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Cost Cutters

Faced with falling wholesale prices, growers can lower costs by saving on labor, using LEDs and mixing their own nutrients With wholesale cannabis prices tanking, growers are under huge pressure to keep a lid on costs to survive in today’s hotly competitive market. Here are … [Continue]

Planting the Seeds of Success

CannTrust adds cultivation space, aims for consistency, and teams with an alcohol broker to meet Canada’s adult-use demand Anticipating last fall’s start of adult-use marijuana sales in Canada, CannTrust took three steps. The Ontario company: Beefed up its cultivation facilities to meet recreational cannabis demand, … [Continue]

Science + Ethics

A California infused product maker relies on potent growth formula of science, local partnerships and an ethical supply chain to scale As interest and investments in cannabis-infused beverages grow, one California manufacturer is quickly carving out its niche—and expanding its market share. Christopher Schroeder and … [Continue]

Brian Williams, founder of a technology operations firm for cannabis businesses

How did you identify this business opportunity in the cannabis sector? What was your “aha” moment? I’m an engineer with experience in large-data analysis, and my “aha” moment came when I analyzed a little data about the cannabis industry. The growth year over year was … [Continue]

Q&A with Codie Sanchez, founder, investor and partner at CS Ventures

Codie Sanchez, recently a featured speaker at MJBizCon in Las Vegas, is a venture principal at Chilean investment fund Magma Partners and head of Latin America and offshore business for First Trust in Dallas. She also founded CS Ventures, which provides investments and corporate advising … [Continue]

Five Questions with Brian Mulroney and Kevin Murphy

The high-flying cannabis industry is attracting former congressmen, presidents and prime ministers—not to mention bigwigs from IBM and other mainstream companies. Among the latest to join the green rush: former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who accepted a seat on the board of Acreage Holdings, … [Continue]

How to hire – and train – a product development lead for your cannabis company

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 comes to choosing the … [Continue]

Baker Technologies Morphed from Consumer-Facing company into a B2B Venture

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 consumer-facing company into … [Continue]

GreenStop Aims to Slash Dispensary Wait Times With Vending Machines

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 times at dispensaries and bring more money to retailers. … [Continue]

Q&A with Jennifer M. Sanders, Founder and CEO of CNS Equity Partners

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 … [Continue]

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