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2025-07-2412 min
515 : The Ultra PodcastS6E3 -- Steve King : Ask Me Anything!Send us a textSteve King is a foundational guest on this podcast. Even though he appeared in the first three episodes (S1E1) (S1E2) (S1E3), I am not sure that we know all about this man. So, I hosted an online Zoom meeting for anyone who wanted to show up and partake in the AMA with Steve. This episode is the recording from that meeting. You can just look down at the resources and people mentioned to see what a wide variety of questions there was.Resources ment...
2024-07-051h 25
Cannabis Compliance Made EasyDeficiencies – How to Avoid Them, How to Respond to Them, How to Ensure They Don’t ReoccurHate deficiencies? This one’s for you. ProCanna USA’s Founder, Dede Perkins, talks with Mike Trowbridge, founder and CEO of Compliance Playbook, former compliance director for Mohave Cannabis, and current compliance consultant for JARS Cannabis, as they share best practice ways to 1) avoid deficiency notices, 2) respond when you receive them, and 3) ensure they don’t reoccur. You’ll learn how to: Develop a proactive, comprehensive compliance plan that prioritizes highest-risk operationsPrepare for all types of inspections and NOT scramble when an inspector comes knockingUse public data to shape and update your compliance plan and respons...
2023-10-1737 minCannabis Compliance Made EasyCannabis Compliance on a BudgetMoney is tight most everywhere right now, but especially in the legal cannabis industry. So how does a legal operator maintain compliance in the face of compressed pricing, high tax rates, and low profit margins?Join ProCanna USA’s Founder, Dede Perkins, talking with Amber D. Lengacher, CEO and founder of Purple Circle Consulting Services, former attorney at Vicente Sederberg and Licensing Manager—and later Corporate Counsel—for Trulieve Cannabis Corp., one of the top five multi-state cannabis operators in the industry, as they talk about cannabis compliance on a budget. Learn how to:- Set u...
2023-10-0338 minCannabis Compliance Made EasyA Conversation with Grown In's Brad Spirrison About the Burn 'Em PlanProCanna USA's Dede Perkins and guest Brad Spirrison discuss the Burn 'Em Plan--an economic development initiative inspired by Daniel Burnham’s initiative to rebuild Chicago after the Great Chicago Fire.They discuss the key to the successful future expansion of the cannabis industry: normalizing relationships between licensed cannabis operators and "canna-curious" corporations and financial services institutions who are scoping out the industry.The experts also discuss how and why mainstream corporations that develop relationships with cannabis industry leaders will be better positioned to capture market share when laws change.Economic development initiatives like Gr...
2023-09-1828 minCannabis Compliance Made Easy5 Tips to Reduce Energy Costs (and Increase Profits)It’s a tough world out there right now. Cannabis operators need to trim costs wherever possible to increase profitability and stay competitive.Lowering energy costs is a sure-fire way to improve your facility’s bottom line.ProCanna USA’s Founder, Dede Perkins, talks with Sam Milton, energy and sustainability expert from Enlighten Your Grow, a program of Climate Resources Group.Sam Milton has decades of experience helping organizations and companies reduce their energy and environmental footprint. Since 2018, he has worked with dozens of cannabis companies to capture millions of dollars of energy utilit...
2023-09-1832 minCannabis Compliance Made EasyNavigating Compliance in an Unclear and/or Shifting Regulatory EnvironmentCannabis is an evolving industry. State legislators and cannabis regulators revise existing rules and add new ones. States with medical programs add adult-use cannabis programs and update regulations accordingly. Regulators leave and others take their place, sometimes changing the ways regulations are interpreted and enforced.How do you manage compliance when the rules are a moving target?ProCanna USA’s Founder, Dede Perkins, talks with Gabe Jertberg, regional director of compliance for one of Missouri’s largest vertical cannabis operators, as they share tips to help you navigate cannabis compliance in an unclear and/or shif...
2023-09-1833 minCannabis Compliance Made EasyAll About Cannabis Consumption LoungesAre you considering opening a cannabis consumption lounge in your market? Struggling with where to start? Don't worry; we've got an all-star cast of experts to help break it all down!In this episode, our host, Dede Perkins is joined by Sara Stewart, Josh Rembusch, and Andrew Meiure to discuss cannabis consumption lounges. The experts examine the current and future lounge landscape, possible challenges you may face, and tips and tricks for starting your own cannabis consumption lounge in 2024.
2023-06-1742 minCannabis Compliance Made EasyGetting Started With GMP Compliance: What You Need to KnowProCanna's co-founder and CEO, Dede Perkins, is joined by Chris Budd from Isolocity QMS. Chris began working in corporate quality systems, then earned his MBA from the Rottman School of Management at the University of Toronto while launching his consulting practice: CJB Consulting Limited. Chris no works at Isolosity, which is a software used worldwide that eliminates paper and labor costs associated with quality compliance. They explore good manufacturing practices (GMP) and why it is so important in the US cannabis industry, the five main components of GMP, the primary steps one should take when implementing good d...
2023-05-2433 minCannabis Compliance Made EasyWhat You Need to Know about New York Cannabis Delivery & PrepaymentProCanna's co-founder and CEO, Dede Perkins, sits down with Jeremy Johnson--a cannabis industry expert. They chat about cannabis industry opportunities and complications in New York and the delivery and prepayment regulations that follow.If you are familiar with selling in the cannabis industry, you may be asking yourself: How do I deliver my product safely, legally, and cost-effectively? Dede and Jeremy dive into payment options in New York, ACH proprietary credit options and the limits that come with them, last-mile delivery and compliance, and responsibility allocation in cannabis delivery.
2023-05-2327 minCannabis Compliance Made EasyTaking Your Compliance Program to the Next Level - Part 2Dede Perkins, co-founder and the CEO of ProCanna, will be speaking with Ben Allmand, a cannabis regulatory and operations leader, who has worked in cannabis compliance since 2017, and was most recently the Senior Vice President of Compliance at Cresco Labs.The two experts will be discussing & diving into the following topics:1. Understanding the difference between the concepts of little “c” versus big “C” compliance2. Understanding how the compliance team can best support the efforts of frontline workers to maintain day-to-day compliance with regulatory requirements as well as brand standards3. Determining and quantify...
2023-03-1431 minCannabis Compliance Made EasyHow to Take Your Cannabis Compliance Program To the Next Level - Part 1In this two part event- Dede Perkins, co-founder and the CEO of ProCanna, will be speaking with Ben Allmand, a cannabis regulatory and operations leader, who has worked in cannabis compliance since 2017, and was most recently the Senior Vice President of Compliance at Cresco Labs.The two experts will be discussing & diving into the following topics:1. Understanding the difference between the concepts of little “c” versus big “C” compliance2. Understanding how the compliance team can best support the efforts of frontline workers to maintain day-to-day compliance with regulatory requirements as well as brand standard...
2022-12-2233 minCannabis Compliance Made EasyHow to Save Time and Money When Evaluating Your Cannabis Tech StackProCanna co-founder/CEO Dede Perkins welcomes Adam Benko and Brian Mayfield.Tired of wasting time and money looking for the proper technology partner for your cannabis business?Between delivery, POS, HR, compliance, CRMs, customer rewards programs, and more, there are so many solutions to consider.Adam and Brian are co-founders of the cannabis technology consulting company, MJstack. They provide cannabis operators with a complimentary audit and technology vendor evaluations to ensure operators build efficient and productive technology stacks to operate their cannabis business.In today’s episode, Dede and her guests wi...
2022-08-0931 minCannabis Compliance Made EasyImportance of Documentation & Systems for Capital Raise/ExitAre you looking to raise capital and eventually exit from your cannabis business?ProCanna co-founder/CEO Dede Perkins welcomes Ken Grams, banking and investment expert.Ken Grams has over 25 years of banking and finance experience, and diverse portfolio asset management expertise of $2 billion. He is a high-achieving executive, CEO and Board Member with experience in quality growth initiatives and asset management as a straight speak strategist in the financial services industry. Ken has spoken at Bank and Financial Institutions Special Assets Forums on Real Estate and Commercial Industrial in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York...
2022-08-0331 minCannabis Compliance Made Easy3 Considerations For Designing Your Cannabis KitchenProCanna co-founder/CEO Dede Perkins welcomed Julie Dooley in our ninth installment of LinkedIN Live. Julie Dooley began baking infused granola for a dear friend in 2007. By 2011, she was in her licensed kitchen in Denver, Colorado training the Health Department on how to make Cannabutter. It became the first Standard Operating Procedure filed in the state of Colorado.Since then, she's responsible for making and selling over 500,000 edibles and has assisted several brands with their edible products in Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut & Oklahoma. As a person with Celiac Disease, her expertise leans toward infused products that g...
2022-07-0733 minCannabis Compliance Made EasyWhy are Cannabis Compliance Tools Important?ProCanna co-founder/CEO Dede Perkins welcomes Brion Nazzaro.Brion is the President of ACCCE (Association of Commercial Cannabis Experts) - accce.comOur Cannabis Risk Management Framework helps our members solve the most important issues that impact their business to help them become more profitable while making risk-based business decisions with confidence.These two compliance leaders will answer/discuss the following topics:1. Why are cannabis compliance tools important?2. What is the role of the compliance or risk officer/Trusted advisor?3. What tools are important for a compliance or risk...
2022-06-2431 minCannabis Compliance Made EasyGMP Best Practices for Cannabis ManufacturingProCanna co-founder/CEO Dede Perkins welcomes David Vaillencourt in our seventh installment of LinkedIN Live.David is the CEO of GMP Collective. He is a standardization and regulatory expert that leads a world class team of experts to improve cannabis operators top line performance.David and Dede will be discussing:1. Why does the cannabis industry need a quality and GMP program when most states let alone federally, do not require this?2. What makes SOPs effective?3. Where does GMP begin? When should I begin looking at GMPs? Where do I...
2022-06-1533 minCannabis Compliance Made EasyCompliance as a Competitive AdvantageProCanna co-founder/CEO Dede Perkins welcomes Orna Bresler, cannabis packaging & labeling compliance expert in our sixth installment of LinkedIN Live.Orna is Founder of CLC Regulatory Partners. Her team works with cannabis operators to commercialize cannabis products in compliance with state regulations. Orna & Dede will discuss the following topics in the podcast today:- SOPs: License Applications to Operations- Compliant Packaging - Product Strategy to Labeling- Compliance Tools - Simple to Sophisticated
2022-05-1931 min
Elevated BusinessesStandardize & Scale Through Compliance Software w/ Dede Perkins of ProCannaDede Perkins, Co-Founder and CEO of ProCanna, joined the cannabis industry in 2013 as a member of the application team that won one of the first competitive vertically integrated applications in Massachusetts. After that, she helped win cannabis licenses in New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, California, Arkansas, North Dakota, and Nevada. A regulatory specialist, Dede is passionate about combining compliance with operational excellence; safe, standardized products; empowered employees; strong company culture and brands. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 6:03 Solutions ProCanna Solves 13:20 How RMCC & ProCanna Work Together 15:05 QR Codes & Record Retention ...
2022-05-1250 minCannabis Compliance Made EasyBuilding a National Cannabis BrandBuilding a National Cannabis BrandProCanna co-founder/CEO Dede Perkins welcomes cannabis branding specialist David Paleschuck in our fifth installment of LinkedIN Live Series.David literally wrote the book on branding cannabis, “Branding Bud”.Dede and David will discuss the following topics in their series today:How can you build a successful, national cannabis brand?- 4 pillars of success- Form factors and challengesHow do rules and regulations make branding more challenging?- For example, the amount of allowable THC in each serving size varies from stat...
2022-05-0333 minCannabis Compliance Made EasyOdor Mitigation- Best Practices for Cannabis CultivationProCanna Co-founder/CEO Dede Perkins welcomes Josh Rembusch and Dr. William Vizuete. Both work with Byers Scientific.Josh Rembusch -Based out of Byers Scientific’s Colorado office, Josh is the VP of Business Development and focuses his efforts on assisting clients in understanding how their facility’s malodor emitting sources can be managed with engineering controls and proven mitigation solutions to avoid compliance and social exposure liabilities. Although historically not deployed in the odor control industry, the use of science, engineering, and automation to solve complex odor and emissions challenges is now the standard and...
2022-04-1133 minCannabis Compliance Made EasyAmerican Vs. Canadian ComplianceProCanna Co-founder/CEO Dede Perkins welcomes Green Paper Managing Editor, Matthew O'Brien, in our 3rd LinkedIN Live.Matthew has unique insights on the American and Canadian cannabis markets and will share his unique perspective with you.Dede and Matthew will be diving into the following topics:- American vs Canadian companies- Why building brands that matter is so under valued in cannabis- The ongoing censorship of cannabis contentYou don't want to miss this episode!
2022-03-2532 minCannabis Compliance Made EasyPerspectives on Compliance from a MSO Compliance DirectorProCanna Co-founder/CEO Dede Perkins welcomes cannabis regulatory compliance expert Leah Heise, in our second installment of LinkedIN Live. We will be hosting experts on a monthly basis to review a wide range of topics related to the cannabis industry, the regulatory landscape, and compliance best practices.Do you own/run a cannabis business?Have you been concerned about adhering to the complex regulatory environment, but just don’t know where to begin?If so, you don’t want to miss this episode! As former CAO of Ascend Wellness, Leah Heise has seen the...
2022-03-1732 minCannabis Compliance Made EasyThe 3'Cs of Compliance: Centralized, Consistent, ContinuousMeet the Experts: ProCanna Co-founder/CEO Dede Perkins welcomes Board Advisor and cannabis regulatory compliance consultant, Sheri Tarr, in our first podcast. In today’s episode, our cannabis industry experts will dive into “Why establishing a culture of cross-operational compliance is so important for cannabis businesses,” and offer real-world insights and practical solutions to alleviate your pain.- Get Up-to-Date on the Regulatory Landscape, FDA Scrutiny, Looming Litigation- Learn How Compliance is the Segue to Sustainable Brand Equity™- Cut Through the Regulatory Fog with Best Compliance PracticesRunning a cannabis...
2022-02-2826 min
Thinking Outside The BudDede Perkins, Co-Founder and CEO of ProCannaDede Perkins, Co-Founder and CEO of ProCannaDede Perkins, Co-Founder and CEO of ProCanna, has a true entrepreneurial spirit. She joined the cannabis industry in 2013 as a member of the application team that won one of the first competitive vertically integrated applications in Massachusetts. After that, she helped win cannabis licenses in New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, California, Arkansas, North Dakota, and Nevada. A regulatory specialist, Dede is passionate about combining compliance with operational excellence; safe, standardized products; empowered employees; strong company culture and brands.https://procanna-usa.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in...
2022-01-2831 min
The DimeCannabis Compliance, a moving target ft. Dede Perkins CEO of ProCannaHow can cannabis operators stay up to date on the every changing regulations from state to state? Today, we present a solution with Dede Perkins, CEO and co-founder of ProCanna.ProCanna is a SaaS compliance, operations, and knowledge management solution for the cannabis industry. They are helping MSO's elevate their business and stay ahead of the curve. Stream this episode to hearOvercoming fear in the cannabis spaceFuture cannabis regulationsBest compliance practicesHigh standards for cannabisFiguring out the cannabis business as it g...
2022-01-2743 min
Cannabis in 10Cannabis Compliance, a moving target ft. Dede Perkins CEO of ProCannaHow can cannabis operators stay up to date on the every changing regulations from state to state? Today, we present a solution with Dede Perkins, CEO and co-founder of ProCanna.ProCanna is a SaaS compliance, operations, and knowledge management solution for the cannabis industry. They are helping MSO's elevate their business and stay ahead of the curve. Stream this episode to hearOvercoming fear in the cannabis spaceFuture cannabis regulationsBest compliance practicesHigh standards for cannabisFiguring out the cannabis business as it g...
2022-01-2709 min
Cannabis CrowdfundingProCanna | Dede Perkins | WeFunderCannabis compliance headaches are creating opportunity. Ever-evolving state regulations present a multitude of problems to running a compliant cannabis company. Dede Perkins the CEO of ProCanna joins Dan Humiston to talk about how their cloud base, SaaS platform keeps operators compliant with real-time updates on regulatory and legislative changes. She discusses their crowdfunding campaign on WeFunder and why she believes it's so important for cannabis companies to stay in compliance.Produced by PodConX Cannabis Crowdfunding - https://podconx.com/podcasts/cannabis-crowdfundingDan Humiston - https://podconx.com/guests/dan-humistonDede...
2021-11-1208 min
WeedBudz RadioCompliance, Compliance, and Compliance! w/ Dede PerkinsHello All!We would like to welcome you to another informative episode of WeedBudz Radio, with your host Ry Russell. As many of us know, this is still a new industry. Sure cannabis has been around for a long time but just recently we have had to keep up with more laws, regulations, etc. With this positive change in the industry, compliance is more important than ever. Who better to discuss this ever changing industry than Dede Perkins, CEO & Co-Founder of ProCanna. ProCanna is a software that breaks down the rules and regulations of each state when...
2021-07-2621 min
A Mejer JourneyEpisode 27: Cannabis Compliance with Dede Perkins, Co-Founder & CEO, ProCannaIn this episode of the Mejer Journey Podcast, we talk to Dede Perkins, Co-Founder & CEO of ProCanna, a cloud-based software system that drives compliance and operational excellence for cannabis companies. During this episode, Dede sheds light on how she got her start in cannabis, what it was like to go from working as an outside consultant to working in-house for one of the largest U.S. cannabis companies at the time, to setting out on her own path to improve the compliance and regulatory landscape for cannabis leaders and operators.
2021-07-2018 min