SOME GUYS TALKING · BEARD BROS MEDIA NETWORK
Real conversations with people who have actually done the work.
Aaron Washington and I sit down with operators, founders, advocates, veterans, and other people doing the work in cannabis. The format is simple: candid conversation about the business, the culture, what is working, what is not, and what people are learning along the way.
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Dina Nagib: dispensary technology, messy data, margins, and change management

Dina Nagib helps dispensaries choose software around how the business actually works, not the sales demo. We get into data cleanup, retail margins, point-of-sale transitions, trusted collaborators, scope creep, networking, and the path from biotech into independent cannabis consulting.
Every episode
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 1: Dustin Hoxworth, Fat Nugs Magazine & Authentic Cannabis Media
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 2: Jeff Levers, Cannabis Advocacy, Resilience & Breaking Stigmas
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 3: Dina Nagib, Grass Goddess Consulting
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 4: Sarah Kubik, Cannabis Retail, Team Leadership & Growth
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 5: Seibo Shen, Cannabis, Ideas & Growth
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 6: Brady Madden, SEO, Branding & Marketing
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 7: Shaun Salvaje, Conflict, Cannabis & Radical Honesty
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 8: Allen Hoffmann, AI Grow Support & the Bloom Carousel
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 9: JM Balbuena, Cannabis, Culture & Authentic Brands
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 10: Byron Staton, Building Trust & Elevating Cannabis
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 11: Kenya Alexander, Real Moments to Real Data
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 12: Rachel Johnson, Powering Medical Cannabis with CMed
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 13: Milica Mandic, Global Psychedelic Week & the Future of Advocacy
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 14: TetraSense, Transparency & Testing the Truth
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 15: Simon Knobel, Innovation & Packaging Power
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 16: Jessica Ferranti, Scaling Cannabis Without Dysfunction
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 17: Chelsea Mulligan, Cannabis Ops, Compliance & Culture
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 18: Nick Volkenant, Building Halara Cannabis & Vape Innovation
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 19: ROCA, The World’s First Cannabis Extract Printer
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 20: Caroline Pineau, STEM, Social Consumption & Advocacy
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 21: Luna Stower, Advocacy, Leadership & Industry Reform
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 22: Greentank, Quantum Chip & Vape Innovation
- Some Guys Talking Ep. 23: Jerome Baker x Kaleidoscope, Cannabis, Culture & Breaking Barriers
- Men Get Real: The Some Guys Talking Archive (Jan to Jun 2024)
The conversations do not end with the episode
The strongest episodes become source material for ideas elsewhere on the site. Continue with Writing, Operator Thinking & Leadership, Relationships & Business Development, or Cannabis Culture & Media.
New episodes can also surface in The Take and This Week in Cannabis when the conversation belongs in that week’s editorial mix.
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