Carbon dioxide is the most expensive extraction method, industry executives agreed. The technology has the steepest price tag compared to hydrocarbon and ethanol units. Hydrocarbon systems, by comparison, are the cheapest. Albert Gutierrez, CEO of Med-Pharm in Denver,...
Conference speakers offer their best advice about overseas markets, public safety and having an exit plan – all delivered via cyberspace As the top minds in the global cannabis business gathered in Toronto in August for Marijuana Business Daily’s inaugural...
Promoting and marketing your cannabis business with social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram can be fraught with peril. You can spend months building up a loyal fan base, only to have a social medial platform shutter your account overnight. That’s...
Two new rivals have surfaced in the cannabis industry: THC and CBD. Executives at some THC-focused cannabis companies are growing concerned they will lose profits and market share to CBD-only businesses peddling infused lotions, drinks and edibles. Those worries come...
Five steps that founders of marijuana businesses can take to make their companies more attractive to potential suitors As merger and acquisition activity accelerates across the cannabis industry, many companies are discovering that they don’t need a for-sale...
Type CBD into a search engine and it will populate with new brand names every day, said Steve DeForest, the chief operating officer and chief compliance officer for Los Angeles-based Green Gorilla, a manufacturer and online retailer of hemp-derived CBD oils, topicals and pet products.
As more states legalize cannabis and the industry charts a path to explode globally, it’s “Prohibition 2.0” according to Ben Kovler, CEO of Green Thumb Industries (GTI) and heir to the Jim Beam bourbon whiskey empire.
In the high-risk, high-reward world of cannabis investing, those pondering where to place their bets have a growing field of opportunities to consider. When it comes to handicapping the countless startups looking to break into the booming industry, few investors can...
Andy Joseph is President of Apeks Supercritical, an Ohio company that makes extraction equipment Your company has been around since the early days of the cannabis industry. Is there anything you would do differently if you started over? We grew extremely fast...
Cannabis real estate is attracting early money from investors, as funds continue to “bet” on this part of newly legal markets. This weekly series from Marijuana Business Daily and Viridian Capital Advisors provides the latest data on cannabis investment activity and M&A, along with key takeaways, analysis and trends based on recent market moves.
While Germany is on track to become one of the largest federally legal medical marijuana markets in the world, a lack of publicly available data on consumption makes it difficult for companies to assess the actual market opportunities. Unlike Health Canada, German...
This weekly series from Marijuana Business Daily and Viridian Capital Advisors provides the latest data on cannabis investment activity and M&A, along with key takeaways, analysis and trends based on recent market moves. The data below, provided by Viridian...
