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Five Exploratory Questions With Andy Singh, Founder/CEO Of Nuvata

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Andy Singh 
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Nuvata gets it. From the cheery and brightly colored outer housings and oh, so intensely flavored oils, to their uniquely potent, proprietary strain balances, let’s just say that these memorable oils get me stoned! I’m excited about the taste and the smell and of course the buzz as they do it all for me. Nuvata makes my life easier and shall I tell you about all the compliments that I get from people when they see Nuvata for the first time? Well, there are a lot of interested people who know what time it is, cannabis speaking that is. Nuvata should be from another planet, because there is nothing that I’ve ever tried from this planet that even comes close to the intensity and awareness of this vape pen. I know the news has been all bad as of late surrounding bootleg oils from uncertain sources. Do yourself a favor, close your mind for a moment. Sure there are bad actors, but Nuvata is all about goodness, wellness, happiness and synchronicity. I’m a massive fan. Nuvata is purely delicious! Rest your mind, this is purely delicious.

Andy Singh
Andy Singh 
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Read More Here At Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenbobrow/2019/09/14/five-exploratory-questions-with-andy-singh-founderceo-of-nuvata/#43d7ff805d87

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Five Diverse Questions With Michael Sassano, Founder: Solaris Farms

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Mike Sassano 
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1. Where are you from? Why cannabis? Did you go to business school? Who is your mentor?

Michael Sassano=MS: I was born and raised  in Cleveland, Ohio before attending Boston University. I graduated Cum Laude with Distinction in Economics, then moved to New York. There I was trained at the famous 55 Water Street office of Lehman Brothers. With success in trading and being the number one producing arbitrage trader, I used my capital to fund real estate development and private equity tech start-ups starting in 1997 before moving to Europe around the 2000 time period. I saw the 2001 tech bust and subsequent boom, but the big whopper of  2008 was a massive eye opener if you were in any asset class. At the time, under-water real estate, a few tech unicorns, the general market and cannabis all had great futures due to the contraction. Cannabis encompassed real estate, future markets, and technology. Even then, there was no banking, so that wasn’t a factor. By 2015, large scale growing was just being planned and new markets were emerging. I decided it was the right time to design, build, and manage a high tech hybrid greenhouse and chose Nevada as it’s home. As to mentors in my life, I have  developed years of friendships with highly successful business leaders; i find their amalgamated success and lessons from failures to be great decision making guides that i can pull from. There was a good friend named Fred who told me day-one, and regularly, to never take advice from anyone who wasn’t more experienced and more successful than him. So i guess i took that to heart.

Read More Here At Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenbobrow/2019/09/12/five-diverse-questions-with-michael-sassano-founder-solaris-farms/#7f61c7644774


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Five Absorbing Questions With Bejan Farahbakhsh CEO Of Spacestation

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Bejan Farahbakhsh
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Warren Bobrow=WB: Please tell me about yourself? Where are you from? When did you first discover cannabis? How old were you?

Bejan Farahbakhsh=BF: I was born and raised in the Bay Area (Hayward, CA to be specific). I’m a first-generation American. My father is from Iran and was an entrepreneur his whole life. He always had a “no fear” spirit and faced challenges head on. I always admired him being his own boss and that probably led me to follow in his footsteps.

Read More Here At Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenbobrow/2019/09/11/five-absorbing-questions-with-bejan-farahbakhsh-ceo-of-spacestation/#6e2d4f2e3283

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Five Stellar Questions With Carri Twigg: Cannabis Social Justice Warrior

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Carri Twigg
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A Former Special Assistant to President Obama and Director of Public Engagement for Vice President Joe Biden, Carri Twigg is a leading cannabis social justice warrior. Twigg is a founding organizer of Possible Plan, one of the first brand agnostic foundations working for equitable access and reparatory justice in the marijuana industry.

Read More Here At Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenbobrow/2019/09/04/five-stellar-questions-with-carri-twig-cannabis-social-justice-warrior/#439e197a1f2d

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Five Illuminating Questions With Hemp Educator Cait Curley

Cait Curley at NoCo Hemp Expo in Denver, an event that attracted 10,000 people.
Cait Curley at NoCo Hemp Expo in Denver, an event that attracted 10,000 people. PHOTO CREDIT: CONOR DUGAN

Cait Curley is part of the new age of cannabis/hemp entrepreneurs. Cait was so focused and passionate about pursuing her work within the cannabis arena, she uprooted her life and moved from New York to Denver where cannabis is legal to make her dream a reality. An educator, entrepreneur, social media influencer, marketing specialist, and content creator, Cait has developed her path from years of working in  the cannabis industry. She’s used her past experience in health sciences to navigate the underground cannabis world while educating the masses and finding new ways to connect with the hemp community. 

Read More Here At Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenbobrow/2019/09/04/five-illuminating-questions-with-hemp-educator-cait-curley/#aac10307cdb3

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Nine Quick Questions: Project Runway Star Korto Momolu/Women Grow: NY Fashion Week

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Korto Momolu 
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I love when fabrics are created using alternative materials such as hemp. I wrote a piece on furniture coverings made from this incredibly durable material last year, why not clothing? The problem is the looming of these fabrics. Because of the demise of fabric weaving in the USA, the technological necessity of finding skilled laborers who can work with hemp is miniscule. Add to that the lack of looms for weaving hemp fibers and there is room for advancement within this niche. Hemp is hot and hemp clothing with fashion elements? Now we’re talking! From the mind of Project Runway Star Korto Momolu and Women Grow comes NY Fashion Week. Exciting stuff from our most maligned plant. Cheers! WB

Read More Here At Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenbobrow/2019/08/30/nine-quick-questions-project-runway-star-korto-momoluwomen-grow-ny-fashion-week/#569a254e6801

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Six Lovely Questions With CannAmerica CEO, Dan Anglin

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I had the opportunity while I was out in Denver to spend about an hour with Dan Anglin from CannAmerica. Our time together went from lunch over impossibly delicious sandwiches to a broad reaching and deeply introspective conversation. This is an intellectual man who does a very good job at hiding his wry humor and deep knowledge on many subjects. I’m honored, sir and proud to have spent some time and learning from you. Cheers! WB

Read More Here At Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenbobrow/2019/08/30/six-lovely-questions-with-cannamerica-ceo-dan-anglin/#2cf140635688

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Five Timely Questions With Hemp Lyfe CEO/Co-Founder, Richie Jaynes

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Richie Jaynes received an athletic scholarship to play football at Abilene Christian University then transferred to Texas A&M Commerce University where he continued to play football and received his degree in Kinesiology and Sports Studies. 

Read More Here At Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenbobrow/2019/08/29/five-timely-questions-with-hemp-lyfe-ceoco-founder-richie-jaynes/#6bda26e3618e

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Dr. Robert Flannery Of Dr. Robb Farms Shares His Wisdom Of Plant Sciences

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I was in California a few months ago portraying myself as a famous cannabis author, (which coincidentally I am) at the Cannabis Drinks Expo. I was selected to be a keynote speaker for this event. As I set out to set the world asunder, because my presentation helped expose a few of the reasons why cannabis drinks are pretty oblique in the present day. They have a long way to go, unlike the brilliant plant sciences work that Dr. Robert Flannery is working with. I’m sitting here wondering why we can’t do better at making cannabis drinks, and Dr. Flannery is kicking the can of innovation directly through the goalposts of life. This is a humble, yet highly intelligent man who works in the cannabis industry. There are very few certified PhD’s in cannabis. Dr. Robert Flannery is one of the most intriguing. On the last day of my trip we sat for several hours, conversed and enjoyed the benefits of the brilliant German-made vaporizer machine known as the  Volcano over at SPARC in San Francisco.

Read More Here At Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenbobrow/2019/08/29/dr-robert-flannery-of-dr-robb-farms-shares-his-wisdom-of-plant-sciences/#5298584518bd

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The Five Questions: Discussed By Cannabis MD: Dr. Mary Clifton

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Dr. Clifton
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There aren’t too many MDs who work with cannabis at this moment in time in the NY/Metro area. Maybe out on the left coast there are more open minded MDs, but here in the New York City and the environs, traditional medicine has completely stigmatized even the most basic conversation surrounding the use of cannabis for anything other than purely recreational use. I know firsthand. I have several MDs and even a heart surgeon in my own family who are stigmatized by cannabis. Cannabis is treated by them as a pariah instead of a cure. My conversations with these people of healing have been pretty heated surrounding our healing plant.

Read More Here At Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenbobrow/2019/08/30/the-five-questions-discussed-by-cannabis-md-dr-mary-clifton/#645d6eae325b