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No Exits, No Capital, No Bullsh*t: Seth Yakatan on Cannabis Reality

Episode Summary

There’s no exits. There’s no cash. There’s no buyers. So what do you do? Batten down the hatches. Crush your market. Squeeze out the little guys who can’t compete — and wait. This week, Seth Yakatan returns to discuss the following: • How he’s seeing the board• Why cannabis can’t hit reset like other industries• What operators need to do right now to survive Chapters 00:00 The Resilience of the Cannabis Industry 02:04 Challenges in Cannabis: Capital, Playbook, and Regulation 04:49 Strategies for Success: Focusing on Core Markets 06:56 Building Brand Authority: Lessons from Wild 10:00 Quality Control: The Key to Brand Consistency 12:59 Navigating Product Maturity and Market Trends 15:31 Operational Efficiency: The Path to Profitability 19:01 Holding Serve: Strategies for Survival 25:01 The Zombie Companies: Survival in a Tough Market 30:34 Black Market Dynamics: Challenges for Legal Operators 35:46 Comparing Cannabis and Alcohol: Lessons from History 39:21 Emerging Trends: The Beverage Market and Beyond Guest Links: https://sethyak.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-yakatan https://www.youtube.com/@SethYakatan https://www.katanassociates.com/ Our Links Bryan Fields on Twitter Kellan Finney on Twitter The Dime on Twitter At Eighth Revolution (8th Rev), we provide services from capital to cannabinoid and everything in between in the cannabinoid industry. 8th Revolution Cannabinoid Playbook is an Industry-leading report covering the entire cannabis supply chain The Dime is a top 5% most shared global podcast The Dime is a top 10 Cannabis Podcast The Dime has a New Website. Shhhh its not finished. Sign up for our playbook here: 🎥 YouTube:  The Dime 📸 Instagram:  The Dime

Episode Notes

There’s no exits. There’s no cash. There’s no buyers. So what do you do? Batten down the hatches. Crush your market. Squeeze out the little guys who can’t compete — and wait.

This week, Seth Yakatan returns to discuss the following:

• How he’s seeing the board
• Why cannabis can’t hit reset like other industries
• What operators need to do right now to survive

Chapters

00:00 The Resilience of the Cannabis Industry

02:04 Challenges in Cannabis: Capital, Playbook, and Regulation

04:49 Strategies for Success: Focusing on Core Markets

06:56 Building Brand Authority: Lessons from Wild

10:00 Quality Control: The Key to Brand Consistency

12:59 Navigating Product Maturity and Market Trends

15:31 Operational Efficiency: The Path to Profitability

19:01 Holding Serve: Strategies for Survival

25:01 The Zombie Companies: Survival in a Tough Market

30:34 Black Market Dynamics: Challenges for Legal Operators

35:46 Comparing Cannabis and Alcohol: Lessons from History

39:21 Emerging Trends: The Beverage Market and Beyond

Guest Links:

https://sethyak.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-yakatan

https://www.youtube.com/@SethYakatan

https://www.katanassociates.com/

Our Links 

Bryan Fields on Twitter

Kellan Finney on Twitter

The Dime on Twitter

At Eighth Revolution (8th Rev), we provide services from capital to cannabinoid and everything in between in the cannabinoid industry.

8th Revolution Cannabinoid Playbook is an Industry-leading report covering the entire cannabis supply chain 

The Dime is a top 5% most shared  global podcast

The Dime is a top 10 Cannabis Podcast 

The Dime has a New Website. Shhhh its not finished.

Sign up for our playbook here:

🎥 YouTube:  The Dime

📸 Instagram:  The Dime