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Latest Episodes

Global Cannabis Market: Investment and Legal Perspective
August 06, 2019

Bearstone Insights were joined by David Wenger, an experienced New York based lawyer and investor. David is working on cannabis legislation in the US and was one of the early investors into the Canadian and US cannabis markets. His white paper “The...

Regulacje prawne na rynku konopnym w Polsce
July 16, 2019

Bearstone Insights were joined by Andrzej Dołecki, activist and former Polish politician. Andrzej is the founder and the CEO of Wolne Konopie, which advocates for the effective use of cannabis. In 2017, the Polish government legalised the import of...

Cannabis Industry Compliance in Europe
July 10, 2019

Bearstone Insights was joined by Marguerite Arnold and Dr. Francis Scanlan to discuss European cannabis regulation and compliance. The European Union is known to have stringent standards for consumer goods and pharmaceuticals, but on the nascent...

Cannabis Industry Development In Poland
June 25, 2019

In this episode of Bearstone Insights we were joined by Michael Klepacz, the founder of Natural Materials Unlimited, to discuss the development of the cannabis industry in Poland. Historically, cannabis was widely used in Poland, but from the mid-20th...

Risk Consulting: How will the industry adapt to the coming disruption?
June 11, 2019

In this episode of Bearstone Insights podcast hosted by Andrew De Roy, together with Boris Milos, we discuss the future of risk consulting. We delve into the factors that pose a threat to risk consulting as a service and urge it to transform. The...

European Cannabis Business Start-Up Perspective
May 31, 2019

In this episode of Bearstone Insights podcast hosted by Andrew De Roy, together with Marguerite Arnold and Francis Scanlan we look into the European cannabis business. We discuss the situation in Europe in general for entrepreneurial companies in...

Medical cannabis in Macedonia: opportunities for investors
April 30, 2019

In this episode of Bearstone Insights, together with Marguerite Arnold and Vancho Tolomanosi we are discussing the risks and opportunities of investing in the North Macedonian medical cannabis market. North Macedonia is being viewed as a low-cost...

How is Technology changing Risk Consulting?
January 14, 2019

There is much talk of current next waves of automation and technology destroying jobs, with work increasingly being done by algorithms. After blue collar worker jobs are automated, it is thought that white collar workers will be next on the block...

Medicinal cannabis momentum in Germany
December 13, 2018

Medicinal cannabis was legalised in Germany in March 2017, and many European are following suit. Investing in medicinal cannabis offers opportunities for first movers, but also challenges. What awaits investors in the coming years? What are the...

Whistleblowing w Polsce z Rafałem Hryniewiczem i Krzysztofem Krakiem [in Polish]
November 08, 2018

In our first Bearstone Insights Podcast recorded in Polish, we discuss whistleblowing in light of recent global and Polish corporate scandals and planned regulation. The current regulatory dynamic that we are observing most probably will have a...