Episode 8: Nikki Lastreto and Swami Chaitanya - Co-Founders of Swami Select

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Written By David Paleschuck, MBA, CLS | Author & Cannabis Brand Expert
 

Join David Paleschuck, the author of “Branding Bud: The Commercialization Of Cannabis” as he discusses cannabis branding and related topics with some of the best minds in branding, marketing, art, design, technology, and other related fields. This week’s guests are Nikki Lastreto & Swami Chaitanya, Co-founders of Swami Select, located in Mendocino’s Bell Springs Appellation, an area known for producing some of the world’s finest cannabis. Together, they’ve become a leading force in the cannabis industry - educating and advocating for the betterment of the plant and those who consume it. In this week’s episode of The Branding Bud Podcast, we’re talking about cannabis, cultivation, and spirituality. Listen in to learn all about Nikki & Swami and what they are up to in Mendocino.

David Paleschuck, MBA, CLS | Author & Cannabis Brand Expert

With over twenty years of product development, brand-building, and consumer marketing experience serving American Express, MasterCard, PepsiCo, and Microsoft–and over ten years in the legal cannabis space at Dope Magazine and as a consultant to the industry’s top national manufacturers, Paleschuck has played a part in developing many of today’s best-known cannabis brands. As Founder of BRANDING BUD CONSULTING, LLC, David consults within the legal cannabis industry on product development, branding & brand licensing, positioning, packaging and promotions. His writings on cannabis branding and marketing have been featured in Dope Magazine, High Times, PROHBTD, Cannabis Dispensary Magazine, The Cannabis Industry Journal, New Cannabis Ventures, among others. His work has been noted and quoted in Forbes, Kiplingers, The Brookings Institution as well as interviewed by Wharton School Of Business Entrepreneur Radio; CannabisRadio; among others. David’s book, “Branding Bud: The Commercialization of Cannabis” – the first book written on cannabis branding – is set to release in April 2021.

To purchase his book and/or find out more about his work, contact him at david@brandingbud.com or visit brandingbud.com.

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