Kevin Huhn

Modern-day loan sharks are circling the cannabis industry. Predatory lending—a practice that gained special notoriety during the Great Recession—can cripple or sink a cannabis business owner who is launching or expanding a company. Predatory loans typically involve a...

Millennials might be a cannabis company’s bread and butter. But middle-aged and older adults are increasingly turning to marijuana for medical or recreational use—and that underscores the need for cannabis businesses ranging from retailers to makers of infused products and concentrates to develop generation-specific marketing, advertising and outreach strategies.

It can be difficult for marijuana retailers to keep their top-performing budtenders, but the payoff for investing in retention is well worth it.

Green Labs eyes product expansion, revamped packaging and other changes during edibles regulatory overhaul in Washington state Infused edibles company Green Labs was blindsided in early October, when Washington state regulators detailed new rules that would...

Growers can cut their power consumption through LEDs, cannabis-specific HVACs and greenhouses Cultivators hoping to keep production costs down should consider one crucial component shaping their bottom line: energy consumption. When looking to make your grow consume...

How did you identify this business opportunity in the cannabis sector? What was your “aha” moment? I’d been in health care for two decades. I ran pain clinics, and I immediately saw the aftermath of the opioid epidemic. South Florida was the epicenter. The...

Marijuana marketing expert Lily Colley knows well the long list of hurdles that cannabis firms face as they hustle to scale their brands and compete nationally. As the national marketing director for Denver-based edibles maker Incredibles and former marketing...

As Canada’s largest cannabis firms ink multi-billion-dollar deals to expand globally, many of the companies’ original investors and founders are turning their sights to the opportunities unfolding south of the border, in the United States. One such investor is Paul...