Cover art for podcast upside

upside

220 EpisodesProduced by Jay Clouse and Eric HornungWebsite

Named a top 27 business podcast by Fortune, upside examines startup investing outside of Silicon Valley.Every Wednesday, we speak with an early stage founder. We interview them as if we are angel investors considering the company as an investment opportunity. Each show has three segments: 1.) Intro:… read more

1:05:41

UP056: Kush.com // a budding B2B marketplace for legal hemp and cannabis transactions

Interview begins: 5:30
Debrief begins: 48:09

Chase Nobles is a co-founder and co-CEO of Kush.com.

Seattle-based company Kush.com is a platform that allows entities within the hemp and cannabis industries to interact and buy and sell product. Kush.com has become one of the principal sites in the trading of cannabis and hemp goods and continues to strive to lead these markets.

Chase tells us how Kush.com has progressed from a tourism and media business to the platform it is today. He walks us through how he and his team have built a thriving network based in quality relationships and legal product, as well as some of their focuses for the future.

We discuss:

  • Chase's experience at the Air Force Academy and how this brought him to Seattle (5:40)
  • The start of Kush as Kush Tourism (10:13)
  • Kush's transition from tourism and media to marketplace (16:20)
  • The Kush.com domain (18:00)
  • The evolution of Kush.com as a marketplace (21:00)
  • Maintaining trust and quality relationships within the marketplace (22:45)
  • Transactions made on Kush.com (25:28)
  • Regulating products and onboarding new customers in different market locations (28:00)
  • Kush.com finances and fees, and finding marketplace balance (31:28)

Kush.com was founded in 2016 and based in Seattle.

Learn more about Kush.com: https://kush.com
Follow upside on Twitter: https://twitter.com/upsidefm 

Educational emoji reaction

Educational

Interesting emoji reaction

Interesting

Funny emoji reaction

Funny

Agree emoji reaction

Agree

Love emoji reaction

Love

Wow emoji reaction

Wow

Listen to upside

RadioPublic

A free podcast app for iPhone and Android

  • User-created playlists and collections
  • Download episodes while on WiFi to listen without using mobile data
  • Stream podcast episodes without waiting for a download
  • Queue episodes to create a personal continuous playlist
RadioPublic on iOS and Android
Or by RSS
RSS feed
https://feeds.transistor.fm/upside

Connect with listeners

Podcasters use the RadioPublic listener relationship platform to build lasting connections with fans

Yes, let's begin connecting
Browser window

Find new listeners

  • A dedicated website for your podcast
  • Web embed players designed to convert visitors to listeners in the RadioPublic apps for iPhone and Android
Clicking mouse cursor

Understand your audience

  • Capture listener activity with affinity scores
  • Measure your promotional campaigns and integrate with Google and Facebook analytics
Graph of increasing value

Engage your fanbase

  • Deliver timely Calls To Action, including email acquistion for your mailing list
  • Share exactly the right moment in an episode via text, email, and social media
Icon of cellphone with money

Make money

  • Tip and transfer funds directly to podcastsers
  • Earn money for qualified plays in the RadioPublic apps with Paid Listens