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On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Niambe McIntosh, the daughter of reggae legend Peter Tosh. McIntosh is the Executive Director of Peter Tosh Brand & Legacy, the Founder of the Peter Tosh Foundation and a Board member of Minorities for Medical Marijuana. We wanted to connect with McIntosh to talk about her father’s legacy and how she serves to advance Peter Tosh’s advocacy today.

BofC Live is the daily news and interview program of Business of Cannabis. Business of Cannabis highlights the companies, brands, people and trends driving the sector.

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Vanessa Bairos, Project Manager at CannDelta. CannDelta is the Official Regulatory Advisory of Business of Cannabis. In this segment, Bairos goes in depth about how cannabis producers and manufacturers should think about their naming conventions when it comes to batches and lots of cannabis products.

BofC Live is the daily news and interview program of Business of Cannabis. Business of Cannabis highlights the companies, brands, people and trends driving the sector.

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Tony Giorgi, CEO of Sensi Brands. Sensi Brands recently opened a farm-gate cannabis retail store in St. Thomas, Ontario under the Station House Cannabis brand. We wanted to connect with Giorgi to talk about the store opening, the products Sensi Brands has launched into the Canadian market and how their medical cannabis program also fits into their overall strategy.

BofC Live is the daily news and interview program of Business of Cannabis. Business of Cannabis highlights the companies, brands, people and trends driving the sector.

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Barbara Pastori, Director of Strategy and Data for Prohibition Partners. Last week, Pastori penned a piece titled: Is cannabis the future for big tobacco? describing the alignment between big tobacco’s stated corporate goals and cannabis industry opportunities. Read the full piece.

BofC Live is the daily news and interview program of Business of Cannabis. Business of Cannabis highlights the companies, brands, people and trends driving the sector.

On this episode of BofC Live, we Tabitha Fritz and Ari Cohen, the co-founders of Fritz’s Cannabis. Fritz’s Cannabis is an edibles company that has successfully made the transition from the legacy market to the regulated market in Canada, with products currently on shelves in Ontario. We wanted to connect with Fritz and Cohen to talk about the transition, the brand and how retailers and customers are responding to their products.

BofC Live is the daily news and interview program of Business of Cannabis. Business of Cannabis highlights the companies, brands, people and trends driving the sector.

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Vahan Ajamian, Vice President, Capital Markets of High Tide Inc in advance of our Business of Cannabis: New York event, of which High Tide is a sponsor.

High Tide is a retail-focused cannabis company and through its retail brands – including Canna Cabana, NewLeaf Cannabis, Meta Cannabis and Meta Cannabis Supply – is the largest Canadian retailer of recreational cannabis as measured by revenue, with 93 current locations spanning Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

We wanted to connect with Ajamian about High Tide’s e-commerce retail brands in the United States and what that may mean for High Tide’s expansion into markets like New York.

BofC Live is the daily news and interview program of Business of Cannabis. Business of Cannabis highlights the companies, brands, people and trends driving the sector.

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Nalin Thillanayagam, a Business Analyst at CannDelta Inc. CannDelta is the Official Regulatory Advisory of Business of Cannabis. In this segment, Thillanayagam talks through several observations about the cannabis supply chain that he has gained as well as the data to support his observations. The imbalance between cannabis supply and the demand has been well-documented, including our recent Cannabis Daily: Glut rut: Is right-sizing a rite of passage?. We wanted to connect with Thillanayagam to talk through issues he sees and how the supply and demand may balance out in the future.

BofC Live is the daily news and interview program of Business of Cannabis. Business of Cannabis highlights the companies, brands, people and trends driving the sector.

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Korin Neff, Founder & CEO of B Cubed – a social equity venture with the exclusive right to develop the Fire & Flower brand into the New York tri-state market.

Fire & Flower US has recently opened an initial store in California and is expanding their footprint via their partnership with B Cubed.

We wanted to connect with Neff in advance of Business of Cannabis: New York where Fire & Flower US/B Cubed are sponsors.

BofC Live is the daily news and interview program of Business of Cannabis. Business of Cannabis highlights the companies, brands, people and trends driving the sector.

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Richard Carleton, CEO of the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE). The CSE has played a pivotal role in the cannabis sector by allowing cannabis companies to access capital markets. The CSE is also a sponsor of our upcoming event: Business of Cannabis: New York - focused on the emerging New York market and the role New York will play in the larger cannabis sector.

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We wanted to connect with Carleton in advance of Business of Cannabis: New York in order to get his gauge on the sector today - especially in the midst of increased focus on federal legalization in the US.

Richard Carleton was appointed CEO of the Canadian Securities Exchange in July 2011. During his tenure, Richard and the CSE team led a re-capitalization of the exchange in 2012-2013 and established relationships with key influencers in the Canadian securities industry and beyond. These efforts positioned the exchange to take a leading role in the provision of public capital to entrepreneurial companies; from 2014 on, the CSE set a series of records for new listings, capital raised by issuers and trading turnover. An early advocate for the cannabis industry, the CSE is now the global exchange leader in the listing of issuers in the sector. Recognized by the Financial Post Magazine as one of Canada’s “25 Cannabis Industry Power Players”, and a recipient of the American Trade Association’s “Captain of Industry” Award in November 2018, Richard is a frequent speaker on early-stage company finance issues around the world.

A member of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1987, Richard is a graduate of the University of Ottawa (B.A. ’81) and the University of Toronto (LL.B. ’85). He has also completed the executive development program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. 

BofC Live is the daily news and interview program of Business of Cannabis. Business of Cannabis highlights the companies, brands, people and trends driving the sector.

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Socrates Rosenfeld, CEO of Jane Technologies. Jane recently announced a capital raise of $100 million and we wanted to connect with Rosenfeld to talk about his company’s technology, their unique approach to connecting cannabis consumers and products as well as how the capital raise would enable Jane to scale and grow.

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On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Lucas McCann of CannDelta – the Official Regulatory Advisory of Business of Cannabis. We wanted to have McCann on to talk about the latest regulatory updates from British Columbia when it comes to farm-gate cannabis retail – or retail stores on the same site as cannabis cultivation.

Farm-gate has been a popular topic as cannabis retail rolls out more fully across Canada – but the uptake for onsite cannabis retail has been slow in most provinces.

BofC Live is the daily news and interview program of Business of Cannabis. Business of Cannabis highlights the companies, brands, people and trends driving the sector.

On August 18, along with Torkin Manes LLP, Business of Cannabis presented the online event, “Canadian Cannabis: What’s Next?”

As the event fell just days after a Canadian federal election was called, the program featured a conversation with Omar Khan, who is the Senior Vice President – Corporate and Public Affairs at High Tide Inc. Khan is a long-time political watcher and he provided prospective on how the election may impact Canadian cannabis – and also how the Canadian industry should be thinking about engaging politically now and moving forward.

This conversation was recorded and aired as part of Canadian Cannabis: What's Next?

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Emily Paxhia of Poseidon - a long time investor and leader in the cannabis sector in North America and around the world. We wanted to connect with Paxhia to talk about her background investing in the cannabis sector since 2014 as well as the panel she hopes to present on at this year's SXSW festival. The cannabis track is a core component of SXSW and her panel - which you can pick - revolves around the international cannabis market and would feature Boris Jordan of Curaleaf, Stephen Murphy of Prohibition Partners and Javier Hasse of Benzinga alongside Paxhia.

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On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with David Wasserman of CannDelta – the Official Regulatory Advisory of Business of Cannabis. Wasserman has been assisting cannabis retailers with licensing throughout Canada and joins us to discuss how retailers are identifying retail locations amid the rapid increase in cannabis retail density, specifically in Ontario.

BofC Live is the daily news and interview program of Business of Cannabis. Business of Cannabis highlights the companies, brands, people and trends driving the sector.

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Mandesh Dosanjh, CEO of Pure Sunfarms – a British Columbia-based cannabis producer.

In March, we connected with Dosanjh about a letter he submitted to Health Canada about Canadian producers using questionable methods to report potency on cannabis packages. This week, Health Canada recently came back to Pure Sunfarms – and all licensed producers – with clarity around how to account for COA results on each package. We wanted to connect with Dosanjh about what this clarification meant for his company, the industry and consumers.

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Valda Coryat, the Chief Marketing Officer of Trulieve. Trulieve is a multi-state operator based in Florida with a 96-store footprint across multiple states. Trulieve made headlines earlier this year with the planned acquisition of Harvest Health and Recreation. We wanted to connect with Coryat to discuss the recently announced launch of four consumer-facing brands – Muse, Momenta, Sweet Talk and Cultivar Collection by Trulieve.

BofC Live is the daily news and interview program of Business of Cannabis. Business of Cannabis highlights the companies, brands, people and trends driving the sector.

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Dean Friday, CEO and Jonathan Nadler, Group Managing Director of LYPHE Group. LYPHE Group is the UK’s leading provider of medical cannabis and have recently announced an expansion into the Swiss market. We wanted to connect with LYPHE Group leadership to talk about their leading position in the UK market, their expansion in the Switzerland and the current and future state of medical cannabis in Europe.

BofC Live is the daily news and interview program of Business of Cannabis. Business of Cannabis highlights the companies, brands, people and trends driving the sector.

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Nat Shaul, co-founder and Vice President of Marketing for springbig. springbig is a technology that allows cannabis retailers and dispensaries to communicate directly with their customers which can help increase retention, drive sales and implement thoughtful marketing campaigns. We wanted to connect with Shaul about the technology, how retailers are utilizing the technology and how consumers have, or have not, changed their shopping habits through COVID.

BofC Live is the daily news and interview program of Business of Cannabis. Business of Cannabis highlights the companies, brands, people and trends driving the sector.

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Dana Baranovsky of the CannDelta team. CannDelta is the Official Regulatory Advisory of Business of Cannabis. In this segment, Baranovsky talks about how Canadian cannabis companies could and should be thinking about adding functional ingredients into their edibles and beverages. Specifically, how utilizing well-known food products within edible ingredients could help differentiate products on cannabis retailer shelves – and the regulatory framework that enables companies to do just that.

BofC Live is the daily news and interview program of Business of Cannabis. Business of Cannabis highlights the companies, brands, people and trends driving the sector.

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Emma Andrews of Nextleaf Solutions. Andrews is the Director of Marketing at Nextleaf Solutions (CSE: OILS) and have recently launched their first brand directly into market in British Columbia: Glacial Gold. Glacial Gold is a legacy cannabis brand and bringing the brand to market in BC marks another important legacy brand being brought to market in Canada. We wanted to connect with Andrews to talk about the launch, the brand itself, the process of bringing the brand to market and how Nextleaf Solutions is positioning the product with consumers.

BofC Live is the daily news and interview program of Business of Cannabis. Business of Cannabis highlights the companies, brands, people and trends driving the sector.