Built On Purpose

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Sinopsis

The Built On Purpose podcast is all about building great organizations that achieve missions that matter. Show is hosted by Brian Mohr, co-founder and Managing Partner of Y Scouts.

Episodios

  • Happi President, Lisa Hurwitz

    31/03/2022 Duración: 53min

    Lisa is the President of Happi, the first THC-infused beverage to launch in the state of Michigan, which she co-founded and leads with her partner Joe Reynolds. Happi’s all-natural sparkling water beverages are made with simple ingredients, organic fruit, they are vegan and have just 15-25 calories. Designed for the cannacurious woman, Happi combines Lisa’s passion for microdose products and her desire to help more women see cannabis as an alternative to pharmaceuticals and alcohol.    Prior to Happi, Lisa was the Chief Marketing & Innovation Officer at Grassroots Cannabis, a multi-state operator based in Illinois. At Grassroots, Lisa built the marketing function across Grassroots vertical operation in 12 states, developed the product innovation pipeline, the retail vision, and launched 4 brands in under 2 years. Lisa’s role went beyond marketing as she architected the company’s data & analytics platform and infrastructure, designed the packaging supply chain and launched numerous new product innovati

  • Leaf Trade Founder & CEO, James Yi

    24/03/2022 Duración: 54min

    In the Cannabis space, James stands apart as someone with both keen industry understanding and proven technology experience, having previously co-founded NextME, a B2B software provider across multiple industries including restaurants and healthcare, and serving as a cannabis industry consultant for several MSO license holders including serving as VP of Business Development at Windy City Cannabis in IL. It was in that position where he saw first-hand the inefficiencies of wholesale ordering and fulfillment. He set out to solve the problem. Enter Leaf Trade. Connect: James Yi on LinkedIn Leaf Trade on LinkedIn Leaf Trade on Twitter   Y Scouts is a leadership search firm that finds purpose-aligned and performance-proven leaders to help organizations achieve their missions faster. Ready to supercharge your leadership search and get the right person in your organization? Contact Y Scouts.  

  • Business Strategist & Marketing Leader, Annie Davis

    16/03/2022 Duración: 01h08min

    Annie Davis is a business strategist and marketing leader with nearly 20 years of experience building lasting teams and brands for companies spanning consumer packaged goods, renewable energy, natural products and cannabis.    In 2018, she transitioned her career into the legal cannabis industry, where she’s led Marketing functions for several of California’s largest operators: Flow Kana, a leading brand of sungrown flower, and Care By Design, a pioneer in cannabinoid wellness. Through her strategy consultancy, Growing Impact, she has helped numerous cannabis clients across marketing, business development, and sales strategy including Garden Society, Project CBD, Humble & Fume and Loos.    Annie honed her marketing expertise managing CPG brands at the Clorox Company, later leading trade marketing for Solyndra, a manufacturer of solar panels. She built and led the first marketing teams at Amyris - a biotechnology innovator, Couchsurfing.com - the world’s largest online travel community, and World Centr

  • Wana Brands CEO, Nancy Whiteman

    02/03/2022 Duración: 01h05min

    Heralded as “The Queen of Legal Weed” by Inc. (May 2017) and “The Martha Stewart of Edibles” by Entrepreneur (Jan. 2019), Nancy Whiteman is co-founder and CEO of Wana Brands, a top international brand already available in more than 3,000 dispensaries across the United States and Canada. Nancy leads the company’s strategic vision and has been instrumental in Wana Brands’ growth into new and emerging markets.  She also directs the development of partnerships and licensing agreements domestically and internationally. Nancy founded Wana Wellness Hemp Herbal Supplements leveraging her expertise in cannabinoid innovation and product development. Nancy serves on the Marijuana Business Daily Advisory Board and the Benzinga Cannabis Advisory Board. She was recognized as one of Green Entrepreneur’s 35 Most Influential Women in Cannabis (May 2020) and named MJBizDaily’s first-ever Industry Impact Award Winner (December 2019). She was one of six women included in High Times 100 (March 2019) and was listed as No. 1 i

  • C3 Industries Co-founder, president, & CFO, Vishal Rungta

    10/02/2022 Duración: 01h12min

    Vishal Rungta is Co-founder, President and Chief Financial Officer of C3 Industries Inc. To date, Vishal has overseen approximately $100 million in capital investment for C3, leveraging his expansive network of business professionals in addition to his expertise in business strategy, capital structure and risk management. Vishal also co-founded and now serves on the board of Nickel City Pictures, a production company based in Los Angeles and New York known for films like John Wick 2, November Man and Mother’s Day, just to name a few. Previously, Vishal worked at investment banking at Moelis & Company and Texas Pacific Group before transitioning to a business and operations strategy role at Google. Vishal’s work across these industries and performance in some of the top companies in the world has provided a wealth of experience and a rich network of contacts in various industries around the world, which he now brings to C3 Industries. Vishal earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from the Stephe

  • Headset Director of Industry Relations, Jocelyn Sheltraw

    31/01/2022 Duración: 01h20s

    Jocelyn Sheltraw is the Director of Industry Relations at Headset, responsible for internal and external strategies to build Headset's brand awareness, community development, and market expansion across North America.    Jocelyn is a vocal cannabis advocate and industry thought leader, involved in various cannabis associations, committees, social equity programs, as well as regular speaker at various industry events, podcasts and webinars.    Prior to the cannabis industry, Jocelyn spent 10 years working in mobile advertising and technology developing advertising and monetization strategies for apps including: Flipboard, Spotify, SoundCloud, Pandora, and Uber to name a few.     Outside of her work in cannabis, Jocelyn is the Chairperson for the Mono Lake Kutzadika Cultural Preservation.   Connect: Headset - Best Cannabis Data & Analytics Connect with Jocelyn on LinkedIn   Y Scouts is a leadership search firm that finds purpose-aligned and performance-proven leaders to help organizations achiev

  • Creo Inc. CMO, Shuchi Sarkar

    29/12/2021 Duración: 01h02min

    Shuchi Sarkar is currently CMO of a biotech start-up, Creo Inc. Creo, is an ingredient platform, producing rare and novel cannabinoids, through a fusion of technology and fermentation, with multiple benefits to humans. In her current role she is responsible for driving the go-to-market strategy,  brand building, PR and communications, category growth and demand generation for Creo, as well as building the team and the marketing ecosystem in this nascent but fast-growing industry. Previously, Global Head of Marketing for HP Graphics, a growing $4Billion, B2B digital printing business for HP. Shuchi currently manages a budget of roughly $100M and 150 FTEs in a complex category. She helped transform the marketing model to a more strategic, integrated marketing campaigns, encompassing AI, account-based & closed-loop marketing, social & digital, content, customer advocacy & PR. And drove the re-skilling and transformation of a 140 people diverse team spread across the globe.  Previously, Shuchi led a

  • Cannabis Entrepreneur, Investor, & Thought Leader, Armen Yemenidjian

    17/12/2021 Duración: 56min

    In 2017, Armen was named to Vegas Inc.’s prestigious “40 Under 40” list and in 2018, he was named as one of High Times’ “100 Most Influential People in Cannabis.”   Armen Yemenidjian began his career at Tropicana Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas in August 2009 in the Marketing Department, subsequently moving to Casino Operations and Player Development.  He served as Special Projects Manager, Director and Vice President of Player Development before becoming Vice President of Casino Marketing and Operations. He was approved for a Non-restricted Gaming License from the Nevada Gaming Commission in 2009 and served as a member of the Tropicana Las Vegas Executive Committee as well as the Casino Credit and Compliance Committee.      After the sale of Tropicana in August 2015, Yemenidjian founded a number of companies in varying industries, including Armenco Capital, a commercial and residential real estate investment company, Armenco Restaurant Group, a franchisee of Jersey Mike’s in Las Vegas, and Integral Assoc

  • C3 Industries Co-Founder & CEO, Ankur Rugta

    01/12/2021 Duración: 59min

    Ankur Rungta is co-founder, chief executive officer and board member of C3 Industries Inc. Under his leadership and through his extensive investor network, the company has raised $25 million in capital with plans to employ more than 250 people by 2020. Ankur and his team have overseen the construction of three award-winning cannabis flower cultivation and processing facilities in Oregon, Michigan and Massachusetts, and enjoy a large portfolio of retail cannabis locations across the country. The Company produces the highest quality indoor cannabis flower and extracted products in the nation. Ankur is also a co-founder and current board member of Nickel City Pictures, a film and television production company based in Los Angeles and New York City that has produced such box-office hits as “John Wick 2,” “November Man,” and “Mother’s Day,” among others. Prior to starting these companies, Ankur spent three years in the financial sector as an investment banker at Moelis & Company in New York, where he enjoyed

  • Commercial Strategy Executive for Consumer Cannabis Products, Laurie Parfitt

    15/11/2021 Duración: 01h11min

    Laurie Parfitt is an accomplished executive, leader & coach who inspires companies with her vision for what's possible and her ability to execute and drive results. She has over two decades of driving innovation & execution across multiple functional areas within companies from start-up to Fortune 500. Laurie has honed her skills at organizations such as Kraft Foods, Beam Suntory, Topco Associates, Mizkan & Mission Dispensaries. Through her company,  LKP Impact Consulting, Laurie works with cannabis and consumer products companies on brand strategy/design, consumer insights and commercial go-to-market strategy. Parfitt’s background includes experience in large-scale, integrated cross-channel marketing and experience campaigns, including a background in traditional marketing, category development and sales strategy in an omni-channel environment. Parfitt served as the Vice President of Customer Engagement and Marketing for Mission Dispensaries, which currently owns or manages nine retail loca

  • Regennabis Co-Founder & CEO, Patrick McCartan

    18/10/2021 Duración: 01h03min

    Patrick McCartan is Co-Founder and CEO of Regennabis, the leading ESG & Sustainability advisory firm in the global cannabis industry and Co-Founder of Regenerative Cannabis Live, the world's premier sustainable cannabis conference. Patrick is also Co-Founder of Regennabis Ventures, a private equity impact fund investing in cannabis startups with a commitment to sustainability and ESG, and is the Co-Founder of Honeyoil, a licensed producer in Colombia. With a background in corporate sustainability working with Fortune 500 companies, Patrick operates within the global ecosystem of the public and private cannabis space and is pioneering the incorporation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into the global cannabis industry.   Connect:   Patrick McCartan on Forbes Connect with Patrick on LinkedIn   Y Scouts is a leadership search firm that finds purpose-aligned and performance-proven leaders to help organizations achieve their missions faster. Ready to supercharge your leadership sear

  • Cannabis Industry Leader, Andrew DeAngelo

    21/09/2021 Duración: 01h06min

    Andrew DeAngelo, Cannabis Industry Consultant and Strategic Advisor, Co-founder of Harborside & Last Prisoner Project, Founder of Andrew DeAngelo Consulting   Andrew DeAngelo is a visionary leader with a proven track record of enacting systemic social change and developing best practices in cannabis — he is the very definition of a trailblazer and someone who has proudly walked the road less traveled.   During his almost 13-year tenure at Harborside, where he currently serves as an advisor, Andrew has pioneered legal cannabis business processes and provided groundbreaking political engagement and thought leadership to the cannabis community. Andrew also lends his vast cannabis business and political expertise as a consultant for hire to the global community at large, including several strategic partnerships with the world's leading cannabis-centric service firms.   Andrew led the design and development of gold-standard cannabis retail by innovating many “firsts” for the industry. These include: intr

  • NORML Founder, Keith Stroup, Esq.

    31/08/2021 Duración: 01h04min

    Keith Stroup is a Washington, DC public-interest attorney who founded NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) in 1970.  Stroup obtained his undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Illinois in 1965, and in 1968 he graduated from Georgetown Law School in Washington, DC. Stroup first smoked marijuana when he was a first-year law student and has been a regular smoker since. Following two years as staff counsel for the National Commission on Product Safety following law school, a job that allowed him to avoid the Vietnam War with a critical skills deferment, Stroup founded NORML and ran the organization through 1979, during which time 11 states decriminalized minor marijuana offenses. Stroup has also practiced criminal law, lobbied on Capitol Hill for family farmers and artists, and for several years served as executive director of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL).

 In 1994 Stroup resumed his work with NORML, rejoining the board of dir

  • Phoenix Distributors Managing Partner, Chris Finelli

    16/08/2021 Duración: 41min

    Chris has held both sales and leadership positions in the investment management as well as executive leadership positions in the cannabis industry. In his current role, Chris is the Managing Partner of Phoenix Distributors, a sales and marketing as a service company for the cannabis industry. Phoenix Distributors focuses on helping Cannabis and CBD operators build efficient revenue streams by providing third party sales and marketing services for their products.   Previously, Chris was the Chief Operating Officer at Genius Fund, a $160 million cannabis focused private equity fund. In his role as Chief Operating Officer Chris was tasked with spearheading a ground up restructure of all Genius Fund portfolio companies to sustain operations with no additional investor capital. Prior to taking over the role of COO, Chris was the Chief Revenue Officer at Genius where he scaled and built a channelized salesforce across THC CPG products, CBD CPG products, wholesale CBD and THC commodities, and investor relations. Pr

  • Evo Hemp Co-Founder, Jourdan Samel & Ari Sherman

    02/08/2021 Duración: 56min

    Ari Sherman and Jourdan Samel are Sales & Marketing executives in the natural products industry. Ari and Jourdan Co-Founded Hemp Health and natural foods brand Evo Hemp in 2012 to facilitate the evolution of the United States family farm. By establishing a supply chain of U.S. grown hemp, they’re working to revive the country’s agricultural system. The Evo Hemp brand was created to bring innovative hemp based consumer products to the U.S. market. Evo’s product line consists of both hemp food products and CBD infused products; and can now be found in over 3,000 retail stores nationwide including HEB, Whole Foods Market Globally, Publix, Fresh Market, Kroger, Safeway & Costco. In 2017, Ari and Jourdan were recognized by Forbes magazine as a 30 under 30 member in the Food and Drink category. In 2018 They were recognized by Marijuana Venture in their 40 under 40 category as well. Their mission is focused on reviving rural communities out of poverty through industrial farming. Recently, they announced th

  • Flourish Software CEO, Colton Griffin

    19/07/2021 Duración: 59min

    Colton is CEO of Flourish Software, a leading supply chain management and seed to sale tracking software solution for the cannabis, CBD, and hemp verticals. Colton’s career and expertise are at the intersection of supply chain operations, enterprise software, and analytics. He graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with a BS in Industrial Engineering. Resource Links: 5 Questions With Colton Griffin, CEO Of Flourish Software Connect with Colton Griffin on LinkedIn Y Scouts is a leadership search firm that finds purpose-aligned and performance-proven leaders to help organizations achieve their missions faster. Ready to supercharge your leadership search and get the right person in your organization? Contact Y Scouts.

  • RYTE Brands CEO Eric White

    14/06/2021 Duración: 01h21min

    Eric is CEO at RYTE™ Brands, a portfolio company whose holdings include RYTE CBD, Moksha Chocolate, and LYTE (CBD Pre-Rolls). He launched RYTE online and in-stores in August of 2020, building out and executing RYTE's branding and product portfolio, DTC and Retail sales channels, and national marketing campaigns. Eric also works closely with RYTE’s portfolio partners to amplify their growth – providing retail trade guidance, strategic direction, and market insight. In the industry since 2014, Eric has a wide-ranging background in CPG sales, manufacturing/processing, brand & product development, compliance, education, and testing. He regularly participates on industry panels speaking on a wide range of topics and has launched multiple brands and dozens of product SKUs into the market. Before joining RYTE™ Brands, Eric led Wholesale/Retail (B2B) Sales at Balanced Health Botanicals, one of the fastest-growing brands in the CPG industry and parent company to both CBDistillery and BOTA. Under his leadership,

  • Copperstate Farms Managaging Director, J. Fife Symington IV

    17/05/2021 Duración: 56min

    J. Fife Symington IV is an entrepreneur and Arizona native with more than three decades of experience in greenhouse agriculture. He serves as Managing Director of Copperstate Farms, a vertically integrated cannabis company he co-founded in 2016.  Symington’s agricultural pursuits began in the early 90’s. After graduating with honors from Harvard University, Symington spent time travelling in Mexico where he was inspired to take vegetable production to the next level. He co-founded and developed several commercial scale greenhouse operations, including International Greenhouse Produce in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Nueva Agronomia de Nayarit in Jala, Nayarit, and Apache Produce in Nogales, Arizona. Collectively, these agricultural facilities encompassed 850 acres of covered greenhouses and shipped more than 175 million pounds of vegetables to the U.S. each year.  With an affinity for project development and innovation, Symington decided to explore large-scale cannabis cultivation in the early stages of the industry.

  • Upper Hand Founder & CEO, Kevin MacCauley

    23/04/2021 Duración: 51min

    Kevin is an active businessman and entrepreneur in the startup tech community. While attending Indiana University, he founded the nation’s first collegiate hosted mini marathon. He went on to serve as Sr. VP of Sales for venture-backed ClassWatch until it’s $15M acquisition in 2011. Kevin founded Upper Hand in 2012 after seeing an opportunity as a Little League coach to revolutionize the sports and fitness industry. Kevin actively supports the startup and sports community as a TechStar Sports Accelerator mentor and overseeing a predictive analytics program with Butler University. Resource Links: Connect with Kevin MacCauley on LinkedIn Get Upper Hand Hire Leaders with Yscouts

  • NUG Inc. CEO & Founder, John Oram

    19/03/2021 Duración: 01h03min

    Dr. Oram holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in environmental chemistry and engineering from the University of California Los Angeles and bachelor’s degrees in analytical chemistry and biochemistry from the University of Colorado at Boulder.  Dr. Oram spent his research years studying the complex physical and chemical processes governing the fate of contaminants in the coastal environment.  He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and technical reports, has given presentations before local and international audiences, and is an invited member of several technical review and scientific steering committees.  Dr. Oram’s research was instrumental in forming government regulations regarding water quality and assessing human health impacts of agricultural pesticides.  In 2009, Dr. Oram co-founded CW Analytical Laboratories to establish standardized testing and certification protocols to ensure the safety and quality of medical cannabis.   CW Analytical Laboratories is now recognized as the most trusted analyti

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