1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: Welcome the Cannabis Talk one oh one featuring Blue with 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: Joe Bronde, the world's number one source for everything cannabis. 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 2: Hello, welcome to Cannabis Talk one oh one, the world's 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 2: number one source for everything cannabis. 5 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 3: My name is Blue. 6 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 2: Alongside of me is mister Joe Gronde, and you are 7 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 2: now tuned into the greatest cannabis show on the planet. 8 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 4: That's right, folks, Thank you for listening to our podcast 9 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 4: all around the world. 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My brother from another mother. 17 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 4: Sitting right next to me is Blue and you can 18 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 4: find him at the number one Christopher right on the gram. 19 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:42,840 Speaker 4: You could always so catch me at good Old Joe 20 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 4: Grande fifty two. And I got a good video coming 21 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 4: up that these girls Louppita is been working on for me. 22 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 5: Uh huh. 23 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 4: About the recap of the SAP Center when I when 24 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 4: I did the doghouse, how many damage? That's where I 25 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 4: got a lot of STDs at Oh god, this is 26 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 4: called the SAP Center, which is called for the Sound 27 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 4: of Day event Center with the Sharks play oh for 28 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 4: the event. 29 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 5: Yeah, but no, but he's got a lot of TV 30 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 5: too though he's just done that. Yeah, we got out 31 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:15,119 Speaker 5: to get him. 32 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 4: Me and that board I got. 33 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 5: I got some stories for that one. 34 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 4: Hey, you want to turn your typical into something special, Folks, 35 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 4: When it comes to in fuse products, the flavor you 36 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 4: take should be just as enjoyable as the feeling your experience. 37 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 4: Make sure you check out the website loranoils dot com. 38 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 4: Today on the show, We've got a good looking chat boy, 39 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 4: I'll tell you that much. I see him walking around 40 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 4: the office and I'm like this, you're trying to give 41 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 4: me fucking competition around here or something, because I see 42 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 4: him like with the beard and ship and like he's 43 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 4: just kind of good, good, good little shoulder length on him, 44 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 4: like this dude trying to like be the sexiest man 45 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,119 Speaker 4: in the building. Competition with blue and eyes. Because when 46 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 4: I walked in today, I didn't know he was the guest, 47 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 4: and I'm like, ty, who's this Ty Curns dude? And 48 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 4: everyone's like, that's Tie, that's Tye, and all the girls 49 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 4: are she see how good look he is and everybody 50 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 4: he's got nice Jean John shot And I'm like, wow, 51 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 4: I didn't know that was the guy on the platform today. 52 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 5: But I'll tell you what. 53 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 4: Not only did he turn heads, but he turned but 54 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 4: cultivation into an art form, you guys, with the state 55 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 4: of the art facility where they produce high grade cannabis 56 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 4: without the use of pesticides. Now, besides us is not 57 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,239 Speaker 4: only a good looking chat but his name is Ty Cerns. 58 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 4: He's the co owner and CEO of Seven Leaves. Shit 59 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 4: that that's right. I don't know how to say leaves 60 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 4: in Spanish, but that's as far as I got a 61 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 4: trailblazer in California cannabis market. In the industry, you guys, 62 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 4: he has become the go to source for premium cannabis 63 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 4: flower pre rolls and top tier trimmers and everything else 64 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 4: you can imagine extracting. Since two thousand and eight, Top 65 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 4: shelf strains as well as dedicated growers create the perfect 66 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 4: combo for their high grade cannabis that is flying off 67 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 4: the shelf slopes all through good old killer Cali. So 68 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 4: you know, if it's good in Cali, you know it's 69 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 4: gonna be good anywhere. Be sure to check out the 70 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 4: website seven Leaves see dot com. That's s E v 71 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 4: E N L e A v E s c A 72 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,639 Speaker 4: dot com or follow Tie directly on the gram at 73 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 4: seven underscore Leaves underscore seventy one seven L seven L 74 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 4: okay seven L. So that's seven underscore leaves underscore seven L. 75 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 4: That's the lowercase L. That's so hard to fucking figure out. 76 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 4: Thank you, ty Uh to peep all they got to 77 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 4: me to be on the lookout for the new drop, 78 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 4: which I can't wait to ask questions about sassafras, which 79 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 4: in itself is gonna be a whole probably second segment 80 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 4: right here, but look for the sassafrash and dispensaries that 81 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 4: carry the seven Leaves today, without further ado, please put 82 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 4: your hands together for the many or the co owner 83 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 4: of Seven Leaves, mister ty Kerns build them. 84 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 2: What up? 85 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 6: Tie, Thank you very much for the introduction and the 86 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 6: gqu I mean. 87 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 4: You know, I'm just telling you what the girls I'm 88 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 4: saying around the office. 89 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 5: Tie, you know what I mean. 90 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 4: I walk in and they went, Joe, someone took your 91 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 4: first first it was blue because Blues, you know, been modeling. 92 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 4: He's getting ready for his big show on Saturday. Yeah, 93 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 4: he's doing push ups morn Yeah, push ups, nails done, 94 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 4: nose air strimmed. And then ty Ty tell me about 95 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 4: this seven leaves. First off, the name seven leaves. I 96 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,239 Speaker 4: kind of think it's creative and reminded me of seven trees, 97 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 4: a little gang banging area. And yeah, I want so 98 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 4: let's talk about Tie a little bit. Yeah, Ty, where 99 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 4: are you from? But what's your gang bank? 100 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 6: I was born in nineteen eighty three at mad River 101 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 6: Hospital in rural Humble, California. Yes, you're from the Bay, 102 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 6: Humble Bay, Yes, big Bay, and uh I grew up 103 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 6: up there and was around the weed industry and then 104 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 6: moved away, uh after after high school. And to me, honestly, 105 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 6: the weed industry wasn't that sexy. I mean I knew 106 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 6: of so many grows and so many people in it 107 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 6: that it wasn't really a novel thing. 108 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 2: He went to high school, Oh yeah, and oversaturated for 109 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 2: you there, yeah, everybody, every friend? 110 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, really and it was all over. So it 111 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 6: wasn't until I moved away and I realized, oh shit, 112 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 6: everybody in this nation loves this humble weed. You know, 113 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 6: this is late nineties. 114 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 4: Hold, I come from the mecca that everybody wants to 115 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 4: go to and be about, Like I just left this place. 116 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 6: Yeah, and I think maybe it's you know, kids of 117 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,039 Speaker 6: rock stars don't really think anything is cool in an analogy. 118 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 6: And so I was in construction and started realizing realizing, 119 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 6: oh man. 120 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 5: Right living there, like you're you're kid of a rock star, 121 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 5: you live there? 122 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 6: Great analogy. Well, it's a great one. People love weed, 123 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 6: I guess. I guess that's cool. And we always had 124 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 6: access to it, so it was really and the. 125 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,239 Speaker 4: Best you had access to, the best smelling, the best tasting, 126 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 4: the best outside terps, the best, in my opinion, the best. 127 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 5: Everything is right there in the trifecta. 128 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:53,359 Speaker 6: I mean, so, start doing construction, and uh, then the 129 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 6: Crash of seven happens and I had a friend that said, hey, 130 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 6: come up and build a barn for me. I went 131 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 6: up there and boom, I'm like, okay, you're doing it 132 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 6: a lot different than when we were kids had greenhouses 133 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 6: and stuff and gave me forty plants, and I went 134 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 6: out and lived in the woods for a summer and 135 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 6: where was this at in Humble, Okay? 136 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 5: And she went back home. 137 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. 138 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 6: I went back home to broke and tried to get 139 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 6: a job, and he gave me a job framing. And 140 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 6: then I got some plants, went out and lived in 141 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 6: the woods and didn't think it would work, grew the plants, 142 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 6: trimmed up the weed. Called an old timer from the 143 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 6: seventies I knew, and said, hey, I got this weed. 144 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 6: You want to do something for me. He called me 145 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 6: a week later and was like here. I was like, well, 146 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 6: the rest is history, got on the phone, picked up 147 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 6: a greenhouse called the Reorder, and just got into the game. 148 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 3: So what high school did you go to again? 149 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 5: Awes? 150 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, that is a great story right there, to 151 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 4: sit there and think. 152 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 5: You come back home and you're. 153 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 4: Like, wait a minute, let me just put some shit together. 154 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 4: You start your first row, and there it is. You're 155 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 4: off to the races from there, and and it's wonderful. 156 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 2: And the first grow I always say this, you know, 157 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 2: and I feel this way, you know, I think the 158 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 2: first grow is like one of the best grows. Like 159 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 2: for some reason for a lot of people. And I 160 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 2: think it's because the rooms are so clean. Everything's just 161 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 2: never been used. And if you're especially if you're firing 162 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 2: up like a new race car, you know, and you 163 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 2: don't know what the hell you're doing, but you're just 164 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 2: giving it so much attention. You're giving it the work 165 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 2: because you just put the whole investment in, right, So 166 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 2: everything's up. Yeah, and then and then all of a 167 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 2: sudden you produce this freaking weed and it just comes 168 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 2: out so great. 169 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 3: You're excited, your energy's up, and then what happens. 170 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 6: So what happens is, uh, you start redlining your rooms. 171 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 6: Just like a car. You start worrying about all the 172 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 6: things you got to pay for. 173 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 5: What do you mean redlining? 174 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:55,679 Speaker 2: You're you're driving a suit too hard. Yeah, you're pushing 175 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 2: it too hard. The lights are burnt out already, you're 176 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 2: still using them. You know, you're you're exactly just flip 177 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 2: the tray as fast as possible, get to the money. 178 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 4: You understand, it's. 179 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 3: Tires. Yeah, you're burning the tires. 180 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 6: And and then you realize, oh, I got to do 181 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 6: it again, and so you just I mean on the 182 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 6: indoor side, that's that's really what happens with the outdoor 183 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 6: first grow, it was kind of a I didn't think 184 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 6: it would work out, so it was having that kind 185 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 6: of just false hope. I guess that it would work 186 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 6: out was probably the reason it did. And then starting 187 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 6: to grow over years and years, and then it just 188 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 6: became such a business where you you have to remind 189 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 6: yourself it's all about the plant. You can't forget that. 190 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 6: It's all about what's in the bag. It's all about 191 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 6: the plant. There's always going to be cost, there's always 192 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 6: going to be ar issues, and as long as you 193 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,599 Speaker 6: just focus on that consistency of that plant and the 194 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 6: quality that comes out, after words, I think you have 195 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 6: a good chance. Yeah, and it's easy to lose track 196 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 6: of that I have before. 197 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 4: And now you guys have started in California, Yes, and 198 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 4: now you're a multi state operator. 199 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:15,839 Speaker 6: We will be launching next month in Arizona with a 200 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 6: sister facility there. It's the biggest facility I've seen in 201 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 6: the nation. It's seventy rooms, seventy flower rooms. Lets you 202 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 6: guys launching, yeah, and so we'll be launching their close proximity. 203 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 6: Small amount of licenses owners. There's one hundred and twenty 204 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 6: stores and they're controlled by basically ten or twelve operators. Sure, 205 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 6: they have great ar issues. We just went through the 206 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 6: herbal debacle of last year, yep, and lost about nine 207 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 6: hundred k in that deal. 208 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 3: So understood. 209 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 6: So I focus on who pays. 210 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, that's a big part. 211 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 6: Yeah. So looking at Arizona, looking at Thailand. Next month 212 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 6: I'm speaking in Germany. We're looking to move into Germany 213 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 6: market and uh, just keep things as they come. 214 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,079 Speaker 2: You know, it's interesting that you you went from California, 215 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 2: Arizona Thailand, big jump, you know, just puble hop away 216 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 2: Germany thirty minute flight. 217 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know what I'm saying, and then Germany things 218 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 3: like that. 219 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 2: When you talk about those markets, what is your plan 220 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 2: to to grow there as well? 221 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 6: To license and partner with licensing? 222 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 4: Got you okay? 223 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,679 Speaker 6: Yeah yeah, light asset models and go that. 224 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 3: Right, maybe run operations. 225 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 6: Yeah, we're definitely open to that. Where we have some 226 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 6: operators on the East coast that are really looking to 227 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 6: us to be bad. 228 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,439 Speaker 2: Sure, I think that's it's almost a given when you're 229 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 2: doing it right, you know, it's like it's paying afford 230 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 2: you want to look back. I mean, you know, sometimes 231 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 2: you have to stop and and and charge people for 232 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 2: your time. But you know it's it's making sure that 233 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 2: those operators that are looking for that help. It's super 234 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 2: important to find h It's kind of be stop one 235 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 2: to one when we come back more than seven minutes. 236 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:02,319 Speaker 4: Let's go. Follow d at one Christopher Wright. 237 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: Follow Joe Grunde at Joe Grunde fifty two. Subscribe to 238 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,959 Speaker 1: our weekly newsletter on our website, Cannabis Talk one o 239 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: one dot com. Welcome back to Cannabis Talk one on 240 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: one number one. 241 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:26,679 Speaker 4: I don't know if you're ready to make your own edibles, folks, 242 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 4: but Troughly Made offers the highest quality of most affordable 243 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:33,320 Speaker 4: tabletop candy depositors and silicon modes on the market. 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Order yours 251 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 4: today on the website truck we maade dot com or 252 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,079 Speaker 4: give them a call direct in California six one nine 253 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 4: five zero zero three one zero two. 254 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 5: Tie Kerns, the co owner and c e O of Seven. 255 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 4: Leaves, You're learning a lot about you and the company, 256 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 4: so much to dig in on as well. But the name, 257 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 4: I still don't know. Where's seven Leaves. I have a 258 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 4: feeling it's the seven leaves on the plant. But is 259 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 4: that as simple as it is? 260 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 5: That is? 261 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 6: Yes, we were trying to come up with a name. 262 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 6: And I was at a Sacramento Kings game, Go Kings. 263 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 6: I know I'm in La, but go Kings. Uh where's 264 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 6: the rope? And uh, just talking with some friends that 265 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 6: uh actually worked for television and not in the wheat industry. 266 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:49,680 Speaker 6: I'm like, I got to come up with a name 267 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 6: for this company, and really trying to go, you know, 268 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 6: follow a suit of the of the Connecteds, the Jungle Boys, 269 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 6: the you know, the Skittles of the world of that 270 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 6: of that time. And a gal asked me, well, talk 271 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 6: to me about a plant, and I was like, well, 272 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 6: there's roots and there's you know, just going through the 273 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 6: different things, and a healthy leaf has seven leaves and 274 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 6: I just said it and they all stopped like that's it. 275 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 6: And then went back to the facility and just asked 276 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:19,439 Speaker 6: the different cultivators we had, hey, what do you think 277 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 6: of this? I love it? And then talked with. 278 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 4: Us if you know, you know, yeah, you know, just 279 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 4: the way it came out of your mouth. A healthy 280 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 4: plant has seven leaves. 281 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 6: And it's just well, there's there's our answer. So that 282 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:36,719 Speaker 6: was in January or of twenty seventeen or sixteen, and 283 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 6: then worked with our graphic designer and we had an 284 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 6: original label logo excuse me that I was a little 285 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 6: bit more rigid, and then came up with this and 286 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:48,079 Speaker 6: we've been running with it ever since. 287 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 3: Ty, what what is your passion? Man? 288 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 4: Like? 289 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 3: What what makes you? You know? 290 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 2: Obviously you know you grew up around it, you know 291 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 2: about it, but like what's your why? Like why are 292 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 2: you doing this? What is is it your passion to 293 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 2: be in the cannabis industry? 294 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 3: What is it? 295 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 6: You know? It wasn't at first, but that was due 296 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 6: to the traumas that I witnessed as a kid, you know, 297 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 6: in cannabis. It was very you don't talk about it people. 298 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 6: I knew that were in it, like uncles and fathers 299 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,079 Speaker 6: of friends were going to prison. So it wasn't really 300 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 6: a thing that I was looking to do. And then 301 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 6: once I got into it, I just fell in love 302 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 6: with the plant itself, like watching the leaves in the wind, 303 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 6: just watching it sprout out of a seed and try 304 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 6: and hold itself up. I mean that moment is one 305 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 6: of my favorite things in life. And the fact that 306 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 6: it's a living thing. And then the responses from customers, 307 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 6: you know, when they there's a lot of products you 308 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 6: can make in this world that do all kinds of 309 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 6: services or things for people. But when somebody looks me 310 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 6: in the eye and says, hey, man, I you know, 311 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 6: thank you so much for creating something that brings me 312 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 6: reprieve and helps me with my anxiety or it just 313 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 6: gets me through my work day or whatever it is. 314 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:04,239 Speaker 6: I mean, we're eating something that people enjoy and and 315 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 6: you know that reminds me, Wow, we have a positive product. 316 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 6: That's not just sevenies, that's just the industry as a whole. 317 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 6: And to be a part of something like that is. 318 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 4: My wife sure well, and you have a full circle 319 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 4: of it, right, I mean hearing you talk like that too, 320 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 4: Ty it sounds like there's such a deep rooted almost 321 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 4: like you know, the kid that watched the drug addict 322 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 4: family members so now they never do it right. So 323 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 4: you watched you know the three, Yeah you watched, well 324 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 4: did we all did. But I mean he was in 325 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 4: the he was in the county of where the most 326 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 4: killer came from and everything else and the growers. 327 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 2: And that's not about the most. Like you talk about 328 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 2: l A and where it all lands. I mean, it's 329 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 2: all coming there, but they were growing it there. They're 330 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 2: growing specific cannabis there and that's yeah, don't get not 331 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 2: the most they were just growing a lot. You're like 332 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 2: they could be shipped in a lot. 333 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 4: But I pointed you just seeing and then you like 334 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 4: you said, you see your uncles or families get arrested. 335 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 4: You're like, tell you what about Like all those guys are. 336 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 5: Just a good thing. This is a bad thing. 337 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 4: My uncles are criminals. These guys aren't good dudes. Like, 338 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 4: I'm trying to live a good life. I don't want 339 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 4: to live like that. Now you have a business. 340 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 2: Like its yeah, well let me let's full circle. Let's 341 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 2: talk about that, Like what what kind of product lines 342 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 2: do you guys? 343 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 3: Carry. What is your your your number go to products, 344 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 3: Let's talk about it. 345 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 6: I mean our go to products is flower eights. We've 346 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 6: we've done collaborations with extracts. We do make flower pre rolls. 347 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 6: I was in the dispensary world and you know, pre 348 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 6: uh legalization, and I just it's we just keep coming 349 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 6: back to let's do what we do best. Let's focus 350 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 6: on flower. We can do some collaborations, we can move 351 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 6: into some other skews if we want, but we've realized, hey, 352 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 6: let's stay in our lane and let the experts of 353 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 6: the extract world and the edible world have their lane 354 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 6: and just try and do it the best we can 355 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 6: and stay and you grow flower. Yeah, we grow flowers. 356 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 5: Are you guys white labeling for folks too? 357 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 6: No, No, we pack all of our own and we 358 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 6: have bought some white label product to package when we've 359 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:07,120 Speaker 6: run low. 360 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 5: But no, yeah, it's just you guys, just you, yeah. 361 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 6: Just our farm. We package at our facility. How many 362 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:18,199 Speaker 6: different excuse you have right now? Probably twenty five to 363 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 6: thirty five? Oh really, Nabus market, Yeah, that many different 364 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 6: We have about eighty genetics running through the farm at 365 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 6: any given time. We harvest every single week. We package 366 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 6: and send the market every week. We run about twelve 367 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 6: to fifteen max cultivars per room, and that way we're 368 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 6: constantly giving a wide range to the market. 369 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 2: Sure, now, you know, I tell you, I think that's 370 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 2: probably the most successful model I've seen that style. You know, 371 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:50,639 Speaker 2: I've noticed a few other operators operate that way, and 372 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 2: generally they're they're they're the ones crushing. 373 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,919 Speaker 3: It, you know, the multiple SKUs producing you know. 374 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 2: And and so what is your personal top favorite product? 375 00:17:58,920 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 3: You got one? 376 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 6: Uh, personal top favorite is the grease Monkey. It's not here, 377 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:14,639 Speaker 6: but it's it's hard on the right. Yeah, l A 378 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 6: Pop Rocks permanent push prop there La Pushcake is huge 379 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 6: right now on look at that. 380 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 4: Right there. 381 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 6: We want to talk about retro or at least ten 382 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:27,679 Speaker 6: fifteen years ago. Our number one sellar right now is 383 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 6: Blue Dream. It's wild, really and I mean I. 384 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,880 Speaker 2: Have know it's crazy, is it? It has its weird days, right, 385 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 2: It's almost. 386 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 6: It's crushing out of anything. I mean, we can sell 387 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 6: fifty pounds a package Blue Dream in a week like that, 388 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 6: and everything else probably takes half, i mean twice as 389 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:47,880 Speaker 6: much time to move the market is wanting Blue Dream 390 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 6: the market's wanting sativas. Some of the cakes are coming back. 391 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 6: It's surprising, yeah, you know, it's shocking. 392 00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:57,680 Speaker 4: Really. 393 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 2: The funny thing is that you have to remember is 394 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 2: if you remember our cycle and that obviously you grew 395 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 2: up in this era too, so you'll you'll understand what 396 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 2: I'm saying is it was O G. 397 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 6: Cush forever. 398 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:10,880 Speaker 4: Okay, then. 399 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 2: Well it dominates to a certain bunch and and and 400 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 2: and I'll say this, like, you know, there was a 401 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 2: time when the Blue Dream had its fucking day and 402 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 2: it was the Hot Smoke, and and and it was 403 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:26,239 Speaker 2: and and I don't want to say it was ever 404 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,479 Speaker 2: the Hot Smoke because but but it was popular. And 405 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 2: it's it feels like it's it's flipping again. It's like 406 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:35,439 Speaker 2: it's coming back. It's like the Skittles and all the 407 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,159 Speaker 2: fun stuff that came out the exotics, you know, it's like, 408 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 2: you know, you know, let's be honest. 409 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:42,160 Speaker 3: Exotics is a is a fun name that people made. 410 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 2: There's no I mean to make it look exotic in there, 411 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:47,199 Speaker 2: you know whatever, Oh it's exotics. 412 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 4: And it's like, no, this is exteah, what's the exotics? 413 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 6: You know? 414 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 4: I mean right here? 415 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 5: So you know, yeah. 416 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:01,879 Speaker 2: Literally, okay, yeah, and so and so when you start 417 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 2: to look at that and yeah, well it's well that's 418 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 2: that's the point is it's it's about branding, it's it's marketing, 419 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:14,120 Speaker 2: it's it's but but it is about having a great 420 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 2: product to get the customer to come back, because because again, 421 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 2: I you know, you look at you know, like, uh, 422 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 2: you know your your big companies like Redpool. You know, 423 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:27,959 Speaker 2: these guys are you know, constantly advertising all your round constantly. 424 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,360 Speaker 6: They don't ever stop and changing how they advertise. 425 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 4: They don't stop, you know, and and I'm staying in 426 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 4: their lane. They're still like red Bulls crazy, you know 427 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 4: what I said. 428 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,400 Speaker 2: But they don't really market, you know, they can they 429 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 2: market the experience, you know, And I think that's what 430 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 2: you know, when when people have certain experience with different 431 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 2: products and they hit the market, that's what keeps them locked, 432 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 2: you know. And so you know, it looks like you 433 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 2: have a great product line here. I can't wait to 434 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 2: smoke the grease monkey. I mean, it's like I smoked 435 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 2: them over here. 436 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,679 Speaker 6: Following up on that, what I tell the crew is 437 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 6: like the best award that can be given out in 438 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 6: this space is the second purchase. Yeah, because that means 439 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 6: that the customer was you know, is a copy and 440 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 6: they came back and decided to spend their hard earned 441 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,679 Speaker 6: dollars uh with with in our case, seven Leaves or 442 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:13,679 Speaker 6: whatever they enjoyed. 443 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 3: Sure, and so you're your number one sellers degree booker 444 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 3: right now. 445 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,120 Speaker 6: Or the Blue Dream Blue Dream is is killing. That's 446 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 6: just in the last quarter. 447 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's just of that. 448 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:28,120 Speaker 6: No, you never wanted any Blue Dream. You wanted the exact. 449 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, hey, Joe brought the exotics, guys, I didn't bring 450 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 4: you that other ship. 451 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,199 Speaker 6: Oh yeah, let's it's like the humble days. I mean, 452 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 6: we only grew headband sour d s f T. 453 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 3: Can we start a brand called Exotic Jokes? 454 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 6: Exotic jokes, Exotic jokes. 455 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 3: I'm gonna have a dude, look though, White uels in 456 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 3: there hanging off. He doesn't. 457 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:50,120 Speaker 5: Oh, that'd be it, right right. 458 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 4: So we're gonna come back with the high five with 459 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 4: tie learn more about where seven Leaves are going and growing. 460 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 4: It's gettam asbout one on one. We'll be right back 461 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 4: after this. To hear your name out. I came on 462 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 4: Penny Time one eight four twenty, nineteen eighty and leave 463 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 4: on the point mail. 464 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: Make sure you like, follow and subscribe to Cannabis Talk 465 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 1: one o one. 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Call them 481 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,360 Speaker 4: now three one zero eight seven seven five zero three 482 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 4: three or check out the website The Foxfirm dot com. 483 00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 5: That's with two exes, the Fox Firm. 484 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 4: Ty Kerns, co owner and CEO of Seven Leaves. I 485 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 4: love the packaging. I love everything about your story hearing 486 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 4: about it. I'm looking at this packaging right here too, 487 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 4: it says night moves, feels like it has a big city. 488 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 4: What is that Downtown Los Angeles right there on the 489 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 4: packaging looks like, yep, that's a good old downtown off 490 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,679 Speaker 4: the one ten Freeway. If I'm not mistaken with the 491 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 4: city view lines that I know. But this is just cool. 492 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 4: I feel like, if I smoke this, I'm gonna be 493 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 4: at a ray or something in downtown at a party. 494 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 6: Yes it's going. 495 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 4: This is a party. 496 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 6: Yes, that's a party. It's going with the gotham downtown 497 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 6: La meets Miami Ultra. 498 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 4: Totally, that's a good one. I feel that exactly. La 499 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,880 Speaker 4: meets my Your shit's like a party vibe. Even Nick 500 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,199 Speaker 4: the simple black and purple with the little leap, it 501 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 4: just feels like it's, you know, have. 502 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:54,640 Speaker 6: Lifting and yeah and fun. You know, we we wanted that, 503 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 6: and we wanted some consistency in the packaging. There's a 504 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 6: kind of a swirl theme around the side of each bag. 505 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 4: And even when I see you guys on Instagram at 506 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 4: seven Underscore leaves Underscore seven L, I mean it's fun. 507 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 4: You guys were all at Hall of Flowers too. You 508 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 4: have a nice fun video over there of you walking 509 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 4: in and having a good time, And what'd you think 510 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 4: of Hall Offlowers this year. 511 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 6: I think overall, logistically it was incredible. They did a 512 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,400 Speaker 6: great job. I really liked the Hall of Flowers team, 513 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:30,679 Speaker 6: and there was a good showing. I did notice that 514 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,239 Speaker 6: there was a lot of brands that was surprised were 515 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,880 Speaker 6: not there, not representing themselves. I don't know if that's 516 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:42,120 Speaker 6: just having you know, finance issues or whatnot, but it 517 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 6: was I love Hallflowers. I love the moment to connect 518 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 6: with with you know, shop owners, bud tenders, the public. 519 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 6: I think it's it's one of the best B to 520 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 6: B events there is. A Ventur was nice. 521 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 4: Ventur was nice, right, it was cool to go there, 522 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 4: a little local cl sir, which felt better to hang out. 523 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 4: And then not only that, they open it up to 524 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 4: the public on Sunday for the first time, which was 525 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 4: kind of cool. Yes, so people could see, like what's 526 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,199 Speaker 4: going on and get samples, and. 527 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 6: I think that's important. People are curious and. 528 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 5: I like that. 529 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 4: I think there should be more events where somebody can 530 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 4: go around and try the stuff, almost like a food court, 531 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 4: so to speak. Itemized it's like an oversized food court 532 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,200 Speaker 4: there at the fucking you know what I mean, yea 533 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 4: a massive flower court. I'd be three four hundred dollars 534 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 4: food court of if you think about everybody give out 535 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:32,880 Speaker 4: samples of little nugs. 536 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 6: Yeah, and it and it opens up to people that 537 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 6: didn't know it existed. I was at a cafe on 538 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 6: the second morning and there was two seven year old 539 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 6: surfer dudes who were like, hey, I was going to 540 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 6: go to the swap meet. There's some kind of pop 541 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:47,400 Speaker 6: show going on. But we paid a ticket and got 542 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 6: in there, got all kinds of free pre rolls, and 543 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 6: now they know about all about it, and they were fascinated. 544 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 6: You know. 545 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,919 Speaker 4: That's what I mean about doing that like that. I 546 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 4: think there's a there's a bigger play there for the 547 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 4: communities because they don't really know. I almost think too 548 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 4: like brands even going out to flea markets and just 549 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 4: being out there with their fucking logos and just paraphernilia 550 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 4: with empty bread bags all this is our stuff. But 551 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 4: this is our you know. 552 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 6: Regular marketing, you know what I mean? Like, I think 553 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 6: is a great idea. 554 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 4: I just thought of it right now. Hello, We're gonna 555 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 4: start seeing every flea market cannabis brands out there with 556 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 4: a tent with oh yeah, selling their just gear, right, 557 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,880 Speaker 4: I mean yeah, because that's the other thing that most 558 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:26,920 Speaker 4: of these brands have become. And especially like a brand 559 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,919 Speaker 4: like you with the look, it's more lifestyle now looking. 560 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:34,680 Speaker 6: It is and uh and with the restrictions on marketing, uh, 561 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:38,479 Speaker 6: you know, transitioning and shifting into the lifestyle move allows 562 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,439 Speaker 6: you to kind of get into more areas that you 563 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 6: can expand on that marketing and connect with potential customers 564 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 6: and get logo recognizability. 565 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 4: What do you guys do for marketing and stuff like that? 566 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 4: How have you guys been able to be successful gett 567 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 4: your name out there. 568 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:57,160 Speaker 6: We've done a lot of different things from sponsoring concert series. Uh, 569 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 6: you know, pre legalization, we were doing premier sponsors of 570 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 6: the High Times events, working with celebrities and doing Instagram stuff. 571 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 6: Now that's a lot of that Shadow band. We do 572 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:14,679 Speaker 6: the classic billboards, sweatshirts to bud tenders. A lot of 573 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 6: our marketing now is just focused on bud tenders, really 574 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 6: focusing on them because there's a lot of turnover there 575 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 6: and being making sure that they are recognizing seven leaves 576 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:32,880 Speaker 6: on their shelves, recognizing that we're you know, a legacy 577 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,639 Speaker 6: brand and have been around a long time and just 578 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 6: trying to help them feel supported to then you know, 579 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 6: suggest us. 580 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 4: And as seven brands been around for a long time. 581 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,160 Speaker 4: How is Matt Barnes affiliated with you guys? 582 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 6: Yeah, Matt. We met Matt back in when we knew him, 583 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 6: but back in twenty eighteen or so. He was with 584 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,959 Speaker 6: the Kings then and just got traded to the Warriors 585 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,959 Speaker 6: where he won to a championship and uh obviously an 586 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:06,120 Speaker 6: outward uh smoker and enjoyer of of cannabis, and uh 587 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:07,719 Speaker 6: said hey, I want to be a part of this, 588 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,159 Speaker 6: and we're like, well, you know, maybe we can trade 589 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 6: some promotional uh you know, standpoint of of his celebrity 590 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 6: status to to help be part of Seven Leaves. And 591 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 6: so that's that's been going great for whatever it's been 592 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 6: six years now. 593 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 3: Really. 594 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, So it's a random connection like that. 595 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:32,439 Speaker 6: And we met him through uh an old trapper buddy 596 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 6: really from Sacramento and uh, hey, I remember I can't 597 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 6: remember what training we were growing, but it was Matt's 598 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 6: favorite at the time, and and he was like, hey, yeah, 599 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 6: well you know, these NBA guys really love your stuff 600 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 6: and they want to come take a tour next time 601 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 6: they're in town. Okay, And then it just was organic. 602 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,280 Speaker 6: How awesome is Yeah, it was wonderful, And that was 603 00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 6: got such a huge podcast and everybody good. He's killing it. 604 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 6: He's killing it, and I'm super proud of him as uh, 605 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 6: you know, a post professional athlete too to find a 606 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 6: new lane. 607 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 4: Post kicking Derek Fisher's ass post kicking Rick Fox's ass, 608 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 4: post fighting everybody else posts going crazy on the one 609 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:19,880 Speaker 4: O one in the Valley. 610 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 5: Yeah, I hear you. 611 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:22,440 Speaker 6: I'll let him talk to that. 612 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 4: I love that. 613 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 6: He's the best. 614 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 5: That's savage. 615 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 6: Yeah, and he and he's uh, he's who he is 616 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 6: and and I like people like that me too. Get 617 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 6: what you get and uh there's no bullshit there and 618 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 6: uh you know sometimes that's probably gotten him into uh 619 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 6: some some troubles, but he's I love him. 620 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:44,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, I love him. Good old Matt Bourne. Yeah, one 621 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:46,560 Speaker 4: of them, he's one of that. And when I seen 622 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 4: you just smile, I just yeah. 623 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 6: When he and he's a big promoter of the benefits 624 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 6: of cannabis for all professional athletes, not just NBA. 625 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 4: And his boys are balling too, boys. 626 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 6: Yeah, they it's a that there Barnes. 627 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 4: Boys are out there doing it. Yeah, exactly. It's just 628 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 4: good because I'm at that agehere I feel like I'm 629 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,320 Speaker 4: watching everybody's kids, and I have kids that play sports, 630 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:10,160 Speaker 4: and my son just played for a state championship soccer. 631 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 4: So it's like I'm into that ship. And when I 632 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 4: see other dads with their kids like that, like, you know, 633 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 4: I just get yeah, and I just you know, it's 634 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 4: like one of those As a dad, I know exactly 635 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 4: how he's feeling when we're watching our kids. 636 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:21,239 Speaker 3: You know. 637 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:22,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's just fun. 638 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 6: It's family, you know, it's family first, and. 639 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 4: Cannabis to support you through all that ship, to keep 640 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 4: you mellow through it all right. So that's a cool 641 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 4: thing right there, tying And who else has been able 642 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 4: to jump on board with you guys? Like anybody shock 643 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 4: you going? Like, because for Matt Barnes to say, like, dude, 644 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 4: all these other players like your ship and this and that, 645 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,400 Speaker 4: that's gotta be cool. Other people got to jump on. 646 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:45,360 Speaker 6: I mean, there's there's other people that have jumped on 647 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 6: and that that get our stuff. I'm you know, in 648 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,800 Speaker 6: the sports world, they're still they're still uh. 649 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:52,760 Speaker 5: Playing in the closet. 650 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 6: I don't want to. I can't you know say who 651 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 6: those are, but uh, and it's just it's just a 652 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 6: lot of different people. We've had Xavier Martinez who is 653 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:08,400 Speaker 6: a boxer for the Money Team and sponsored a couple 654 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:13,680 Speaker 6: of his boxing matches. I'm blanking on different people. But 655 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,320 Speaker 6: we do a lot of small things like the women 656 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:22,240 Speaker 6: in Weed workshops, things of that nature weed and yoga. 657 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 6: Those are throughout California and trying to kind of expand 658 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 6: our customer base and knowledge base of different segments of 659 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:31,440 Speaker 6: the market. 660 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 4: Well, I love it and I can't wait to do 661 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 4: some stuff with you guys. I love the way the 662 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,880 Speaker 4: brand looks, the seven up and down like that. It 663 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,960 Speaker 4: just looks cool, it feels cool. You seem cool, like 664 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,240 Speaker 4: a great jat. So there are fore folks. If you 665 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:46,040 Speaker 4: hear about the brand, who was seven leaves, Well now 666 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 4: you know who they are, what they're about, and we 667 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:50,560 Speaker 4: like to do the high five with everybody that comes 668 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:50,880 Speaker 4: in TI. 669 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:51,320 Speaker 6: Yes. 670 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 4: So question number one, how old you the first time 671 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,280 Speaker 4: you smoked cannabis and where'd you get it from? 672 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 6: I think I was fourteen, teen or fourteen and we 673 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 6: stole it from my friend's mom's freezer. 674 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 4: Out there and humble. 675 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 5: Yes, that's fucking great. I just love the fact that 676 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:13,040 Speaker 5: you're from their. 677 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:15,440 Speaker 4: Question number two, TI, what is your favorite way to 678 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,120 Speaker 4: use cannabis? 679 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:24,040 Speaker 6: Old school coconut joint wraps, coconut ones. 680 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't. 681 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 6: Even think they make them anymore. I've looked in the shops, 682 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:30,720 Speaker 6: but when you have, you're like, this is my favorite? 683 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 5: Ones? 684 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:35,080 Speaker 4: Were my favorite the old school coconut wrap, random and crazy. 685 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 4: Speaking of crazy, question number three with Ty Kerns, the 686 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:41,680 Speaker 4: co owner and CEO of Seven Leaves, where is the 687 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:51,000 Speaker 4: craziest place you ever used or smoked cannabis? Ah? 688 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 6: Probably in the Himalayas and Nepal. 689 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,600 Speaker 5: Ooh, elaborate please. 690 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,200 Speaker 6: I was hiking the Annapurna Circuit. 691 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 4: I mean, you're just an average hiker and you just 692 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,960 Speaker 4: happened to be there. I mean, what, there's no I was. 693 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,520 Speaker 4: It was a Tuesday and walk, you know. 694 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:13,640 Speaker 6: In in the old days, pre seven Leaes, I traveled 695 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:17,480 Speaker 6: a lot. I went to look for genetics in Columbia 696 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:24,040 Speaker 6: and Peru and Nepal Pakistan in those days, and was 697 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 6: with a Nepoly friend, an Italian friend of mine at 698 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 6: the time, and we were in Kathmandu and some people 699 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:35,840 Speaker 6: that we knew were like, Hey, we're going to hike 700 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,920 Speaker 6: this Ana Purna circuit. You guys should come tracking with us. Well, 701 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,720 Speaker 6: we didn't know. It's a pretty serious thing to get 702 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:44,560 Speaker 6: involved in. Uh So the next morning we get our 703 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,080 Speaker 6: gear and we go and we hike and we're up 704 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 6: at uh, i don't know, nine ten thousand feet after 705 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:55,440 Speaker 6: a few days, and there was a hash maker up 706 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:59,280 Speaker 6: there in a dome place right on the top of 707 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:03,520 Speaker 6: this mountain and uhr random, but so it was it 708 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:04,160 Speaker 6: was memorable. 709 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 4: Wow, that just sounds so crazy that if that's a 710 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:13,240 Speaker 4: good like, I'm like, please elaborate, right, yeah, and then 711 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:15,680 Speaker 4: please please give me another one. 712 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:20,320 Speaker 6: That second would be uh with my brother going from 713 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:26,280 Speaker 6: mainland Thailand out to a a island on a ferry 714 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:28,920 Speaker 6: that we couldn't you had to lay down on. It 715 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:30,960 Speaker 6: was just a small little area that you could lay 716 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:33,719 Speaker 6: kind of between the decks that we paid for and 717 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:37,960 Speaker 6: uh some guy had a joint there and uh, you 718 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:44,880 Speaker 6: know it was back then it was serious. If we're talking, 719 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 6: you know, ten years for a joint in a prison 720 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 6: type situation. And so I think the intensity of that 721 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:57,120 Speaker 6: joint may be added to that and then yeah. 722 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:58,800 Speaker 4: That is definitely a great time. Those are some good stories. 723 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,399 Speaker 4: Appreciate that. Question number four of the High five tie, 724 00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:07,360 Speaker 4: what is your go too munchies after you get high? 725 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,160 Speaker 6: It used to be Dorito's Cool Ranch. 726 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:12,960 Speaker 4: Now those are still a coach. I mean you see those, 727 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:14,680 Speaker 4: I feel like I'm just a young kid again. 728 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:19,319 Speaker 6: But now it's some kind of healthy smoothie. 729 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:24,719 Speaker 4: Right after the forties, it's so smoothie. Please, something nice 730 00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:29,000 Speaker 4: and healthy for me, Just something good, okay, little candy maybe. 731 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:32,359 Speaker 4: Question number five of the High five ty kerns, if 732 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:36,080 Speaker 4: you could smoke cannabis with anyone dead or alive. 733 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:37,400 Speaker 5: Who would it be and why? 734 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:52,920 Speaker 6: Wow? Probably some Native Americans and like the fifteen hundred, 735 00:35:52,920 --> 00:36:00,160 Speaker 6: it's pre white settlement. Just some natural grown cannabis on 736 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,320 Speaker 6: the on the plains of South Dakota or something. 737 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:08,319 Speaker 4: Wow, even in South Dakota on me. Okay, I like 738 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,880 Speaker 4: that because South Dakota Natives that's like a big you know, 739 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,680 Speaker 4: it's funny for me. The South Dakota Natives had a 740 00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:16,040 Speaker 4: big impact on me growing up. I'm Native American Indian. 741 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:17,000 Speaker 6: Oh I didn't know. 742 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,440 Speaker 4: That to Bago and I grew up grow singing, dancing, 743 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:23,440 Speaker 4: going to powows, the whole nine. And my dad has 744 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:26,279 Speaker 4: his tribal number from Nebraska and uh, one of the 745 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 4: good deep families were from where you just said. That's 746 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:30,799 Speaker 4: just so funny that you say that. I just say 747 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:32,200 Speaker 4: Native Americans from like. 748 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:34,040 Speaker 5: I would just like shoe Indians. 749 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:38,759 Speaker 6: Yeah, I just experience what and what they believed in 750 00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:40,719 Speaker 6: with regards to the cannabis. 751 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:43,040 Speaker 4: Plane Mother Earth, and yeah, the whole vibe would it 752 00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:46,000 Speaker 4: be like because you know the tribals marketing just straight 753 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,520 Speaker 4: grewing it, growing it outside and just how they used 754 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:52,160 Speaker 4: it for medicine, how they used it for teas because 755 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:55,040 Speaker 4: growing up we always had any rubbing alcohol. Yeah, it 756 00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:57,279 Speaker 4: was just in you know products, like I didn't know. 757 00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:00,279 Speaker 4: It wasn't like, oh you know grand I started We 758 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,440 Speaker 4: had six wow o. My brother was sixteen and it 759 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:05,080 Speaker 4: was just a round yeah you know what I mean. 760 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:06,759 Speaker 4: So it was like it was it. That's how my 761 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:10,440 Speaker 4: younger had just everywhere and just whatever. It just part 762 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,799 Speaker 4: I'm blue too. He just grew up with it hanging dry. 763 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:13,560 Speaker 4: And the whole nine. 764 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:15,040 Speaker 5: Well that's the high five. 765 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 4: Some went in talk on Todd before we let you 766 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,960 Speaker 4: get out of here, which is the future, which is sassafras. 767 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:26,239 Speaker 4: Why did you name your cannabis sassafras, which is, for 768 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:29,360 Speaker 4: those who don't know, like a root of almost the 769 00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:37,360 Speaker 4: psychedelically crazy, rudy feeling of a foric ecstasy. Yeah. 770 00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:43,960 Speaker 6: Yes, well we named it because a couple. How we 771 00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:47,000 Speaker 6: do some of the naming is we're going through genetics, 772 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,440 Speaker 6: popping seeds and whatnot, and then. 773 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:53,000 Speaker 4: So we popped a boner after smoking it. 774 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:55,680 Speaker 6: So we say we pick a fino. 775 00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:56,400 Speaker 1: Uh. 776 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,880 Speaker 6: We we have about fifty employees and we do. Everybody 777 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,759 Speaker 6: gets to try that wants and then they come up 778 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,160 Speaker 6: with five names that they think, hey, this is what 779 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,120 Speaker 6: this feels like, is what it smells like, this is 780 00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:13,959 Speaker 6: my reaction to it, and such, and then everybody gets 781 00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:16,440 Speaker 6: to vote on everybody else's names and things, and so 782 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,680 Speaker 6: sasas fras came down as the number one, and it 783 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:26,759 Speaker 6: got more. And the irony is that more than half 784 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:30,960 Speaker 6: of our employees did not know what saasfras was, so 785 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,360 Speaker 6: we were kind of we had to double check to 786 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,480 Speaker 6: make sure that we could actually not get deemed by 787 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,800 Speaker 6: the DCC by doing it. But since it's a plant 788 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,440 Speaker 6: as well, it was fine, so. 789 00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:45,080 Speaker 4: You had to search first before you ran with it. Yeah, 790 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:50,200 Speaker 4: so that's an interesting yes. And and when is that coming? Then? 791 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,400 Speaker 6: It's it just went live. Uh, well it should go 792 00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:55,839 Speaker 6: live next week. It's it's in at distro right now, 793 00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:57,280 Speaker 6: waiting for CoA to finalize. 794 00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:58,520 Speaker 5: That is great. 795 00:38:58,640 --> 00:38:59,760 Speaker 4: So now we have the SaaS. 796 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:02,839 Speaker 6: I have a Sassafras and it's a noe too. I 797 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:04,160 Speaker 6: enjoyed the E d M World. 798 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,640 Speaker 5: Yeah, and that was a fun party time though. 799 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,480 Speaker 4: Time I can still go hard when you're like you, 800 00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:11,719 Speaker 4: I mean you got to put it on. We gotta 801 00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:13,600 Speaker 4: go out, Okay, let's go. I can still. 802 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:15,400 Speaker 6: I just got to get three young ones. 803 00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:17,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I'll get a cramp and everything, but 804 00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:18,720 Speaker 4: it whatever. 805 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:23,000 Speaker 6: Yeah, my muscles are cramping. 806 00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:24,680 Speaker 5: Oh that's a good time. 807 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,800 Speaker 4: Seven Leaves is the company. You guys, find a skew 808 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:31,560 Speaker 4: near you an eighth and ounce whatever it is. It's 809 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,920 Speaker 4: probably gonna be a seven grand bag in another state too. Yes, 810 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,280 Speaker 4: I mean up to seven grams if I'm not mistaken. 811 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:38,799 Speaker 4: Is the biggest bag you guys sell, right. 812 00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:41,719 Speaker 6: We sell fourteen gram now, fourteen gram now okay, and 813 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,120 Speaker 6: we sell five gram eights for some of our strains. 814 00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:46,520 Speaker 6: And uh, I just want to take a moment to 815 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:49,239 Speaker 6: say thank you for what you all do. And I 816 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:52,880 Speaker 6: read your mission statement up there and and spreading, spreading 817 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:56,320 Speaker 6: the industry and spreading the love, and and that commitment 818 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:58,080 Speaker 6: is appreciated. 819 00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:59,560 Speaker 4: And that's what we do. No, thank you for acknowledging 820 00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:01,879 Speaker 4: that in saying because that's exactly what we like to do. Talk. 821 00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:04,200 Speaker 4: We want the industry to learn about each other and 822 00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:05,799 Speaker 4: hear about each other, and that's what we are. We're 823 00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:08,239 Speaker 4: a platform too. You know, people need to hear about 824 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:11,040 Speaker 4: the company. So if I'm buying you know this brand, 825 00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:13,759 Speaker 4: how do I know who seven Leaves are? How do 826 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:14,960 Speaker 4: I know who owns this company? 827 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:15,120 Speaker 5: Oh? 828 00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:18,080 Speaker 4: This guy Tie does? Oh this is who he is. Yeah, 829 00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:19,960 Speaker 4: oh this is why I'm smoking. This is you know what. 830 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:25,000 Speaker 4: Now to me, it's like, learn about the brands you smoke, folks. 831 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,120 Speaker 4: We're going to interview these people who own them and 832 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:28,920 Speaker 4: so now the community can. 833 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:33,080 Speaker 6: Can learn and understand what's behind uh, what's inside the bag. 834 00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:35,200 Speaker 4: And that all being said, give me the worst struggle 835 00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:38,240 Speaker 4: you've had so far growing up in this whole little game. 836 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:40,680 Speaker 4: He's done. Boots have seen some shit. 837 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:44,960 Speaker 6: Their boots have seen some shit. A couple of them 838 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:47,239 Speaker 6: I can't talk about, but I would say the most 839 00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:51,360 Speaker 6: recent one is the herbal I mean losing losing almost 840 00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:57,040 Speaker 6: nine hundred K in the modern industry and four hundred 841 00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:01,319 Speaker 6: shelves overnight and being able to transit as fast as 842 00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:02,879 Speaker 6: we could. It took about two and a half months, 843 00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:08,120 Speaker 6: but that was a massive hit and also a wake 844 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,319 Speaker 6: up call to see just how unstable some of the 845 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:17,239 Speaker 6: largest players in the industry actually are. And then other 846 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:22,560 Speaker 6: big pitfalls was probably the Great Mold is what we 847 00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:25,040 Speaker 6: call it up North, the Great Mold of twenty ten. 848 00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,840 Speaker 6: We lost about seventy percent of our product, which was 849 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:35,920 Speaker 6: hell millions probably oh God, But you know, there's always 850 00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:38,719 Speaker 6: a change and try and see the light out of 851 00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:41,480 Speaker 6: each pitfall. So with that Mold, it was like, hey, 852 00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:44,080 Speaker 6: we're not growing full term anymore. We're only growing light depth. 853 00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:47,200 Speaker 6: We're going to be done by early September before the 854 00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:50,080 Speaker 6: rain start. And then with this Herbal thing, it's like, hey, 855 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,840 Speaker 6: you know what, we were writing their coattails too much. 856 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:54,759 Speaker 6: It's now on us. We need to get better with 857 00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:58,440 Speaker 6: our own self distro, our own sales team and working 858 00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:01,879 Speaker 6: with a new platform which now is and taking those 859 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:04,919 Speaker 6: pitfalls and saying, hey, we're not gonna quit, so how 860 00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:05,600 Speaker 6: do we keep going? 861 00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:08,600 Speaker 4: Well, there it is folks, great stories. Tie, It's good 862 00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:10,600 Speaker 4: to hear you, good to meet you, good to hear 863 00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:14,080 Speaker 4: about this company. It looks fantastic, folks. 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