Elevate Your Grind
Elevate Your Grind was created by Cannabis LAB (Law, Accounting, & Business) as a way to expand our Cannabis Professional association to the industry as a whole. Each week we interview experts, entrepreneurs, advocates, and other amazing people in Cannabis. We hope you'll join us on our journey through the Cannabis Industry!!
Episodes
In today's episode we sit down with Holly Bell, who just recently gave up one of the coolest title's you can have in a government role, Director of Cannabis. Holly shares her deep entrepreneurial background with us, her journey that led her to help design the hemp and medical marijuana programs in Florida, and how she's taking that knowledge across the globe in her new role with Flora Growth.
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Brothers Broadleaf was dreamed up in 2019 by two brothers in Tampa, Florida. Paxton and Dawson are 4th generation cigar makers, and know the inner workings of the industry. They were able to use this experience to create the premium blunt wrap we have all been waiting for. Fed up with the lack of quality leaves available to blunt smokers, the Brothers knew the only way to achieve perfection was to go back to the basics and forego t...
In this episode Todd sits down with Jeffrey Finkle, CEO of the Arcview Group, an institution in the legal cannabis industry founded by Troy Dayton and Steve DeAngelo. They talk about the upcoming Arcview event at the Loews Hotel in Coral Gables from Dec 7-9, the history of Arcview, it's space in the cannabis industry, and the current state of capital in the cannabis industry.
Elevate Your Grind - Delta Oil Co
In this episode we sit down with the entire crew of Delta Oil co. and their good friend and advisor Christopher F. Rux, CPA Rux. Dallas and Mike tell us the backstory of Delta Oil Co., why they chose Oklahoma to prove their concept, and how they plan on breaking into the Florida Cannabis Market
In 2020 Tina Ulman and Dani Baranowski co-founded the Chamber of Cannabis, a 501(c)(6) nonprofit and Nevada’s largest cannabis business trade organization composed of over 400 industry leaders and 65 businesses looking to build a more inclusive industry and community, restore justice, and move cannabis commerce forward. The Chamber successfully took a major role in passing AB 341 – the Cannabis Consumption Lounge Bill, as well as A...
John McLeod Co-Founder and Head of New Markets at Cloud Cannabis Company, a vertically licensed medical and recreational cannabis operator in Michigan. John sits down with Todd to talk about how his journey lead him to understand the benefit of cannabis and his efforts to grow his business up North.
In another in-studio conversation, Todd sits down with Doug Kulig, Senior Sales Executive at Boveda, Inc. Doug has been working in the cannabis industry since 2018 and now works throughout the Southeast with the industry leader in two way humidity control.
Daniel Firtel is the President of TRP Co, the holding company for legacy brands Cookies, Dr. Greenthumb's, and Insane. Prior to joining TRP Co, Daniel led top real estate investment and leasing firms in California for over 15 years and has been involved in over $3 Billion in shopping center sales and lease transactions. He is also a serial entrepreneur, starting and expanding several successful businesses during his career incl...
Kendra Stocking is the Vice President of Sales at Cherry World, a modern lifestyle brand with a focus on cannabis, fashion + lifestyle, skateboarding and culture. Kendra is a collaborative cannabis sales leader with over 14 years experience in sales in the cannabis, action sports and real estate industries. She was previously the Vice President of Sales at Old Pal, a company crafting quality cannabis in California and Nevada.
Frank Costa serves as the Chief Growth Officer of World Insurance Associates where he focuses on enhancing the synergies between clients, colleagues, carriers, and strategic alliances. Mr. Costa is responsible for maximizing new business development strategies, organic growth in Commercial and Personal Lines and Benefits, retention, and margins. Prior to World, Frank led the Middle Market and Small Commercial Divisions at Frenkel &...
Graham is a serial entrepreneur who began his career as part of the original team at Software.com, taking the company public in 1999. Shortly thereafter, he served on the board of Seacology and was part of the founding team at Sonos, where he was involved with product design, development, sales, and customer support. After Sonos, Farrar served as a board member for Heal the Ocean, was a founder and partner of ebook publishers iStor...
Ron co-founded Jetty Extracts in 2013 and has overseen its growth from a local San Diego brand into a leading California extract company. Jetty continues to move the industry forward in regards to extraction techniques, and through the Shelter Project, provides free cannabis oil to cancer patients. Jetty collaborated with Stone Brewing and Thorn Street Brewery on cannabis-derived terpene infused beers, and with Sweet Bricks, an art...
Tracy Brady is the Vice President, Head of Global Communications Curaleaf, one of the largest MSO's in the United States. Prior to Curaleaf, Tracy was the SVP of Communications and Corporate Marketing at Hill Holliday. Tracy led a variety of communications, publicity and branding functions at Arnold WorldWide, Sony Pictures and Turner Broadcasting.
Mr. Sandelman is a 30-year veteran of banking and finance, with a history of generating shareholder value. He served as president of Bank of America Securities after building its capital markets businesses through the early 2000s, building Bank of America beyond its roots as a consumer and corporate lender, and subsequently founded and served as CEO of the multi-billion dollar asset manager Sandelman Partners.
Morgan Paxhia is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Poseidon, one of the longest running funds in the cannabis industry. With over ten years experience in investing and finance, Morgan has developed a deep understanding of individual company analysis, portfolio construction, and risk mitigation. Since 2012, he has dedicated his investment focus primarily to the cannabis industry. Given the limited amount of information in this e...
Robert Beasley, a native Floridian, co-founded the law firm of Litvak, Beasley Wilson & Ball in 2001. As a consultant, Robert has advised multiple parties to obtain cannabis licenses and create related financing facilities in Florida, Oregon, California, and Washington, D.C.
Also, Robert has participated in the design and construction of five cannabis cultivation and processing facilities, served as Board of Manager of the lead...
Paul Sykes has been the CFO of springbig since April 2021. Prior to joining springbig, Mr. Sykes was Chief Financial Officer of dmg information, the U.S. based business information group of London stock exchange listed DMGT plc, from 1997 to 2017; and from 2018 through 2020 was CFO and COO of Nordis Technologies. Particularly from his tenure at dmg information, Mr. Sykes has substantial experience executing acquisition transactions...
Mr. Santo brings more than 25 years of experience leading lean, high-performance teams in Consumer Credit, Financial Services, Gaming and Technology, Higher Education and Specialty-Pharma. He has held a variety of senior-level positions at The First Marblehead Corporation, Fitch Ratings, International Game Technology, Lantheus Medical Imaging and, most recently, Columbia Care Inc., a leading multi-state operator in the cannabis ind...
Sam Arellano is the Founder of Arellano Brand Co., a multi-disciplinary brand agency that partners with emerging cannabis companies seeking full-service sales, marketing, and brand design. Sam is an accomplished brand builder for B2B and B2C organizations using highly creative, omnichannel growth strategies.
Marc Sampogna is the Chief Marketing Officer at Tru Green Global where he is responsible for overseeing the planning, development and execution of all branding, marketing and advertising initiatives for Clearfield and the TrueGreen portfolio. Marc is also the Founder of Canopy Brands Group, a full-service agency that has helped grow or reshape a wide range of successful brands from start-ups to established Fortune 100 & 500 co...
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