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Podcast: Kaya Cast
Episode: How a License Database Turned into a Cannabis CRM w/ Ed Keating
Description: Join Kaya Cast host Tommy Truong for a data‑driven conversation with Ed Keating, co‑founder and Chief Data Officer of Cannabiz Media. Ed shares Cannabiz Media’s origin story—from a bike ride in 2014 to building a nationwide, normalized database of cannabis licenses and owners, and evolving into a CRM with an embedded email tool. You’ll learn how they aggregated state by state data, surfaced multi‑state operator insights, and expanded into market intelligence on mergers and acquisitions, total addressable market, and enforcement trends. The episode also covers how AI accelerates data collection and classification of violations, tracking unlicensed s...