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Andrew Grieve, CEO of Zenabis talks about their contract cultivation partnership with Tantalus and their recent stock offering
Andrew Grieve is the CEO of Zenabis and he joined Business of Cannabis to talk about their agreement to grow Tantalus Labs genetics on contract as well as their stock offering to current shareholders – which has been the topic of conversation among those that follow publicly traded cannabis companies.
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Sasha Asgary, Weedsense
Business of Cannabis proudly partnered with MNP for the second year in a row to produce “Meet the Industry” – this time from the Montreal Cannabis Expo. Here, Brett Chang from the Business of Cannabis team talks with Sasha Asgary who provides an update on WEEDSENSE, an omni-channel cannabis distribution company.
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Karina Karassev of Responsible Cannabis Use focuses on educating Canadians about cannabis rules, policies and responsible use
Responsible Use Cannabis is a cannabis education company bringing critical details about how cannabis use impacts workplaces and driving. They have done compelling research about how much (or little) Canadians know about the rules and policies around cannabis and have created an education tool for cannabis retailers. Karina Karassev is Responsible Cannabis Use’s Chief Operating Officer.
- Adult-Use
Finding the Silver Lining
First, the tough news… The news generally has not been good on the Canadian cannabis landscape recently (CannTrust, Ontario retail, HEXO earnings) – Leaf Forward’s Alex Blumenstein shared some thoughts about the sector’s path forward in the Globe + Mail.
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Jo Vos of Leafly talks about creating a visual language for cannabis consumers
Jo Vos is the Managing Director of Leafly in Canada. She joined BofC Live to talk about Leafly’s new visual language to help cannabis consumers understand and make informed decisions about cannabis. The visual language launched in early October has been making positive waves across the sector ever since.
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Chris Churchill-Smith, CEO, Canada House Wellness Group – brand building and a focus on the medical cannabis
In October 2019, MNP and Business of Cannabis collaborated to produce this Meet the Industry series from the Expo Cannabis Montreal.
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Ryan Lalonde of Buddi on the importance of educating consumers in the legal cannabis market
Ryan Lalonde joined Business of Cannabis to talk about how Buddi is helping consumers in the retail environment explore products and make informed choices. Buddi is at the heart of creating a valuable and informative experience for consumers – critical in the highly regulated cannabis retail market in Canada.
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Chris Milan of NexTec Group talks about now ERP can support rapidly growing, cannabis cultivation and processing companies
Chris Milan is a VP at NexTec Group – an ERP, CRM and BI company.
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Andrew Wilson on how GrowerIQ approaches their tech from the view of a Master Grower
GrowerIQ is a cannabis cultivation platform that looks at their services from the perspective of a master grower. Andrew Wilson is the Chief Operating Officer and joined Jay Rosenthal to talk about their solutions, how they approach their work and how his unique background is providing insights into his work in the cannabis sector.
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Tanner Stewart of Stewart Farms + Need to Grow talks about sustainable agriculture, cannabis and working with Rosario Dawson
Tanner Stewart is both the founder of Stewart Farms – a cannabis company based in New Brunswick and an Executive Producer of documentary The Need to Grow. Tanner joined Jay Rosenthal of @bofc_canada to talk about both his passion for cannabis and his passion for The Need to Grow film.
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Cuts Edition
We’ll start where the news is more or less positive – cannabis retail: While Ontario has been slow in getting cannabis retail off the ground, they did do one thing right (albeit late) – 26 First Nations cannabis stores will be licensed by the Province.
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Stephen Murphy, Co-Founder + CEO, NOBL Group
Stephen Murphy is the co-founder + CEO of NOBL – the company behind European Cannabis Week, Cannabis Europa and Prohibition Partners. Together, these brands are driving cannabis knowledge and insight into the European cannabis market. As well, Cannabis Europa is bringing their programming to Toronto on November 5th and New York City on November 7th.
