Elevate Your Grind - Joe Lustberg - Managing Partner, UpWise Capital

In this episode, we sit down with Juliana Whitney, President of Cann Strategy. We talk about her early days in the cannabis space, how she decided to hand her own shingle and start her own business consulting in the cannabis space, and ultimately what made her move that business across the country from Las Vegas to Florida.

In this episode, we welcome back Mike McDonald, President of Dablicator. If you don't know what the dablicator is, you're missing out. Sure there are plenty of dab tools and hot knives for when you want to traditionally dab concentrates. But what about those of us who like to roll hash holes, or just put oil on other things without getting all sticky and maybe staining your favorite gym shorts. Check out this episode to hear how dablicator is revolutionizing the way people use concentrates.

In this episode, we sit down with Paul Weiss, CEO of Paper Planes Extracts. The discussions include everything from the current financial state of the industry, what is happening specifically in the CA market, and how a perfect balance of corporate and culture can help a cannabis company strive in the current industry climate.

In this episode, we sit down with Darrin Potter - Director of Market Development at Terra Vera & Vice President at Cultivation Structures and Equipment. We discuss how Darrin's deep history of cultivating cannabis in Florida, issues most cannabis cultivations are facing, what remediation issues are best.....and which ones are a little scary to think about.

In this episode, we sit down with David Polley - Founder & CEO of Preferred Gardens out of Sacramento, CA. We visit David down at the Flowery cultivation facility and talk about his early life and how it ultimately led him to cannabis cultivation, building his business brick by brick, and his partnership with the Flowery to bring quality cannabis to the Florida medical market.

In this episode, we sit down the WIllie McKenzie, Founder & CEO of Left Coast Holdings, a vertically integrated Cannabis company located in Michigan. We talk about everything from Willie's legacy background, how struggle with addiction, and how turning his life around led him to build a vertically integrated cannabis business in Michigan 

In this episode, Todd sits down with Andrew Thut, Chief Financial Officer of 4Front Ventures, s a publicly-traded, vertically integrated MSO in markets including California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Washington. They have built a strong reputation for their high standards and low-cost cultivation and production methodologies earned through a track record of success in facility design, cultivation, genetics, growing processes, manufacturing, purchasing, distribution, and retail. Andrew and Todd discuss the difficulties cannabis companies face trying to operate like any normal business with things such as banking, borrowing money, and taxes. We also touch on a lesser spoken-about topic, how those employed by cannabis companies face the same issues when trying to apply for mortgages and other loans.

In this episode, we sit down with Joe Lustberg, Managing Partner for UpWise Capital. UpWise isn't your traditional broker, they've created a massive network of lending partners to give you the best chances of being approved. Joe talks about the current state of the industry, and what they look for when doing a lending deal.

In this episode, we welcome back friend of the show and Bills Mafia member Karson Humiston, Founder & CEO of Vangst. We talk about the current state of the cannabis industry, what led us here, what we think will happen throughout the remainder of the year, and if Josh Allen will lead the Buffalo Bills to the Super Bowl this year.

This episode was filmed live from The Flowery's North Miami dispensary. We were invited to The Flowery's "Retail Reset" tour as they built out more room for some of the latest brand partnerships, including Sherbinskis, Doja, and Wizard Trees. We learn about how The Flowery approaches the Florida market and what's important to them when bringing in a brand from another state.