What happened to Women Grow? Rapid growth, strategic changes contributed to contraction

By John Schroyer

In February 2016, Grammy winner Melissa Etheridge delivered a keynote to 1,200 attendees of a leadership summit hosted by Women Grow. The buzz and excitement underscored the organization’s speedy rise to prominence in the marijuana industry, and the future seemed bright.

But less than a year after the summit, Women Grow started to stumble.