To Be Blunt

To Be Blunt


Latest Episodes

148 From Legacy to Licensed: Building a Vertically Integrated Business with Willie McKenzie of Left Coast Holdings
June 12, 2023

"The only difference between an entrepreneur who's successful and an entrepreneur who is not successful is that an entrepreneur who's successful doesn't quit." - Willie McKenzieEver wondered what it takes to thrive in the ever-evolving world of cannabis e

147 Cooking up a Brand: Personal Branding and Cannabis Content Creation with Christina Wong of Fruit & Flower
June 05, 2023

"Know your why. Who is your target audience, and what is your why? Not your what, not your how." - Christina WongEmbark on an inspiring journey with Christina Wong, a cannabis business owner and brand marketer. Discover how she transitioned from publicist

146 Snack Time: The Rise of Savory in Cannabis Edibles with Robert Holland of Tempo
May 29, 2023

"For a customer and for a consumer who's looking for a really consistent experience you need to be able to deliver that dosage consistency. And I think that's the thing that has really differentiated us against other products and where we continue to push

145 Cultivating the Future: Innovations in Cannabis Tissue Culture with Kristian Andreassen from Conception Nurseries
May 22, 2023

"What they would do is they would come to a tissue culture lab, like conception, and then we create a clone through a different process than traditional cloning. It's done in a lab, It's done with hormones, mixtures. It's a sterile environment. And throug

144 Purely Green: The Journey to Clean Cannabis with Guy Rocourt of Papa & Barkley
May 15, 2023

"It is on us to push this industry forward." - Guy Rocourt"What got us here what got us through a prohibition is what was grown in grandma's garden and made in grandma's kitchen natural simple formulations." - Guy RocourtThis episode of the To Be Blunt po

143 CannaBiz Pathfinders: Navigating the Cannabis License Labyrinth with Sara Gullickson and Maxime Kot of The Cannabis Business Advisors
May 08, 2023

"It was something that could help people feel better. And so I thought involved and basically went state to state to state. I helped entrepreneurs put together their request for proposal request for application, and then I helped the legislators craft a l

142 Microbrews to Microdose: Minnesota's THC Beverage Revolution with Jason Dayton of Trail Magic
May 01, 2023

"The amount of consumers in America that don't consume alcohol has been relatively consistent for the last 50 years. Consumer habits are shifting, but alcohol consumption's not going away. I don't think it will out. Our hope is that co

141 Trust through Testing: Pioneering Cannabis Quality Assurance with Josh Wurzer of SC Labs
April 24, 2023

"With cannabis being inhaled directly rather than eating it, a small amount of contaminants can have a lot, potentially more toxic effect in your body than if you ate those same contaminants. So I think it's really important, and I think now the

140 The Adult Use Legalization of Cannabis in Minnesota with Jason Tarasek of Minnesota Cannabis Law
April 17, 2023

Any day that goes by that someone is arrested for marijuana possession, it's a day of injustice. And if for no other reason, but that I'm happy to do whatever I can to legalize marijuana. - Jason TarasekIn this episode, Jason Tarasek, founder

139 A Scientists Perspective on Cannabis Consumption with Miyabe Shields of Project Chronic
April 10, 2023

By making something illegal, you're making it more dangerous. It's a classic effect of that. It's similarly with cannabis and what we were talking about with THC, it's about the lack of education and telling people just don't do

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