Episode 6

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31st May 2021

The Future of Cannabis and Blockchain with Brett Puffenbarger

Pacifico talks with cannabis and blockchain professional Brett Puffenbarger about the future of the cannabis industry and how blockchain is a great tool to improve the cannabis industry.

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Books Mentioned:

Meditations: https://amzn.to/3yPt2YP

Blockchain (HBR): https://amzn.to/2TjZD8L

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: https://amzn.to/2TwR1Mf

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Show Notes:

00:00 Show Intro

01:04 https://HOCLA.org

01:51 Guest Intro – Brett Puffenbarger

02:25 Interview begins

02:39 Becoming a cannabis watchdog

03:48 Who’s doing the right thing in cannabis these days

04:37 Cleaning up the cannabis industry

05:35 Where the bad actors come from

07:35 Surviving consolidation and how cannabis could emulate the dairy industry

10:34 Behind the curtain at the big cannabis companies

12:29 The ramifications of legalization

14:53 Bringing blockchain to cannabis

20:24 The post legalization world and the fall of the MSOs

24:27 The importance of protecting homegrow

27:06 Veterans and the cannabis industry

31:56 Brett’s favorite people in cannabis

33:48 Brett’s favorite experiences in the cannabis industry

35:29 Failure as a growth opportunity

36:28 Brett’s three most influential books

37:41 Brett’s heroes

39:55 Calendaring, napping, and the non-aggression principle

41:23 Bad recommendations in the cannabis industry

42:56 How to deal with overwhelm

43:35 Brett’s billboards

44:28 The kindest thing anyone has done for Brett

45:18 Outro

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Law, The Universe, And Everything
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Pacifico Soldati was born and raised on the Seacoast of NH and attended the University of Notre Dame, earning a B.A. in Film, Television, and Theatre. After their young Hollywood career was cut short by the writer’s strike in 2007 and they ended up homeless in Los Angeles, they decided to finally fulfill a lifelong goal to join the military.

Pacifico joined the Army as a paratrooper and chef, spending over six years with the 82nd Airborne Division and US Army Special Operations command, with deployments to Afghanistan and Niger. After earning their Masters in International Relations from Troy University Pacifico went on to earn a JD/MBA from UC Irvine.

While at UCI, Pacifico discovered Hypochlorous Acid (HOCL) and became a world leading lay expert in the field. Pacifico is dedicated to sharing the best of everything they find in the world to help others live better, happier, healthier lives and enjoy themselves while doing it.

Pacifico is founder and CEO of The Soldati Group, a marketing agency helping law firms, startups, and small businesses cultivate long term success and prosperity.

Pacifico enjoys a daily Transcendental Meditation practice and is dedicated to helping spread the practice of TM around the world.
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Pacifico Soldati was born and raised on the Seacoast of NH and attended the University of Notre Dame, earning a B.A. in Film, Television, and Theatre. After their young Hollywood career was cut short by the writer’s strike in 2007 and they ended up homeless in Los Angeles, they decided to finally fulfill a lifelong goal to join the military.

Pacifico joined the Army as a paratrooper and chef, spending over six years with the 82nd Airborne Division and US Army Special Operations command, with deployments to Afghanistan and Niger. After using tuition assistance to earn their Masters in International Relations from Troy University they went on to use their GI Bill to earn a JD/MBA from UC Irvine.

While at UCI they discovered Hypochlorous Acid (HOCL) and the B.A.N.K. system created by Codebreaker Technologies, which fuses personality science with sales methodology and is a true breakthrough in human psychology. Pacifico is dedicated to sharing the best of everything they find in the world to help others live better, happier, healthier lives and enjoy themselves while doing it.

Pacifico is an artist and author working in Phoenix, AZ.

Pacifico also enjoys a daily practice of Transcendental Meditation and is dedicated to helping spread the practice of TM around the world.