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We The Growers sits down with Chip Baker from Cultivate Supply, a chain of hydroponic stores in a few locations across the country.
In this episode, we talk about the story of Chip starting the Coco company that would become Royal Gold Coco, what it was like growing in Humboldt back in 1996, and we both share lessons we have learned after decades of entrepreneurship in the cannabis industry.
Listen now on Spotify or Apple Podcasts:
https://open.spotify.com/show/5VrbpGbAE9JYn3I0Vo8zSy
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-growers/id1620427747
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https://www.instagram.com/cultivate_supply/
https://www.instagram.com/chip_baker_/
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Cultivate Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:40 Chip’s beginnings in the Hydro Business / Cultivate Today
00:03:23 Competition in the industry
00:06:00 Personal connections are key in the Hydro Business
00:07:34 Brandon and Chip living at the Hydro Store
00:09:00 Being an advocate for Cannabis
00:10:35 Relationships are key
00:11:35 Being Pilots
00:18:45 Close calls as a pilot
00:27:00 Similarities between Growing and Aviation
00:28:29 Chip’s coco company
00:37:27 Humboldt then vs now
00:43:47 Buying hydroponicsinc.com
00:47:47 Starting Aura Systems
00:52:10 Private Equity & Venture Capital
00:58:10 Rebate program in Colorado
01:03:40 Biggest Challenges Scaling Cultivate
01:06:30 Biggest Changes in the Hydro Business
01:09:22 One of the biggest mistakes made operating a hydro store
01:17:55 How Chip runs Cultivate
01:30:20 How important is your team running a Hydro Store
01:38:30 Automation
01:44:38 How Luxx and Athena grew
01:49:16 Luxx Lighting
01:59:38 Advice to younger self
02:09:47 Cashflow, budgeting, & finances
02:17:35 Saying no
02:19:48 Chip’s book recommendations
02:28:40 First crops
02:33:30 Being an entrepreneur
02:42:05 Hydro store location
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Man bring a luxx HPS back! A lot of people going back HPS
Tell me he don't remind you of Edward Norton in leaves of grass. I'd love to burn one with this guy hahahah
Cultivate oklahoma city sold me first hps 2020🤝
what the hell is a 4 lighter
I worked at cultivate for long time is a great company an hydro store
Trim jail banger 🤌 i used to listen to Chip on Spotify for years
2:33:00 So relatable 😂 Trying to get rid of grow trash. Moving plants around neighborhood bmx forest areas and in parents vegetable gardens at home😁🚬🌲🔥
Cheap Cultivate doesn’t ship to Alaska we’re treated like a foreign country. Worse then that one country that gets our army weapons for free 🤣😂
Man this is the guy who started royal gold?? Love that stuff!! Wow epic convo this whole thing is giving me some good game. Love this episode
hoping to see the Athena R&D rooms podcast soon
Sickkk guest. He recommended cowpots and mannn did those things crushh🔥🔥🤙
Wow, thanks a lot! 3 hours man 🫶🫶🫶 I want to open a little store in Spain
Awesome interview!! Chip is the best!
#56, go pecco!
3rd viewer here haha lets gooo