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Influencer Marketing & CBD: How Savvy Young Entrepreneurs Are Scaling

by | Jun 19, 2020

DANK Discussions Cannabis Podcast
DANK Discussions - Making More Money with Your Cannabis, Hemp, CBD Business
Influencer Marketing & CBD: How Savvy Young Entrepreneurs Are Scaling
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Logan Lajiness is the owner of Great Lakes Wellness CBD. At just 20 years old, this young entrepreneur joins me to talk about his journey of finding his ideal target CBD niche with influencer marketing. After seeing the many stories of healing and triumph within the cannabis industry, Logan wants to make a mark of his own. With Great Lakes Wellness CBD, he finds fulfillment in doing the things he is most passionate about; owning a real business, and helping others.

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C-Suites in Cannabis: Black Lives Matter Magnifies the Lack of POC

by | Jun 16, 2020

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C-Suites in Cannabis: Black Lives Matter Magnifies the Lack of POC
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Galen Williams is a Mergers & Acquisitions Advisor and Cannabis Executive. He is also the interim CEO for MD Exclusive, a California-based CBD company backed by medical professionals. He holds an extensive background and experience in business as well as cannabis. In this episode, we discuss the bigger and broader topics such as diversity, racial stigma, and unnecessary incarcerations due to the war on drugs. These topics, unfortunately, are not addressed enough in our industry. While Galen does not speak on the Black Lives Matter movement directly, his experience and views are incredibly timely as much needed awareness and reform within not only cannabis but also society as a whole are finally being brought to the forefront. With this episode, we hope to make a change and see more people of color in leadership positions. read more…

Cancer Survivor & Educator Compares Cannabis to Chemotherapy

by | Jun 10, 2020

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Cancer Survivor & Educator Compares Cannabis to Chemotherapy
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Kim Meloy is a cancer survivor, a health and wellness coach, and the manager and cannabis educator at WSC. WSC believes in educating people on how Cannabis and other similar plant medicines can help them with their own health. Kim is proudly trained and certified in Cannabis at Cannabis Training University. Although she has only been in the industry for one year, her own cancer battle introduced cannabis to her three years ago. read more…

Hemp & Humboldt: Transitioning to CBD in an Area Known For THC

by | Jun 4, 2020

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Hemp & Humboldt: Transitioning to CBD in an Area Known For THC
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Jared Boudreaux is the owner of Lost Coast Wellness, a hemp-derived wellness company based in northern Humboldt, California. Along with his family, Jared and Lost Coast Wellness aim to promote wellness for people, pets, and the planet. Lost Coast Wellness takes pride in being able to vertically integrate the four stages of biomass, manufacturing, formulations, and distribution. By calculating the bioavailability of all the ingredients within their products and then interweaving CBD into said products, they are able to take formulation to the next level. 

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CBD & Clonus: How a Personal Need Led to a Thriving Business

by | Jun 3, 2020

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CBD & Clonus: How a Personal Need Led to a Thriving Business
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Raemon Davis is a Mom, Life Partner, and the Owner of Fleur Botanicals. Fleur Botanicals is a seed-to-sale CBD business in Bernie, TX just outside of San Antonio. Raemon and her husband Robert know first hand the benefits of what CBD can do for anyone’s mental and physical well being. That’s why their mission is first to educate consumers about the benefits of CBD, and then to help them find the right product for their mental and physical wellness.

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Community in Cannabis: Collaboration Matters in a Competitive Industry

by | May 27, 2020

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Community in Cannabis: Collaboration Matters in a Competitive Industry
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Allyson Sprinkel is the owner of Pepper Lee CBD. In this episode, she walks me through her journey in cannabis and how she has developed her CBD brand with the help of her community. She specializes in making a bath, beauty, and wellness collection with Organic Vermont-grown hemp and craft CBD in Winooski, VT.  By using avocado, grapeseed, or coconut oil, she makes salt scrubs and coffee scrubs with other herbs and infusions. Her techniques are more or less elemental and herbal rather than formulaic or pharmaceutical. She believes that wellness is about what you put into your body. That’s why all of her plant matter is grown in the northeast of Vermont, an unspoiled and untouched part where Hemp grows. 

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The Need for Marketing: The Old Hemp Farmer on Why Growers Fail

by | May 20, 2020

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The Need for Marketing: The Old Hemp Farmer on Why Growers Fail
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Harold Jarboe, also known as The Old Hemp Farmer, is a fellow podcaster and the Vice President and Marketing Director of Tennessee Homegrown. Mr. Jarboe was raised in rural Southern Indiana where his father’s family had a farm. This is where Mr. Jarboe learned more about agriculture and encountered his first Cannabis plants which were hemp plants growing in the wild. That encounter with hemp led him on a journey studying Cannabis that still continues today. In 2000, Jarboe started researching different agricultural techniques of commercially farming Cannabis in anticipation of eventual legalization. In June of 2014, the cultivation of Hemp was legalized in the state of Tennessee. At this time, Harold decided to switch from growing high THC Cannabis to growing high CBD Cannabis and Hemp. Thus, the “Old Hemp Farmer” name was born. read more…

CBD & Parkinson’s Disease: From Early Diagnosis to Texas Retail Store

by | May 14, 2020

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CBD & Parkinson’s Disease: From Early Diagnosis to Texas Retail Store
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Laura Wilkie is a master cannabinologer and the President of Releaf Organix in Houston, Texas. Laura has researched and studied the many aspects of cannabinoids. Among those, she has learned about common cannabinoids and their uses, methods of taking CBD and dosages, as well as understanding product ingredients and labeling. Laura’s initial reason to research CBD was her own probable Parkinson’s Disease diagnosis. read more…

Hemp as Big Agriculture: How Cannabis Farming is Shedding its Stigma

by | May 13, 2020

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Hemp as Big Agriculture: How Cannabis Farming is Shedding its Stigma
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Chris Patillo and Adam Byrd are the owners of Wichita Falls Texas Hemp Company LLC and see hemp farming trending towards big agriculture. Adam has had a condensed cannabis education over the last 2 years, and Chris has been in the industry for over 5 years now. The two of them have both been advocating for hemp for years. After the passing of the 2018 farm bill, they knew it was time to spring into action and bring the cannabis industry as a new industry to their home town. WFTHC strives to give as much to their community as it has given to them. read more…

Taboo in Cannabis: Addressing the Tough Topics in The Industry

by | May 4, 2020

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Taboo in Cannabis: Addressing the Tough Topics in The Industry
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Chelsea Smith is the creator of Taboo Talks Series emanating from Southern California. Taboo Talk Series is a speaker series and community dedicated to breaking stigmas around plant medicine in a modern world. Its content spans on everything from sobriety and racism to social equity and equality. Chelsea believes that these are the conversations we must hear to take away the stigma and fear around cannabis. She built her platform as a platform to showcase people who have something meaningful and educational to say about cannabis. Since the spread of COVID-19, Taboo Talk Series has gone digital with weekly Instagram Live sessions. read more…

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