High Touch with Jake & Duffy
High Touch with Jake & Duffy dives into how today’s cannabis businesses create emotional impact and real-world value—from seed to software, and store design to storytelling. Hosted by two cannabis tech founders who’ve seen it all (and still have questions), each episode brings candid conversations with the founders, creatives, and operators shaping the industry's future. Whether you're in the biz or just curious, expect human stories, hard-won insights, and maybe even a little lift along the way.
High Touch with Jake & Duffy
Latest Episodes
The Last Five Feet | Jamie Lipowitz
Every cannabis brand is fighting for shelf space. But Jamie Lipowitz realized early on that shelf space was never the point—the person standing in front of it was.Jake and Duffy sit down with Jamie Lipowitz, founder and CEO of High Buds ...
A Higher Calling | Jesse Redmond
Some people find cannabis through opportunity. Jesse Redmond found it through his father—a man who spent decades managing chronic pain with opioids before cannabis changed everything. That personal story became the thread that pulled Jesse out ...
Deals, Distress & What It Actually Takes to Win | Seth Yakatan
Cannabis has no shortage of storytellers. What it's short on is people who can turn those stories into assets that actually get priced, sold, and survived. In this episode, Duffy sits down with Seth Yakatan—dealmaker, capital raiser, and one of...
Hospitality, Hemp & the Future of Adult Beverage | Jon Halper
When people talk about retail disruption, they usually focus on pricing, scale, or e-commerce. But in this episode, we get specific about the thing most operators miss: how hospitality turns a “routine run” into a real experience—and why that m...
From Luxury Fashion to Cannabis Tech | Melissa Hanson
What can cannabis learn from luxury fashion retail? Melissa Hanson, VP of Operations at Flowhub, brings decades of experience leading teams at Michael Kors and scaling cannabis retail at MedMen and Sunburn. Now at Flowhub, she’s focused on help...