Talking about CBD in a nursing home? You’d better bring extra chairs and slices of cake for the overflow crowd. Your audience will be all ears. That was the case at one northern Colorado nursing home that offered a lecture about cannabis and Alzheimer’s. The crowd...
In addition to less regulatory and tax baggage, some marijuana entrepreneurs are drawn to CBD’s medical potential and the opportunity to diversify their businesses. “It’s truly the evolution of the cannabis industry,” said Tim Gordon, founder and president of...
Cannabis in Kansas City, Kansas? Sure, if it’s CBD. CBD is creating opportunities for entrepreneurs to enter the cannabis space in states where marijuana isn’t legal. Vince Sanders of Kansas City is one of them. He started making homemade hemp extracts from hemp...
You can be competitive on wholesale prices for infused products and accessories such as vaporizers without fighting a price war. The key: finding the sweet spot so your products are competitive with those of your rivals – without deep-sixing the bottom line. Lowering...
It didn’t take long for #PermitPatty to start trending on social media – or for Allison Ettel to lose control of her business. On June 23, Ettel, then-CEO of a California company that sells CBD tinctures, was filmed threatening to call the police on an 8-year-old...
For nearly two decades, Mitch Baruchowitz spent his time as a corporate attorney who helped growing companies stay compliant within the ever-changing regulatory landscape. In the past decade, Baruchowitz leveraged that legal and financial acumen to help a host of...
After co-founding Toronto-based Namaste Technologies as a modest e-commerce site more than a decade ago, Sean Dollinger made a series of moves that propelled the company from a garage-based vaporizer shop to what some have dubbed the “Amazon of cannabis.” Today, the...
Could blockchain technology be the cannabis industry’s silver bullet? Struggling with payment and banking barriers and facing heavy government regulation, cannabis industry executives are on the prowl for solutions that can make their lives easier. Blockchain,...
While there are many ways for indoor and greenhouse cannabis growers to be sustainable, few grow types are more environmentally friendly and inexpensive to run than an outdoor, closed-loop farm, where everything used on the farm goes back into the land. For example,...
Numbers are what run good companies. And in a highly regulated industry like cannabis, it’s imperative that your business always has its books in order.
Finding that accountant or bookkeeper you can rely on is one of the most important moves you can make. That person could save you a run-in with the IRS or state tax authorities.
Physician-owned dispensary leverages experience, health and wellness approach to enter Massachusetts’ adult-use market By Adrian D. Garcia Garden Remedies runs its medical marijuana dispensary in New England with a simple ethos: “Compassionate relief. Rooted in...
Owners of a California infused-product company cultivate relationships with retailers and delivery companies and anticipate market trends to expand their brand By Joey Peña Infused product makers eager to expand their brand can heed a doctor’s advice. Dr. Norm’s, a...
