Trailblazin' with Tara Misu | Cannabis Industry Interviews

Welcome back to Trailblazin’ with Tara Misu, the podcast where Tara Misu interviews trailblazers shaping the cannabis industry. After a brief hiatus of about two years, Tara is back as your host, eager to dive into more captivating conversations. During her break, Tara obtained a New Jersey cannabis manufacturing license while managing her business, Blazin’ Bakery, and other endeavors. Now, she's returning to the podcast world, excited to share more episodes with her listeners. While she's not committing to a fixed schedule just yet, Tara plans to release new episodes and share previously recorded ones from before the break. In this episode, Tara is joined by Jesse Villars, owner of Baked by the River, an independent, woman-owned, and operated social-equity dispensary in New Jersey. Recorded upstairs at Jesse’s dispensary, immediately following Tara's first legal cannabis purchase in NJ, the conversation delves into Tara's reasons for returning to recreational sales after nearly two years. Jesse and her partner, Cord, share their inspiring journey of recovery, advocacy, and entrepreneurship. They discuss how they persuaded their town to opt into cannabis sales, secured funding to own their building and license outright, and now operate their dispensary ethically on their own terms. But the conversation doesn't end there! Stay tuned until the end to hear an informal chat with Dan Ulloa, a reporter from independent media source, Heady NJ. Tara, Jesse, Cord, and Dan share behind-the-scenes insights and personal anecdotes, providing listeners with a unique glimpse into the cannabis industry. __________________________ Sponsored by Blazin’ Bakery. Use code TRAILBLAZIN to get 20% off all Blazin’ Brand products including our new mushroom supplements Blazin’ Trails!! 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Today Tara Misu takes a break from the usual, and hosts a special Halloween edition of Trailblazin’ as she reviews three fun cannabis themed Halloween stoner horror movies! Grab some infused popcorn and a box of ghoulish gummies and get ready to freak out man!  Her guest is Chris Vaglio Rockit Growth Agency, and they're dropping some spooky spoilers on Halloweed, The 420 Massacre, and Weedjies: Halloweed Night!    __________________________   Sponsored by Blazin’ Bakery. Use code TRAILBLAZIN to get 20% off all Blazin’ Brand products including our new CBD dog treats! Visit https://BlazinBakery.com/  [https://blazinbakery.com/]   This episode is also sponsored by Ardent. Use code TARAMISU to get $30 off the new Ardent FX! Decarb, Infuse and Bake all-in-one!! Visit: https://bit.ly/39B7x1C  [https://bit.ly/39B7x1C]   Connect with Tara Misu!   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamtaramisu/ [https://www.instagram.com/iamtaramisu/] https://www.instagram.com/blazinbakery/ [https://www.instagram.com/blazinbakery/]   Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamtaramisu/  [https://twitter.com/iamtaramisu/] https://twitter.com/blazinbakery/ [https://twitter.com/blazinbakery/]   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theblazinbakery/  [https://www.facebook.com/theblazinbakery/] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blazinbakery/  [https://www.linkedin.com/in/blazinbakery/]   Connect with Chris:   https://www.instagram.com/chrisvaglio [https://www.instagram.com/chrisvaglio] https://www.instagram.com/rockitgrowthagency [https://www.instagram.com/rockitgrowthagency] LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/chrisvaglio [http://linkedin.com/in/chrisvaglio]

Jason is an established technology and compliance professional in the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Medical Cannabis industries.  With over 19 years of regulatory audit, quality control, and technology risk management/compliance experience, he works tirelessly to keep his clients compliant and inspection ready.  Over the course of his career, Jason has traveled the world, multiple times over, auditing pharmaceutical IT operations, manufacturing facilities, and data centers, with the primary objective of ensuring that controls are appropriately implemented and systems/data are adequately safeguarded. He has obtained several professional audit and GMP certifications throughout his career to ensure that he remains on the forefront of the healthcare industry.  In addition to his extensive audit background, Jason has led and acted as a key stakeholder in many transformational IT initiatives; data center consolidations, acquisitions and divestitures/TSA PMO, blockchain pilots, and digital transformation/automation to name a few.     In 2020 Jason established Precision Quality & Compliance, a life science quality and compliance group focused on servicing the medicinal cannabis and hemp markets.  Jason holds a MBA from the Stevens Institute of Technology as well as a B.S. in Computer Science from S.U.N.Y. New Paltz.  With a personal history of cancer and many other medical conditions affecting members of his family, Jason chose to work in the life science field with one goal – helping others life healthier lives!   __________________________   Sponsored by Blazin’ Bakery. Use code TRAILBLAZIN to get 20% off all Blazin’ Brand products including our new CBD dog treats! Visit https://BlazinBakery.com/ [https://BlazinBakery.com/]   This episode is also sponsored by Ardent. Use code TARAMISU to get $30 off the new Ardent FX! Decarb, Infuse and Bake all-in-one!! Visit: https://bit.ly/39B7x1C [https://bit.ly/39B7x1C]   Connect with Tara Misu! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamtaramisu/ [https://www.instagram.com/iamtaramisu/] https://www.instagram.com/blazinbakery/ [https://www.instagram.com/blazinbakery/] Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamtaramisu/ [https://twitter.com/iamtaramisu/] https://twitter.com/blazinbakery/ [https://twitter.com/blazinbakery/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theblazinbakery/ [https://www.facebook.com/theblazinbakery/] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blazinbakery/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/blazinbakery/]   Connect with Jason: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonthomas1111/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonthomas1111/] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/precision_qc/ [https://www.instagram.com/precision_qc/] Website: https://www.precision-qc.com [https://www.precision-qc.com]

High Friends, so I took a short break while we got cannabis legalized in NJ. Yay!!! This was a huge win for me personally, but I’m back now and legalization will definitely be discussed in upcoming episodes. Now today, this will be the first guest in an area I would love to see discussed more in cannabis: Technology. Really there is no part of the industry that it doesn’t touch in some way.   Today I have Harry Brelsford, an independent network consultant in Seattle, Washington. Harry is the founder of SMB Nation where he serves and mentors over 49,000 members who are Managed Services Providers (MSPs) and SMB technology consultants. He creates content and events such as webinars, workshops and multi-day conferences.    Harry is the author of 21 books on technology and business topics as well as over 400-articles in biz and tech magazines such as Washington CEO, Colorado Business, Alaska Business Monthly, ChannelPro and Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine to name a few. It is understandable that Harry is an in-demand speaker at national industry events.    Harry’s 20 years of SMB technology experience were supplemented by teaching 12+ years as an adjunct professor at Seattle Pacific University (where he is now a lead instructor for the online MCSE ATTP program). He also served as Dean in the Graduate School of Technology at Aspen University, where he was awarded a PhD in Letters.   An active entrepreneur, Harry is the force behind the Pocket MBA, Telephonation, Cloud Nation and XPmigrations.com. His latest startup which we talk about today is 420MSP. Everyone should take something from this episode,  friends please welcome Harry Brelsford. __________________________   Sponsored by Blazin’ Bakery. Use code TRAILBLAZIN to get 20% off all Blazin’ Brand products including our new CBD dog treats! Visit https://BlazinBakery.com/ [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2FBlazinBakery.com%2F&event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVBWM1hHZHJRZnEyRDk3Q2QtS2xpdi1KelVrUXxBQ3Jtc0trTF85blFJeWgxLVRRVnZyQl9PM0h6Tm51S2JaaTRFTXl2VUQtbUV1NTNHdGVPZTlsQ1R3cVE0cmJySVkyUlp5c2pNU1oyRGpXSk1CWTR1RHpwVXZieUd5anhIYXZQMFp3WmVrTDZKZGJiRkRMWGR5MA%3D%3D&v=H_PGoljsFX8]   This episode is also sponsored by Ardent. Use code TARAMISU to get $30 off the new Ardent FX! Decarb, Infuse and Bake all-in-one!! Visit: https://bit.ly/39B7x1C [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F39B7x1C&event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbk03RTIyY0hhYUE5OTJXM0JJTlRUODJnbUxsQXxBQ3Jtc0trcXJzWUxzTEhFVEdSMmRSTExyMWxmdVNobTc3RTRoY1Z2eWVSQjVOSnozNG1Jam9pV2xNdXdqN3ZSbHV5b29mV0hSTTczZEFSMkRudV9EVFJ5MTBrMG9QeE1CM2J4bERhMk44bkhLZWlKOUF1c0VDdw%3D%3D&v=H_PGoljsFX8]   Connect with Tara Misu! Instagram: @iamtaramisu [https://www.instagram.com/iamtaramisu/] and @blazinbakery [https://www.instagram.com/blazinbakery/] Twitter: @iamtaramisu [https://twitter.com/iamtaramisu/] and @blazinbakery [https://twitter.com/blazinbakery/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theblazinbakery/ [https://www.facebook.com/theblazinbakery/] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blazinbakery/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/blazinbakery/]    Connect with Harry: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harryb/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/harryb/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harrybbb [https://www.facebook.com/harrybbb] Website: https://420msp.com [https://420msp.com]

So this is not a strictly cannabis episode but honestly it’s one of my absolute favorites so far. I talk with actor, producer and director Craig Sheffer who has had an incredible career with roles in movies such as the Academy Award Winning film with Brad Pitt A River Runs Through It. He played the antagonist in the John Hughs brat pack classic, Some Kind of Wonderful, which I still hear people say is their favorite movie. Craig starred in the beloved cult horror classic Nightbreed and Hellraiser: Inferno, both from horror master Clive Barker. He was also Uncle Keith on One Tree Hill and was in about a million other things.   Most recently he stars in the horror suspense movie Widows Point with his daughter Willow Anwar in her debut role. Willow is also the daughter of actress Gabrielle Anwar, who was in a series I was a little obsessed with, Once Upon a Time and she was the actress in the iconic dance scene in Scent of a Woman with Al Pacino. We’re going to talk about all that and of course there’s cannabis content too, some super fun cannabis stories from both of them!   This was such a cool interview, after cannabis, horror, Halloween and all things macabre are a big part of my life so let me know on social what you think, I would love to do more episodes like this. Oh and we weren’t sure in the interview but Widows Point is currently available to buy or rent on Amazon, Google Play and YouTube, links are in the show notes, you should definitely check it out! Alright, Episode 15, I’m starting to get the hang of this podcast thing. Trailblazers, the amazing Craig Sheffer and Willow Anwar.   _________________________________   Sponsored by Blazin’ Bakery. Use code TRAILBLAZIN to get 20% off all Blazin’ Brand products including our new CBD dog treats! Visit BlazinBakery.com [http://BlazinBakery.com]   This episode is also sponsored by Ardent. Use code TARAMISU to get $30 off the new Ardent FX! Decarb, Infuse and Bake all-in-one!! Visit: ArdentCannabis.com [https://bit.ly/39B7x1C]   Connect with Tara Misu! Instagram: @iamtaramisu [https://www.instagram.com/iamtaramisu/] and @blazinbakery [https://www.instagram.com/blazinbakery/] Twitter: @iamtaramisu [https://twitter.com/iamtaramisu/] and @blazinbakery [https://twitter.com/blazinbakery/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theblazinbakery/ [https://www.facebook.com/theblazinbakery/] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blazinbakery/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/blazinbakery/]