Good PizzZa Podcast
Good PizzZa Podcast
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Episode 196: Ted’s Budz: From a South Central Prop 215 Shop to Top Flower Brand in California!
1 hour 17 minutes Posted Aug 18, 2026 at 1:00 pm.
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Ted Lewis built Ted's Budz into California's top flower brand. He started with no money, no corporate background, and a distribution license he wasn't sure what to do with. Ted Lewis grew up between Omaha, Nebraska and half a dozen cities across California, attended six high schools, and landed at Cal State Northridge on a biology track before a Bay Area roommate showed him what the game actually looked like. He opened a Prop 215 dispensary in South Central, lost around $60,000 learning the h...