting together
Strategies to scale Stillwater Hemp
Challenges in marketing Stillwater Hemp
The future plans of Stillwater Hemp
Melanie Kossan’s definition of success

Contact Melanie Kossanon on LinkedIn! And learn more about her health and wellness brand, Stillwater Hemp: https://www.stillwaterhemp.com/

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Cannabis & Kentucky: The Reason Behind the States Stuck in Prohibition

by Maynard Breslow | Jan 20, 2023

Did you know that being transparent and clear compared to other products gives you an advantage? Did you know that affiliate marketing plays a huge role in promoting a business? These are just some of the processes that Jim had to do that contributed to the success of their CBD business.

Jim Higdon is the co-founder of Cornbread Hemp. He is also an author, writer, and journalist. He had published a book about Cornbread Mafia which kickstarted his journalism career. As a journalist, he covered all about the cannabis policy. He was able to discover some things like the dishonesty of some brands about the products they are promoting. This prompted him to start his own company together with his cousin, Eric.

With the combination of skills and knowledge of the founders, they were able to establish a successful CBD business which has been growing about 300% a year.

Tune in to this episode to hear more as Jim Higdon shares about the story, process, and struggles he had to go through during the establishment of Cornbread Hemp.

Topics discussed in this episode:

The situation of cannabis in Kentucky
The similarities of the current situation to the other states
Starting up the business, Cornbread Hemp
The challenges encountered in the CBD industry
Affiliate marketing in the CBD industry
Journalism, PR side, and its process
The changes faced over the years
The biggest obstacle that Jim is currently facing
The definition of success
Jim’s future plans

Contact Jim Higdon on LinkedIn & Twitter. Learn more about Cornbread Hemp on their website.

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How Perseverance Overcame Tragedy in Creating a Top Hemp Brand

by Maynard Breslow | Jan 17, 2023

All things around in our environment are absorbed through our skin. Especially those we apply directly, like make-up, lotions, skincare etc. As such, we need to be careful not to put chemicals in our bodies because of their negative effects. This is why Valorie Young is committed to creating organic CBD products to help us live better lives.

Valorie Young is the Co-Founder of Uncle Yogi’s, a wellness and skincare company that offers high-quality, non-chemical, and all-organic ingredients formulated specifically to deliver a safe and beneficial effect to our bodies.

With her dedication to giving customers a better living without chemicals and developing quality products, she is helping to educate people about the effectiveness of CBD in skincare compared to chemically loaded products.

Tune in to this episode to hear more about Valorie Young’s dedication to spreading the benefits of CBD in skincare and medicine, the negative effects of chemicals, and why less is best in the formulation.

Topics discussed in this episode:

● Valorie Young’s unforgettable path toward her company, Uncle Yogi’s
● Challenges in researching cannabis
● Adversities faced in creating Uncle Yogi’s
● What is the benefit of CBD to skincare?
● The effectiveness of Uncle Yogi’s products
● Negative effects of chemicals in skincare
● Why is less best in formulation?
● Upcoming plans for Uncle Yogi’s
● Valories piece of advice in formulating
● Valorie Young’s definition of success

Contact Valorie Young on LinkedIn and check out her podcast, The Goat Smoke! Learn more about her brand, Uncle Yogi’s: https://uncleyogis.com/

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Golfing & Cannabis: Why Athletes are Finally Coming Around to Hemp

by Maynard Breslow | Jan 13, 2023

Being an athlete means always wanting to be in the zone and play your game with the best that you can. Most players are even willing to try anything to play through the pain. But always using opiates and painkillers is not good. This is the problem that Arthur Young wants to solve by using quality CBD products.

Arthur Young is the Co-Founder of Kadii CBD, a wellness brand that produces high-quality CBD products for golf players to ensure their minds and bodies are in tip-top shape to be in their game. This also applies to other athletes to enhance their performance.

Being in a high-end golf club, Arthur sees the problems in the prescribed painkillers and opiates for the athletes. This sparks his heart’s passion for creating cannabis products for pain relief. He believes that CBD could be used to be an instrumental part of these professional athletes’ regiment, whatever sports it will be.

Tune in to this episode to hear more about Arthur Young’s journey to help athletes utilize CBD to enhance their performance, where the stigma about cannabis comes from, and the challenges Kadii encounters.

Topics discussed in this episode:

Arthur Young on the journey to Kadii
Stigma coming from the leagues, not players
Kadii is for all sports athletes
Why is cannabis not viewed as a performance enhancer for athletes?
Confusing laws and regulations about cannabis
Educating people before profiting
The problems in selling cannabis products in golf shops
Correlation between the alcohol and cannabis business
Why is CBD not working for some people?
Techniques used to grow Kadii
Kadii’s biggest marketing challenge
What’s the future plan for Kadii
Artie Young”s definition of success

Contact Arthur Young on LinkedIn! And learn more about Kadii: https://kadii.com/

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Lose Dose Cannabis: Why Mass Adoption Won’t Be With High THC

by Maynard Breslow | Jan 11, 2023

Did you know CBD is an essential component of the plant? What about the distinction between Delta 8 and Delta 9? These are some of the things Chris wants people to understand because he cares about people, not just profits like other businesses do.

Chris Fontes is the founder and CEO of Trojan Horse Cannabis, a company that creates high-quality products from Delta 9 THC, which everyone can enjoy. He desires to educate people about hemp and deliver an unforgettable experience for customers.

He is passionate about helping the cannabis industry return to what it used to be. He also wants people to be educated, exposed, and have the opportunity to see the difference and know that there are other options for them to choose from.

Tune in to this episode to hear more about Chris Fontes’s passion for educating people, his motivation behind low-dose consumption, what separates Trojan Horse from other brands, and his strategies to market his products.

Topics discussed in this episode:

Chris Fontes’s journey into the cannabis industry
The market changes in the industry
The main thing that separated Chris from the rest
Why did Chris choose Delta 9 as the primary?
Trojan Horse versus other brands
What is the motivation behind low-dose consumption?
Trojan Horse shipping around the company
Strategies used to grow the business
Obstacles in marketing cannabis products
What should you need to look forward to
Chris Fontes’s definition of success

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LinkedIn! And learn more about Trojan Horse Cannabis and Cannabis-Infused Beverages: https://trojanhorsecannabis.com/

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Discover the Cannabis Disruption in the Food & Beverage Industry with Marc Brannigan

by Maynard Breslow | Jan 5, 2023

Most cannabis drink products just target those consumers who aim to get high. But targeting this customer base will not be lifelong. On the other hand, Marc Brannigan’s Diesel Hemp and beverages will disrupt the beverage market. It gives you a cool and healthy beverage to drink–safe for everyone whenever they want to feel relaxed.

Marc Brannigan, CEO & Co-Founder of Diesel Hemp and Diesel Beverage, a company that is born with a true passion for the Cannabis plant and what it is truly capable of. Their mission is to share their passion through selling high-quality products they produce themselves. Marc desires to break through the education barrier and reach everyone who seeks a safe and healthy. Cannabis drink.

With his vast amount of experience and knowledge of cannabis, he is creating innovative products to bring people’s cannabis experience to the next level and educate consumers about its health benefits.

Tune in to this episode to hear more about Marc Brannigan’s ups and downs, how he overcomes his numerous adversities, his passion for creating cannabis for preventative maintenance and health benefits, and the uniqueness of diesel from other brands.

Topics discussed in this episode:

Marc Brannigan’s journey from the beginning to Diesel Hemp
The numerous ups and downs he faced towards success
What will it take to create different genetics?
Cannabis for preventative maintenance and health benefits
The reason behind the creation of Diesel Hemp
The specialties of terpene profiles
The hurdles in creating products without CBD and THC
The uniqueness of Diesel from other brands
When can you get Diesel drinks?
A product that will disrupt the beverage market
What are the marketing strategies Diesel?
How can Diesel overcome the education barrier?
Upcoming product terpene concentrates

Contact Marc Brannigan on LinkedIn and check out their website at Dieselhemp.com or Dieselbeverages.com to learn more.

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