I’m proud to announce that I have officially stepped into the role of Executive Historian with US Weed Channel (USWC) — the first federally cleared, globally streaming cannabis TV network. 🌍📺 This partnership changes everything for cannabis: ✅ Streaming in 218 countries ✅ Certified by Meta, Google, Amazon, Apple, Roku & more ✅ A true TV network & streaming hub dedicated to cannabis culture, business, and innovation What This Means for Our Community As Chronicler, I’ll be ensuring cannabis history, heritage, and authenticity are not only preserved but broadcast worldwide. I’ll also be hosting live Q&A sessions through this partnership — bringing together brands, dispensaries, budtenders, and leaders to answer the questions shaping our industry. Why This Matters This is more than ads. This is legacy media for cannabis. The first wave. The only first. 🔗 Get Involved Today 🌐 Website – budtendersethos.com 🎓 Join Our Skool Hub

🚨 JOIN US IN 30 MINS Cannabis Business Q&A – Grow Revenue by 50% in 90 Days & US WEED CHANNEL ANNOUNCEMENT! Saturday, Sep 27 • 9:30 – 10:30 AM Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/urf-hmeb-ira We'll see you there!

"In the Chocktaw Nation, we're taught that stewardship isn’t management. It’s a historical, social contract between people and place." -- Jack Kilgore, 2024. The cannabis industry is in dire need of authenticity and cultural alignment. This is a shame considering most operators are leaving huge sums of MRR on the table. WHAT YOU (& UR STAFF) WILL LEARN: • Lineage — continuity of responsibility across generations (oral inheritance, custodianship of memory, provenance, etc). • Land — place as relative and ancestor; why “property” logic breaks cultural coherence. • Reciprocity — the balancing mechanism that protects cycles (offerings, rest, redistribution). STRATEGIC FRAME When strategy adopts lineage, land, and reciprocity, it stops chasing quarterly wins and starts preserving seven-generation value. Youll see your staff become more secure and confident in their delivery, which opens up growth opportunities and a new recognition of priorities. "Profit becomes continuity; Resource becomes kin." Stewardship without lineage > directionless. Stewardship without land > disembodied. Stewardship without reciprocity > unsustainable. APPLIED PRACTICE 1. Audit: Where do your brand’s rituals, sourcing, or training reflect (or betray) reciprocity? 2. Policy: Define one “give-back” rule (time, land rest, knowledge return) tied to every major campaign. 3. Language: Replace extraction verbs with stewardship verbs in customer-facing copy. KEY TAKEAWAYS Lineage assigns obligation, not entitlement. Obligation 》Entitlement Land is a stakeholder, not a backdrop. Stakeholder 》 Backdrop Reciprocity is the cost of continuity. Reciprocity 》Continuity ASK YOURSELF & OTHERS: 1. Which decision in your last quarter would have changed if land were treated as a relative? 2. How might reciprocity reshape your incentive design for staff or partners? 3. Name one legacy practice worth reviving and one habit worth retiring. 🔒 The complete, expanded lesson with case studies and exercises lives in the Chronicler Codex.

In cannabis, two truths dominate the room: 1. Owners are fighting for consistent revenue and customer loyalty. 2. Frontliners (Budtenders & BAs) are exhausted from juggling bad training, inconsistent messaging, and unclear brand stories. That’s where Chronicler™ steps in. What is the 7-Day Brand Reset? It’s not just a course. It’s a historian-led reset button for your entire cannabis brand. Over 7 days, we walk your team through proven, high-impact steps that realign your messaging, sharpen your frontline knowledge, and re-anchor your brand story to the parts that actually generate revenue. Think of it as brand rehab: clearing out the clutter, fixing the gaps, and giving your brand a fresh foundation built on truth, history, and strategy. Why It’s Beneficial (and Revolutionary) Owners: You stop leaving 30 to 50% of your revenue potential on the table because your frontline isn’t aligned with your brand’s core value. Frontliners: You gain confidence and clarity, turning every customer conversation into a conversion. The Brand: You walk away with a living playbook for how your story, products, and people actually connect in the marketplace. It’s revolutionary because it fuses historical legitimacy with practical sales impact. Nobody else in cannabis is training your staff like this, rooted in history, proven in culture, and focused on profitability. How It Alters Profit Trajectory Most brands plateau because their story is broken at the counter. When the frontline doesn’t deliver the message, customers walk out unconvinced. After the 7-Day Reset: Conversion rates rise (owners feel it in the till). Staff become trusted guides (customers come back, and they bring friends). Your brand carves its place in the market with clarity and authority. This is the moment where revenue starts climbing instead of flatlining. ✅ We built this reset for owners who want to stop burning money on misalignment. ✅ We built it for frontliners who deserve better tools and training.

Cannabis has always lived in the tension between shadow and spotlight. During prohibition, the plant’s story was silenced, rewritten, and buried. Yet the thread of culture never broke—kept alive in backyards, jazz clubs, healing circles, and whispered traditions. Fast-forward to today: the legal market thrives on that very survival. Every dispensary shelf, every cultivar name, every lounge vibe is tied to those who preserved cannabis in the margins. The takeaway: if you’re building a brand, selling a product, or guiding a customer, you’re not starting from scratch—you’re carrying forward a living thread. The stronger you weave your story into that lineage, the more durable your brand becomes. 💡 Reflection: What “hidden threads” from cannabis culture do you see shaping today’s industry? Drop one below.