Cannabis companies can take proactive steps to head off racketeering lawsuits The number of federal civil racketeering lawsuits filed against marijuana businesses is on the rise, forcing companies named in a lawsuit to spend tens of thousands of dollars trying...
At its height, Sweet Leaf was one of Colorado’s largest vertically integrated cannabis businesses and considered a pioneer in the marijuana retail chain concept. Now, the company is a cautionary tale for other marijuana retailers.
Picking the right legal structure for your company can minimize tax liability and protect assets Partnership? S Corporation? LLC? Of the countless choices you will make as you expand your cannabis business, few decisions are more critical to your company’s...
Cannabis business owners outline steps to get back on track and safeguard facilities when natural disaster strikes Any business is vulnerable to a natural disaster, be it a flood, hurricane, earthquake or wildfire. But in the cannabis industry, where business...
Your cannabis company thrives, or dies, on the products it produces. Product development leads help firms dream up new goods to sell, including infused products and accessories, as well as services such as technology platforms for ancillary software companies. When it...
Joel Milton avoids running in place. The CEO of Baker Technologies has engineered two dramatic changes that launched his Denver technology company on an entirely new trajectory than when he founded it four years ago. For starters, Milton transformed Baker from a...
The recreational marijuana industry is just getting its foothold in California, but GreenStop already wants to shake up the market through automation. GreenStop believes automated vending machines designed to serve multiple customers simultaneously could slash wait...
How did you identify this business opportunity in the cannabis sector? What was your “aha” moment? It was not an “aha” moment. It was grief. My mom passed away, and I did home hospice her last few months of life. A friend from Harvard Medical School recommended we use...
Since launching in 2014, Seattle-based SinglePoint has grown from a full-service mobile technology firm into a diversified public holding company. With a portfolio that includes payment solutions, ancillary cannabis services and blockchain technology, the company...
Chris Hagedorn has been on a mega shopping spree. As general manager of Hawthorne Gardening Co., Scotts Miracle-Gro’s hydroponics subsidiary for cannabis growers, Hagedorn has been instrumental in acquiring several major brands. On his watch, Hawthorne has spent approximately $1 billion snapping up Sunlight Supply, General Hydroponics, Botanicare, Gavita Horticulture Lighting and other businesses.
Dr. Priyanka Sharma had a thriving global business in chemical pharmaceuticals, traveling the world setting up factories extracting fish oil for nutritional supplements.
But Sharma and her husband, Pulak, left their home outside Chicago and moved to Colorado for the same three letters that have cannabis entrepreneurs, pharmaceutical companies and even mainstream grocers seeing dollar signs: CBD.
CBD producers are using new marketing strategies to position their products as healthy choices for professional athletes and weekend warriors.
