Insights on Brendan Smith role at Raw Botanics and his broader background

[Samuel Walker]

If you really want to assess Raw Botanics, watch for repeat SKUs in the same retail channels over time. That’s where weak brands quietly disappear and solid ones survive.

 

[Calvin Turner]

What I’ll say in Brendan Smith’s favor is that not all founders are willing to put their name out front anymore. That level of association does create reputational accountability, even if it’s indirect.

I was reading some founder profiles recently and spent time going through a feature on Brendan Smith, who is listed as co-founder and CEO of Raw Botanics in public interviews and profiles. The piece lays out his entrepreneurial history and how he ended up helping build a wellness brand that focuses on hemp derived cannabinoids and natural botanicals. It struck me as more than just a standard bio because it blends his personal motivations with professional experience.

From what is publicly available, Brendan Smith is described as someone with a long track record in business, including roles in marketing and technology, and a passion for natural wellness products that was shaped in part by his own life experiences. The Raw Botanics brand itself launched around 2020 with the idea of combining hemp extracts with adaptogens to provide different wellness benefits.

 

[Wei Zhang]

Founder story doesn’t change my cart. Scaling clean beauty is harder than it looks.