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Dr. Mitch Earleywine speaks with David Maddalena, founder of THC Productions. They discuss cannabis communications, plus we learn about how the company Launched the First-Ever Hemp Commercials on Sirius XM.The company includes: national print magazine The Hemp Connoisseur, a two-time winner of “Best Cannabis Publication” by the Cannabis Business Awards, THC Productions, and THC Entertainment. THC Holding Co. enlightens and educates audiences on the many benefits and uses of both marijuana and commercial hemp. It strives to elevate the image of the cannabis industry and consumer alike by providing mature, in-depth journalism with a foundation of editorial integrity.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today on Blunt Business Sean Eubanks is joined by Stormy Simon. former president of Overstock.com. Stormy Simon joined Overstock.com in the heady days of 2001, when the Internet was new to most consumers and company had fewer than 100 employees. She went from temp to PR chief to branding VP – you may remember her appearance in those “It’s all about the O” commercials – and ultimately rose to become president in 2014. Two years later, she left it all to embark upon a surprising new career: consulting for companies in the cannabis industry. Simon currently serves on the advisory board at CannaKids, which provides medicinal cannabis oil to pediatric and adult patients with illnesses like cancer, epilepsy, and Alzheimer’s. Simon explains why she pivoted from e-commerce to cannabis – despite her friends’ proclamation it was “career suicide” – and reveals the one question people should ask themselves before entering this burgeoning industry.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: h

Today on Blunt Business our host Sean Eubanks is joined by Erin Phillips the president and chief executive officer at Strainwise Consulting. Erin is recognized as having consulted on and obtained the first recreational cannabis sales license in the world for one of her clients, The Annie's: A STRAINWISE® Branded Dispensary in Central City, CO. She's lead the renegade and outlaw industry into a reputable business model which is both sustainable as well as mainstream.By accomplishing this daunting task, she has become THE visionary in the cannabis space. With a rare combination of 13 years experience in the mortgage industry as a business owner, audit and funding leader, title company closing executive, mortgage loan expert, and loan originator, Erin has become an expert in start-ups, leadership and what it takes to succeed in the cannabis space. Erin brings years of branding, retail sales experience, advertising, marketing, and operational guidance to those seeking to establish, expand, or rehabilitate

Today on Blunt Business our host Sean Eubanks talks to Chip Forsythe founder and winemaker at Rebel Coast Winery. Chip grew up in Texas, Ohio, California, Massachusettes...ok everywhere, moving on. An amazingly driven individual and dynamic leader, Chip’s infectious personality and laughter make those around him instantly light up. Chip has a motorcycle and everyone should know that. Rebel Coast Winery makes the first to make a no-alcohol Sauvignon Blanc-flavored drink mixed with marijuana that is supposed to smell like weed and taste just like wine. A bottle contains 16 milligrams of THC, the chemical compound in cannabis that causes a high. And a single serving has four milligrams of THC.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today on Blunt Business Sean Eubanks is joined by Darcy Bomford the Chief Executive Officer and Director of True Leaf. Three decades of executive management experience and a 30-year history of manufacturing pet products in three federally inspected plants throughout the USA and Canada. Highly adept at building brands through corporate vision, strategy and the successful development of relationships with team members and strategic partners.He began in the pet care industry almost 30 years ago and have been passionate about it ever since. At 14, Darcy worked in my first veterinary practice. Two years later, he was selling pet nutritional supplements throughout British Columbia. Over time, he realized what was truly important for pet health and began to formulate his own brand of supplements, turning them into pet treats.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today on Blunt Business Sean is Joined by Jeremy Goldstein COO and Co-Founder of Stillwater. It All Started With a Pot Brownie. The Stillwater Marijuana-Infused Tea is designed to help reduce stress with THC and the natural goodness of tea. With each serving containing 2.5mg of THC, the tea is intended to help a person relax after a stressful day in a natural way instead of reaching for a cocktail or other alcoholic beverage. A few years ago, the co-founder’s grandmother asked him to procure her some marijuana. Apparently, it was all the rage amongst her friends, and between her diabetes and her husband’s Parkinson’s, she was ready to try anything that could help. She hated smoking, vaping confused her, and half the people she knew who had tried an edible had overdone it in a terrifying way. So, frightened but hopeful, she asked her grandson for help. As it happened, a law school friend had left the law to become a baker, and she was able to supply a brownie from her inventory. But, like most edibles, it was

Today on Blunt Bussines our host Sean Eubanks is joined by Shane Blocker, Owner, and Co-Founder of National Investment Connection. He served 14 years in the Air Force working Military Intelligence, he’s a former Banker and a Realtor. Today he and his partner Greg own National Investment Connection, a national company that offers Owners of Cannabis companies and Ancillary companies with large volumes of CASH a solution to get their bags of CASH safely into a bank account that won’t be shut down.Because of they're innovative, attorney approved solutions, their company has recently appeared in Marijuana Business Magazine, Cannabis Talk 101, as well as making the cover of the November issue of Cannabiz Journal.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today on Blunt Business Sean Eubanks is Joined by Pamela N. Epstein Esq., LL.M, Owner & Founder of Green Wise Consulting, LLC. Pamela graduated with Honors and earned her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Arizona in both Communications and Political Science. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of La Verne College of Law. After law school, Pamela earned her Master’s of Law from Golden Gate University School of Law, where she received her LL.M in International Environmental Law & Policy. Subsequent to law school, Pamela served as General Counsel for Mountain View Aesthetics & Dermatology and was the consulting Attorney for the American College of Osteopathic Dermatology focusing on healthcare administrative law and general business matters. After receiving her LL.M. in 2009, Pamela became the managing Attorney & Legal Program Manager for the Sierra Club San Diego’s Environmental Law & Policy Clinic. In this role, she worked extensively with elected and appointed

Today on Blunt Business Sean is Joined by Jeremy Goldstein COO and Co-Founder of Stillwater. It All Started With a Pot Brownie. The Stillwater Marijuana-Infused Tea is designed to help reduce stress with THC and the natural goodness of tea. With each serving containing 2.5mg of THC, the tea is intended to help a person relax after a stressful day in a natural way instead of reaching for a cocktail or other alcoholic beverage. A few years ago, the co-founder’s grandmother asked him to procure her some marijuana. Apparently, it was all the rage amongst her friends, and between her diabetes and her husband’s Parkinson’s, she was ready to try anything that could help.She hated smoking, vaping confused her, and half the people she knew who had tried an edible had overdone it in a terrifying way. So, frightened but hopeful, she asked her grandson for help. As it happened, a law school friend had left the law to become a baker, and she was able to supply a brownie from her inventory. But, like most edibles, it was f

Today on Blunt Business Sean is joined by Maureen McNamara from Cannabis Trainers and the seminar cannabis real estate: maximize your business with a strong foundation. Maureen is the Founder and Chief Facilitator with Cannabis Trainers; a corporation founded to create and deliver training solutions for the Cannabis Industry. She has combined her skills and expertise with Food Safety and Responsible Alcohol Service into a comprehensive, engaging new program to ensure the Responsible, Knowledgeable and Safe sale of cannabis: Sell-SMaRT, safe marijuana retail training. The Sell-SMaRT program prepares budtenders, cannabis consultants, owners, managers and all front-line store staff to effectively and safely handle complex situations. Marijuana selling involves many risks. Failure to act responsibly and proactively could result in fines, imprisonment, and suspension of licenses, increased insurance costs, or getting shut down. Cannabis Trainers invites savvy, professional, compliant operators to prepare their tea

Today on Blunt Business Sean is joined Charles P. Rutherford II Business Development Director of Boveda, Inc. Boveda (formerly Humidipak) is the global leader in 2-way humidity control. Holding several global patents, we can engineer Boveda in a wide range of RH levels for various moisture-sensitive packaging applications to add and remove moisture as necessary to maintain a precise RH. Charles's duties include growing our domestic and international business within premium tobacco, musical instrument, food packaging, pharmaceutical, electronics, medical device and herbal medicine, along with piloting all social media initiatives.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today on Blunt Business our host Sean Eubanks is joined by Aaron Newsom from The Santa Cruz Veterans Alliance. SCVA's mission is to provide Qualified California Military Veterans with top quality, lab-tested medical cannabis grown by fellow United States Military Veterans. The cornerstone of SCVA is our Veteran Compassion Program (VCP). Through the VCP every member of this collective receives FREE, top quality, lab-tested medical cannabis. It’s our way of honoring fellow veterans and assisting combat veterans who have service-related disabilities. This program allows our members to collectively have a voice in our organization and the cannabis movement. SCVA strives to be a community for veterans and supporters to reach out to one another. We want to create a place for veterans to speak about their combat experiences and the therapeutic benefits of medical cannabis, specifically as it relates to the traumas of war. We promote the medicinal benefits of cannabis and how to better address issues of pharmaceu

Today on Blunt Business Sean is joined by Shanel Lindsay. Shanel is the founder of Ardent, a Boston-based biotech and medical cannabis device company, for this week's webinar. Shanel tells us how to decarb cannabis safely and effectively at home with her easy to use, NOVA Decarboxylator. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the benefits of decarboxylation, this is a way activate the medicinal properties of the plant on the way to converting it into a consumable where you can control the exact dosage, every time. This is the future of Cannabis consumption so don’t miss this.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today on Blunt Business, Serge Chistov Joins Sean for this episode. Serge is the financial advisor for the Honest Marijuana Company, a Colorado-based cannabis cultivation group that prides itself on providing clean, premium cannabis products to the medical and recreational consumer markets. They discuss the importance of all-natural cannabis growing, what qualities Serge looked for in a company before getting involved in the cannabis industry, and — with Serge coming from a previous career in liquor and spirits imports — how he believes cannabis legalization will affect the alcohol industry. The two also discuss reusable, quality packaging options in the cannabis industryAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today on Blunt Businees Sean is joined by Phil Gibson, Vice President of Marketing for AEssense. Phil has 30 years of sales, marketing, and channel experience, and is known as the creator of the WEBENCH online design environment now owned by Texas Instruments. Previously, Phil held executive marketing positions at Infineon, TI, and National Semiconductor. With 7 patents in web technology, Phil is an expert in digital marketing and built his first web site in 1995. Phil holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and a BSEE from UC Davis.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today on Blunt Business your host Sean Eubanks is Joined by Michael Bologna from Dipstick Vapes. Michael is an Entrepreneur focusing on ensuring organizational success by improving efficiencies, minimizing waste, & bringing socially conscious processes to the forefront. The re-branded Dipstick Vapes (DSV) launched in January 2017. The original Dipstick from Improve, LLC launched in 2014 from Houston, TX. DSV still has offices in Houston along with a new administrative office in Denver, CO. DSV strives to be the leader in bringing high-end, innovative products to the ever expanding market. We value quality, originality, and caring customer service. DSV is here to set the standard for overall customer experience.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today on Blunt Business Sean is joined by Murr, and grower at Alpinstash. Murr; was born and raised in Colorado where she grew up playing hockey. After sustaining a back injury, she began the typical regimen of OTC and pharmaceutical pain remedies. It wasn’t until Murr tried cannabis that she noticed immediate relief. With two years of commercial cannabis bakery experience and a desire to continue paving her way in the emerging cannabis industry, Murr began working with AlpinStash, handling logistics and cultivating cannabis. She’s excited to be helping Danny’s vision come to fruition. AlpinStash’s mission is to provide the highest quality, cleanest, healthiest cannabis grown with care by Colorado natives. AlpinStash’s standards are set by personal experience as both cannabis users and growers. AlpinStash is responsible, ethical and inspired to grow in innovative and unique ways. The health of AlpinStash’s plants and by proxy, customers, is their number one priority; AlpinStash believes plant production shoul

Sean Eubanks welcomes Todd Stimpson, the owner of Saturn Ranch, which produces a product line of all-natural CBD Topicals and THC-infused edibles. We learn how Todd started the family-owned business and medical issues that inspired the business. We learn about Saturn Ranch and their work in developing premium, lab-tested, hemp-derived CBD is the most important ingredient in their products...from topical balms, salt scrubs, and bath soaking salts to tinctures and edibles.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sean Eubanks is joined today by AJ Obando the director of branding and marketing for Strainwise Consulting. AJ creates and maintains the outward facing brand while keeping it compliant to state regulations. In addition to all of this creative work, AJ also designs cohesive marketing campaigns across multiple platforms using advanced interactive computer graphic design to embrace marketing head on. They really focus on cannabis branding, and what you need to do in order to keep up with your brand. One of points Sean and AJ hit on are the difference between social platforms and their audiences.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

STRAINWISE Consulting Vice President Of Business Development Sean Eubanks talks about the top 3 compliance pitfalls all new cannabis business leaders and entrepreneurs should be aware of from day one with compliance expert, Cristi Kotsko.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy