The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Erika Tingey, Head of Product at Backbone IQ, a Cannabis technology company offering Cannabis supply chain management, compliance, and financial management software solutions for Cannabis manufacturers and other Cannabis operators. In this episode, we discuss: going from a mainstream corporate career to a Cannabis career the importance of an "I can learn anything mentality" when working in the constantly evolving Cannabis...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews visionary Cannabis business leader Andrew DeAngelo. As a co-founder and advisor to Harborside, Andrew has pioneered legal cannabis business processes and provided groundbreaking political engagement and thought leadership to the cannabis community. Andrew is co-founder and Chairperson of the Board for the non-profit Last Prisoner Project (LPP) and a founding Board of Directors member of the California Cannabis Industry Association (CCIA)...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Marie Montmarquet, the co-founder of MD Numbers Inc, a 100% Black owned vertically integrated Cannabis company in California. Marie is a legacy cannabis operator who’s been passionate about the plant for over 13 years. Her cannabis business expertise and equity activism have put her in the national spotlight. On this episode we discuss the transition from underground to compliant Cannabis, the conflicts between Cannabis culture and...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Andrew Lobo, CEO of Kin Slips. Kin Slips is a California based manufacturer of Cannabis sublingual strips. Founded in 2016, Kin Slips has always been a pioneer in the Cannabis sublingual space, and in 2021 again when they launched the first THCA and CBD sublingual strip. Sublingual slips are placed under the tongue, where they are rapidly absorbed by the body. The active ingredients are then carried directly through the...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Jackie Kim and Charmaine Chua of STIIIZY, one of the most popular and fastest growing vaporizer brands in Cannabis. According to data from Headset, STIIIZY is the number 1 selling vaporizer brand in California and commands more than 20% of sales in the vape category. Jackie Kim, was one of STIIIZY's first employees and is now Director of Marketing. She helped grow the brand's Instagram following from 0 to over half a million followers...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Dr. Maria Fernanda Arboleda an Anesthesiologist, Pain and Palliative Care Physician. Dr. Arboleda is an international Consultant and Medical Advisor as well as the Associate Research Director at Santé Cannabis. Likewise, she is a co-investigator on several research projects that are being developed in Canada and has extensive experience as an international speaker and faculty in more than 50 international conferences and...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Liz Wald, an Executive and the Board Director for Good Earth Organics, which produces organic soils, amendments, and nutrients for Cannabis and hemp farmers. Prior to Good Earth Organics, Liz helped drive international growth at AOL, Etsy, and Indiegogo. She put her crowdfunding experience to use with Good Earth Organics, helping the company raise more than $1.8 million from more than 875 investors vie equity crowdfunding. On this...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Andrés Fajardo, Co-Founder and President of NASDAQ listed multi-national Cannabis company Clever Leaves. There, amongst many other achievements, Andrés led the development of Clever Leaves first 18 Hectares of GACP and EU-GMP certified cultivation and post-harvest facilities. Prior to Clever Leaves, Andres was a Founding Partner of Mojo Ventures, a unique late-stage company builder focused on working with startups and small companies to...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Chris Walsh, CEO of Marijuana Business Daily, which includes MJBizDaily.com one of the best Cannabis industry news sites and the widely attended MJBizCon conferences. Chris shares his journey from journalist to Cannabis CEO, we celebrate Marijuana Business Daily's 10 year anniversary, and Chris shares a multitude of reasons why he's more excited about the future of the Cannabis industry than ever before. Perhaps it's because...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Vanessa Gabriel, CEO and Co-Founder of Drop Delivery, which is quickly becoming the Shopify of Cannabis. Vanessa and her team have a successful exit, selling Greenlight Technologies to publicly traded Leafbuyer in 2018. More recently, their latest venture, Drop Delivery raised over a million dollars via equity crowdfunding in less than 8 weeks. On this episode we discuss equity crowdfunding for Cannabis startups,...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Milan Patel, Co-Founder and CEO of PathogenDx, a biotechnology company that has reinvented DNA-based testing to identify pathogens more quickly and easily than ever before. Their diagnostic solutions are helping to detect and address viral, bacterial and fungal infection and contamination in the agriculture, food, Cannabis, and healthcare industries. On this episode we discuss the challenges of bringing innovative...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Rich Gonzalez, inventor of the Chill, a revolutionary smoking apparatus designed to replace the last generation of bongs. With nearly 30 years of experience in both the CPG and Home Goods verticals, Rich has a deep knowledge of the "concept-to-shelf" process, and hundreds of millions of people around the world own at least one item he’s helped create. But none of them are quite like the Chill. On this episode we discuss the...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Justin Fischer, CEO and Founder of RiskScout, a tech company that helps compliance officers and financial institutions manage clients in high risk businesses, like Cannabis. On this episode we discuss the importance of understanding the customers you are serving, the future of Cannabis banking, the Cannabis landscape in Texas and more. In the coaching portion, Mike helps Justin create a new marketing initiative to educate...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Kevin O'Brien, Vice President at Marsh & McLennan, the world's largest insurance broker. Kevin is an intrapreneur of sorts, spearheading Marsh's Cannabis business. On this episode we discuss common misconceptions about Cannabis business insurance, the challenges of evaluating Cannabis business risk, why Kevin believes there will be many more insurance claims in the Cannabis industry over the next 5 years, and more. In...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Shellise Rogers. Sistah Rogers is a human rights activist at the intersection of cannabis, sustainability, and mental health. Her other ventures include: Mindful Toking, an educational experience with a conscious lens exploring psychedelics’ effect on emotional and intellectual mechanisms, encouraging a shift in mindset towards holistic growth and wholeness; the Finance Auntie, a boutique financial accounting + planning...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Robert Bernstein, CPA, ESQ, and a Partner at Grassi & Co. As part of Grassi's Cannabis Practice, Robert helps vertically integrated cannabis companies, multi-state operators, medical and adult use dispensaries, cannabis technology companies, cannabis landowners, industrial hemp growers, CBD companies and other professionals navigate the unique challenges of this emerging industry. On this episode we discuss: the...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Justin Johnson, Founder of BudsFeed.com, a Cannabis discovery platform where Cannabis community members can seed and upvote their favorite products. We discuss the sacrifices required to become a Cannabis entrepreneur, the challenges of leaving an established career in a mainstream industry to get into Cannabis, the loneliness of entrepreneurship, and more. In the coaching portion, Mike helps Justin with opportunity ADD. ...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Laura Lagano, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, author of "The CBD Oil Miracle" and co-founder of the Holistic Cannabis Academy. As one of a handful of RDNs who has completed the prestigious Institute of Functional Medicine program, Laura integrates her expertise in nutrition, functional medicine, and cannabis in her private practice, Laura Lagano Nutrition LLC. We discuss misconceptions about Cannabis edibles, how to find...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Sam Ghods, CEO of Connected Cannabis, one of California's highest premium and best selling Cannabis flower brands. Prior to entering the Cannabis industry, Sam was the co-founder and systems architect at Box, a multi billion dollar technology company that revolutionized cloud computing. On this episode, we discuss how Sam essentially went from unpaid intern to CEO of Connected Cannabis, why Sam believes that "Cannabis TAM (total...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Michael McDonald, President of Ammonite Inc, maker of the Dablicator oil applicator, a product that was created by the Jetty Extracts team. Prior to entering the Cannabis industry by selling a real estate asset to the Jetty Extracts team, Mike had entrepreneurial experience in the furniture business, in product development, manufacturing, and as an operator launching the Giant bicycle brand as well as building and selling...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Michael Krawitz, Executive Director of Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access. For decades, Krawitz has been at the forefront of international Cannabis reform. On this episode, he provides a masterclass on the inner workings of international drug treaties, why they matter and how they're finally being renegotiated. He also offers great insight on a variety of other topics including the dangers of corporate Cannabis models and the need for...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Brenda Smith, Founder and Managing Partner of CB Capital Concierge, a boutique capital advisory firm that helps investors and entrepreneurs succeed in Cannabis business. Brenda Smith is a high power business leader. After working at top financial institutions (Merrill Lynch, PNC Securities, Bernstein Private Wealth Management) Brenda built and sold her own international coaching business. She also taught Enterprise...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews Tangy Daniel, a U.S. Marine Corp veteran who served 2 tours of duty in Iraq and then became Founder and CEO of multiple Cannabis businesses. This interview marks Tangy's last interview as an entrepreneur in the Cannabis industry. She's exiting the business to serve as an advocate in the firearms space, working to protect 2nd amendment rights. We discuss the restrictions around Cannabis and guns which are forcing her to give up one of...

The Cannabis Business Coach Michael Zaytsev interviews and coaches Adam Remis, Founder of YourCannaCFO.com and Co-Founder of CannaCFO Magazine. Adam has over 25 years of accounting and tax experience and has even been CFO of a New York Stock Exchange publicly traded company. In this episode, we discuss common misconceptions about the Cannabis industry, the importance of hiring experts to help with due diligence before investing in Cannabis businesses, and how the industry will change after...