
Cannabis Equipment News
Business & Economics Podcasts
Cannabis Equipment News is an interview series with growers, processors, manufacturers, distributors and other professionals who work within the legal cannabis industry. We provide answers to the challenges cannabis professionals face every day and discuss the industry as it continues to develop.
Location:
United States
Description:
Cannabis Equipment News is an interview series with growers, processors, manufacturers, distributors and other professionals who work within the legal cannabis industry. We provide answers to the challenges cannabis professionals face every day and discuss the industry as it continues to develop.
Twitter:
@news_cen
Language:
English
Episodes
Nicolas Guarino: Cannabis in NY is Disastrous
9/29/2023
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This week, Nicolas Guarino, founder and CEO of Naturae joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss his challenges as a New York operator and how his company became the largest producer of CO2-extracted cannabis oils in the state.
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Duration:00:54:11
Christopher Altomare: Maine's Medical Cannabis Industry Has a Dangerous Testing Problem
9/22/2023
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This week, Christopher Altomare, CEO of Nova Analytic Lab, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss Maine's inadequate testing regulations and what it will take to change the law. Hopefully, it comes before a patient dies.
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Duration:00:37:57
Socrates Rosenfeld: How to Build a Digital Foundation for an Entire Industry
9/15/2023
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This week, Socrates Rosenfeld, CEO and cofounder of Jane Technologies, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss his plans to organize an entire industry's wealth of information before Google and Amazon.
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Duration:01:00:24
Zechariah Corcimiglia: How I Created the Keurig of Cannabis
9/8/2023
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This week, Zechariah Corcimiglia, CEO of Puffsy, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss the lack of innovation in the cannabis industry and how he created an entirely new product category for brands.
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Duration:00:38:50
Aaron Ranka: If Safe Banking Doesn't Pass, Businesses Will Fail
9/1/2023
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This week, Aaron Ranka, chief revenue officer at Dama Financial, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss the state of the SAFE Banking Act, the bill's flaws and Dama's move to be more than a cannabis banking services company.
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Duration:00:36:06
Single-Handedly Building Cannabis Banking Regulations with Sundie Seefried
8/25/2023
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This week, Sundie Seefried, CEO of Safe Harbor Financial, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss how she wrote the book on cannabis banking, literally.
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Duration:00:53:00
Onell Crawford: The Most Connected Man in Cannabis
8/18/2023
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This week, Onell Crawford, host of the Cannabis Related podcast and industry consultant, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss why he isn’t hungry for every opportunity and chooses to do good business with good people.
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Duration:00:56:29
Jonathan Bohun: How to Build Stronger Brand Loyalty
8/11/2023
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This week, Jonathan Bohun, founder and CEO of loyalty and distribution platform Weedar, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss the importance of having a dialogue between company and customer to build a stronger brand loyalty.
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Duration:00:34:10
We Make Life Easier for Cannabis Companies with Marion Mariathasan
8/4/2023
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This week, Marion Mariathasan, CEO of Simplifya, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss how his company does all the compliance heavy lifting for cannabis operators big and small.
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Duration:00:46:59
Edibles Are Like Dial-up Internet with Kim Rael
7/31/2023
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This week, Kim Rael, co-founder and CEO of Azuca, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss how the "odd couple of cannabis" perfected edible manufacturing.
In this episode, Rael also discusses:
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Duration:00:51:05
Shawn Deggans: No One Wants to Replace Cannabis Growers
7/21/2023
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This week, Shawn Deggans, owner of Green Nanny, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss why no one wants a fully-automated garden.
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Duration:01:03:35
Deborah Saneman: Human Capital Management Firms Were Failing Cannabis Companies
7/14/2023
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This week, Deborah Saneman, CEO of Würk, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss why she stepped up after watching multiple HR service providers kick cannabis to the curb and how gamification can improve employee retention.
In this episode, Saneman also discusses:
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Duration:00:44:34
Nick Taraborelli: If We Do Good Work, the Universe Will Treat Us Well
7/10/2023
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This week, Nick Taraborelli, vice president of Paxiom Automation, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss how his company found success by building good quality machines while listening to and supporting clients.
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Duration:00:55:30
Robert Beasley: We Were 100 Miles Wide and 1 Inch Deep
6/23/2023
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When it comes to growing any business, balance and scale are key. This week, Robert Beasley, CEO of Fluent, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss how he saved the company from "imminent collapse."
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Duration:00:59:38
Shea Coakley: THC Beverages Can Create a Truly Social Cannabis Experience
6/15/2023
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This week, Shea Coakley, co-founder and CEO of HighTide, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss how he navigated the very early stages of the cannabis beverage market to carve out a niche by making thoughtful cannabis beverages that prioritize the social experience and help with the de-stigmatization of cannabis. Coakley believes cannabis beverages could be as ubiquitous as alcohol in the next 10 to 20 years.
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Duration:00:52:00
Dan Grim: Mobile Manufacturing Can Solve Cannabis Beverage Industry's Logistical Problems
6/12/2023
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This week, Dan Grim, CEO and janitor of Good Stuff Manufacturing, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss his success building an award-winning cannabis beverage company and how he plans to shake up the co-packing industry with his coast-to-coast mobile contract manufacturing operation.
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Duration:00:51:47
Josh Wurzer: Without Trust, Labs Are Just Numbers on a Piece of Paper
6/2/2023
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This week, Josh Wurzer, chief compliance officer at SC Labs, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss his efforts to legitimize cannabis lab testing and flush out the small number of labs cooking the books.
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Duration:00:56:32
Teamsters: Companies Are Taking Advantage of Cannabis Workers
5/26/2023
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This week, Jim Glimco, Teamsters Local 777 president, Christopher Smith, business agent at Teamsters Local 777 and Alex Suarez, cannabis agent at Ascend Wellness in Chicago, join the Cannabis Equipment News Podcast to discuss how unions are helping cannabis workers turn their day jobs into careers.
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Duration:00:53:46
Dr. Bruce Bugbee: Debunking Cannabis Myths
5/22/2023
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This week, Dr. Bruce Bugbee, President of Apogee Instruments and Professor of Physiology at Utah State University, joins the podcast to discuss his work studying a new crop full of very strange claims, like the importance of planting during a full moon.
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Duration:00:49:47
Alex Boone: Hemp-Based Paper Enhances Cannabis Products
5/12/2023
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This week, Alex Boone, managing director of Botani, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss how he started making paper products out of hemp flower, why brand owners are switching to hemp-based paper and problems working with an inexperienced supply chain.
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Duration:00:44:06