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Christopher Gavigan: Founder And CEO Of Prima

Christopher Gavigan
Christopher Gavigan
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Although I didn’t realize at the time that the CBD cream that I’ve found real relief with in regards to my torn meniscus on my right knee is from Prima. I didn’t make the connection initially, my apologies to you all. It’s really fine stuff.

WB: Please tell me about yourself? Where are you from ? What was your path to your healing products? 

Christopher Gavigan=CG: I’m an East Coast native and always knew that my mindset and lifestyle choices were more attuned to the emerging, future-forward perception of health and wellbeing. I was always an outlier with my health-consciousness and environmental advocacy, so as a 20-year-old, I headed westward (of course!) to Santa Barbara, became a vegetarian, studied Environmental Sciences, and lived in a VW bus on the cliffs of the Pacific. I had known the recreational properties of cannabis then, but became deeply engaged in optimizing my body, energy, and mind to the plant sciences and botanical ingredients that promote healthful recovery. I was learning about the physiological impacts of certain toxicants from our living environments that had correlations to disease, illness, and health challenges — especially for kids and families — and this connected me to the best researchers and academics (at Mt. Sinai, Johns Hopkins, Berkeley and Yale).

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Five Questions With Royal Highness Cannabis Boutique Founders

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Megan Stone
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Megan Stone – Partner, Royal Highness Cannabis Boutique; Founder & Principal, The High Road Design Studio

Keyva King – Partner, Royal Highness Cannabis Boutique; Founder, Earth Essentials

Kiyah King – Partner, Royal Highness Cannabis Boutique

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CEO John Korkidis Founder: Proposition Cocktail Co.

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Warren Bobrow=WB: Please tell me about yourself. 

John Korkidis=JK: I’m a bit of a mixed bag. When most people look at me, I’m not sure they see the son of an immigrant who speaks several languages. But the fact that I am easily slept on, typically often gives me an upper hand. Little known fact: I dropped out of college in NY where I was studying graphic design and spent most of my 20’s living and working in China as a creative. During my time there I cut my teeth in various agency roles and had the honor of working closely with the artist Ai Weiwei in his Beijing studio. Ultimately, I came back to the US (San Francisco) after taking a job with a large Chinese social media company, MOMO (NASDAQ) to help develop new mobile products for the US market. I fell in love with the Bay Area immediately but over the course of about 5 years of working in high-pressure performance marketing roles, my love affair with the tech scene started to fade and I began turning to my hobbies as a creative outlet. Hence the birth of my beverage platform Chron Vivant.

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Some Crisply Succinct Questions With Charles Jones CEO: LucidMood

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Warren Bobrow=WB: Where are you from? 

Charles Jones=CJ: I was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey and moved to Charleston, West Virginia when I was 12. Math and science were my favorite topics in school. In high school, my extracurricular activities included playing chess (I won a national title in my senior year of high school) and attending classes in psychology and philosophy at a nearby university.  

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Fighting Cannabis Odor With Plant Power:Dr. Laura Haupert Of Cannabolish

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Warren Bobrow=WB: Tell me about Cannabolish. What do you do? What is your role? 

Dr. Laura Haupert=DLH: Cannabolish is our brand of plant-based odor control products scientifically developed to remove the odors associated with cannabis smoke. Cannabolish doesn’t mask the odors that come from cannabis smoke, but rather neutralizes it using plant oils and water – no added fragrances, no harmful ingredients. 

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Chris Rebentisch: CEO Of 1933 Industries Inc.

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Warren Bobrow=WB: Where are you from? When you were a child, what was your ambition? Why did you take this path?

Chris Rebentisch=CR: I’m from Las Vegas, Nevada. When I was growing up I wanted to be a judge. I thought I would be good at handing down creative sentences. I actually ended up on the other side of the judge’s desk, however, due to my interest in and passion for the cannabis plant. I wasn’t any good at school; I didn’t learn the same way everyone else learned. And the education system I grew up in didn’t exactly equip teachers with the tools or a curriculum that helped children with different learning styles succeed. It wasn’t until my mid 20s when I found out how I learned the best and, by then, traditional education was behind me. And you need a traditional education to wear the robe and hold the gavel.

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Monique Ramirez Discusses Sustainability Of Her Farm’s Organically Grown Craft Cannabis

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Photo credit: Monique Ramirez

Warren Bobrow=WB: Please tell me about yourself?

Monique Ramirez= Mo: My name is Monique but my friends call me Mo. I live on a mountain just outside of Covelo in Mendocino County. I live off-grid in a home my partner Gus is building. I’m currently the Vice President of the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance and the founder of the Covelo Cannabis Advocacy Group. I started CCAG back in 2017 during a very interesting time. Our county was about to adopt a new cannabis ordinance and our district didn’t have a supervisor, so essentially the people had no representation. I knew our community needed to come together and form a group so we could begin advocating for our needs. And here we are now several years later and it’s pretty amazing to see how many farms are still standing and navigating all of the crazy regulations and paperwork to get legal. It’s been really important to me that our County acknowledges the importance of small family farms, because we are the backbone of our communities. Our group is pretty amazing! It’s made up of nearly 30 legal farms. We meet every Friday in our local library commons space. We discuss many cannabis topics, ranging from county to state policy issues, planning for future meetings we need to attend, writing letters to the legislators and well just being a support for each other.

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Vodka Is Dead And Gin Is In!

Gin is huge in Berlin! Really. Especially Spanish Gin. At the recent Berlin Bar Convent I discovered that vodka is dead and gin is in! The favorite way to enjoy gin in Berlin is the classic gin and tonic, but that is where the drink that we know in the USA and the one in Berlin differ.

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Peter Miller And Billy Levy, SLANG Worldwide Founders/CPG Giants: Traverse Five Questions

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Product Mix
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Warren Bobrow: Where are you from? Why cannabis? Did you go to business school? Who is your mentor?

Peter Miller: I am from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I spend my time now between our corporate headquarters there and visiting everywhere that the ­SLANG network operates, meeting with the team, our partners, and the greater group of stakeholders in our supply chain and business. Cannabis grabbed my attention seven years ago, when Colorado had a ballot initiative to legalize adult use cannabis. It piqued my interest because of the potential that the new market represented and how the cannabis space could have such a great impact. Soon after, I discovered that Canada was exploring a commercial medical cannabis market to handle what had become a pretty large gray market that the government wanted to disintermediate.

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Peter at the farm 
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An Interview With Greater Goods Founders Carrie Solomon And Jody Ake, Defiantly Optimistic

Carrie Solomon and Jody Ake, Founders of Greater Goods. Photo credit: Sam Gehrke
Carrie Solomon and Jody Ake, Founders of Greater Goods. 
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I love the flavors of Greater Goods — Mint Hibiscus Chocolate, Mocha Crunch Chocolate, Orange Ginger Chocolate and Marshmallow Bon Bons. When I started digging a bit deeper and I saw that Greater Goods founders, wife and husband team Carrie Solomon and Jody Ake, are the duo behind Oregon-based recreational cannabis company Leif Goods…well, I was immediately intrigued. They launched Greater Goods this year as an extension of their successful and delicious line of cannabis infused products to deliver inspired and whimsical creations to the CBD market nationwide. So now, everyone outside of Oregon can experience the joy their confections bring….

Greater Goods. Photo Credit: Ben Mund
Greater Goods 
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