High Touch with Jake & Duffy Podcast
1) From Luxury Fashion to Cannabis Tech | Melissa Hanson
What can cannabis learn from luxury fashion retail? Melissa Hanson, VP of Operations at Flowhub, brings decades of experience leading teams at Michael Kors and scaling cannabis retail at MedMen and Su...Show More
2) Trust, Timing & the Long Game in Cannabis | Patrick Rea
In cannabis, fast growth used to be the story. Now? It’s all about staying power. In this episode, we sit down with Patrick Rea—investor, mentor, and co-founder of Canopy Boulder—to unpack what stayin...Show More
3) Design, Discipline & the DNA of Great Cannabis Brands | Ryan Cook
Most cannabis brands obsess over strains, stores, or scale. But Ryan Cook has always approached the industry differently—by designing cannabis businesses from the ground up with intention, precision, ...Show More
4) From Budtender to Brand Builder | Kristi Ryder
When Kristi Ryder stepped into her first dispensary job, she didn’t smoke weed, didn’t know an eighth from a gram, and definitely didn’t see it as a long-term career. Fifteen years later, she’s leadin...Show More
5) Trust, Touchpoints & The Brands That Belong | Angela Pih
When people talk about cannabis marketing, the conversation usually starts and ends with compliance hurdles. But in this episode, we go deeper—into how brands actually earn trust, scale innovation, an...Show More
6) Experience, Edge & What Cannabis Could Be | Emily Paxhia
When people talk about cannabis brands, they usually focus on flower, flavor, or maybe THC percentage. But in this episode, we zoom out—and zoom way in—on what makes a brand actually matter. Jake and ...Show More
7) Budtenders, Buyers & the Menu That Moves | Danny Gold
When people talk about “experience” in cannabis retail, they usually mean the furniture, the lighting, maybe even the packaging. But in this episode, we zoom in on two overlooked pillars of customer e...Show More