After spending over a decade managing successful business operations in nearly every sector of the Los Angeles cannabis industry (Soil to the Oil, baby!) Kristen Yoder (Cynical Stoner) decided to try consulting… turns out she hates consulting
Legal cannabis is a bureaucratic nightmare ensnared by seemingly malicious regulators and regulations, and I’m NOT a masochist.
Pivoted to advising entrepreneurs/investors/businesses in the idea stage via viability analysis. Ideas are a plenty, viable ideas.. not so much!
As the cannabis industry continued to become inundated with dishonest businesses and misinformation, my popularity as an outspoken and trusted authority on a variety of subjects opened doors to me teaching classes, speaking at events, on podcasts, and featured in print and online media, nationally and internationally.
I’ve been featured in Vanity Fair, Forbes, USA Today and named one of Marijuana Venture Magazine‘s “40 Under 40 Rising Stars of Cannabis” in 2018.
I’ve hosted/cohosted 4 podcasts, a Dash Radio show, recorded 100+ episodes, and spent 3 years on FM radio in San Diego.
Winter 2021, I finally put some of my cynical snark on some t-shirts and they were such a hit, (pun intended) that I decided to lean in to my guerilla education campaign disguised as a “clothing brand” aka Cynical Stoner
As of Apr 2022, in an effort to distract myself from the sinking feeling in my gut every time I turned on the news, you will find me educating and encouraging cannabis consumers(and every one that crosses my path, you’ve been warned😉) to donate blood, via my cannabis industry powered public health initiative, Bud for Blood.
In these historically fraught and turbulent times, who doesn’t long for a way to be a part of something positive and impactful?
Donating blood is such a simple yet powerful action that transforms regular citizens into life saving heroes.
