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CEO: Companies That Don't Embrace Cannabis Culture Are Going To Have 'A Hard Time Surviving'
2020 Jan 21, 4:41pm | 353Read More...By Natan Ponieman and Javier Hasse. CLAB, which stands for Cannabis LAB (Law, Accounting & Business), is a membership-based networking and education organization for cannabis business professionals. During a recent conversation, Benzinga caught up with CEO and founder Robert Friedman, who told...
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Expert: There's Money To Be Made In Undervalued Cannabis Companies
2020 Jan 21, 3:38pm | 1172Read More...Greg Chin is a partner at CohnReznick, one of the largest advisory and public accounting firms in the country. As a member of the firm’s national cannabis industry practice, he performs due diligence on cannabis deals throughout the U.S. on behalf of investors and leading multi-state...
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SSI Addresses The Complexities Of Delivering Impactful Fintech And Market Data Solutions
2020 Jan 21, 3:14pm | 621Read More...Strategic Systems International, also known as SSI, is a software and data application developer with reaches across the business. Founded in 1991, SSI has worked on projects As technology has grown from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 to Web 3.0, so too has SSI. Today the company has over 220 data...
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MedMen CEO Adam Bierman Talks Brand Positioning: 'Locking Up The Real Estate'
2020 Jan 18, 4:49pm | 688Read More...By Natan Ponieman and Javier Hasse. Medmen Enterprises Inc. (OTC: MMNFF) has the premier brand and pre-eminent footprint in the U.S. cannabis industry, CEO Adam Bierman said in an interview with Benzinga. The CEO acknowledges that MedMen was forced to lay off over 40% of its workforce during...
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Expert: 'I've had far fewer defensive conversations than I would have expected' About The Market
2020 Jan 16, 10:28am | 1032Read More...The stock market can’t seem to stop going up. We’re at all time highs. And yet, opinions on the strength of this rally still seem divided. Does the market have more room to run, or are we overdue for a correction? We asked Sylvia Jablonski, managing director of capital markets at...
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Berner's Cookies Cannabis Dispensary Coming To Detroit's 8 Mile Road
2020 Jan 08, 2:15pm | 496Read More...Gage Cannabis Co. is bringing Berner’s Cookies brand to Detroit. A flagship, 3,500 square-foot cannabis provisioning center will open Jan. 31 at 6030 E. 8 Mile Road, the thoroughfare made famous globally by Eminem. 8 Mile form's the city's northern border and has been home...
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Venture Capital Growth In Supply Chain – Fireside Chat #FWLive Chicago
2020 Jan 07, 10:29am | 131Read More...Venture Capital Growth in Supply Chain – Fireside Chat #FWLive Chicago with Brian Laung Aoaeh co-founder and general partner REFASHIOND Ventures and Graham Parker CEO Kontainers. Apple Podcasts Spotify Rewatch the LIVE streams on YouTube More FreightWaves Podcasts Image Sourced from Pixabay
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5 Drivers Of The Correlated Growth Of Cannabis, Herbal Medicine
2020 Jan 06, 5:48pm | 2117Read More...In the past 20 years, cannabis went from an illegal substance to a $1-billion industry with virtually unlimited growth potential. Legal cannabis sales reached $10.3 billion in 2018, according to New Frontier Data, a cannabis research firm. When cannabis was taking its first baby...
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Richard Sherman Bet On Himself And Won: Will More Athletes Negotiate Their Own Deals?
2020 Jan 06, 3:30pm | 710Read More...San Francisco 49ers defensive back Richard Sherman took a gamble when he negotiated his own contract and loaded it up with incentive pay instead of a high guaranteed amount. After an excellent season, Sherman will collect more than $4 million in incentive pay for making Pro Bowl and All-Pro rosters...
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What Investors Should Know About Vaping Hardware
2020 Jan 04, 9:45am | 390Read More...On Nov. 15, Apple Inc. (NYSE: AAPL) removed all vape apps from the iOS App Store. This shift is one of the latest developments in corporate and government efforts to mitigate the negative public health consequences from vaping both nicotine and cannabis. The CDC and FDA are investigating...
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MedMen CEO On Recent Layoffs: 'We're On Chapter Two, Where Execution Means Profitability'
2020 Jan 03, 2:09pm | 742Read More...By Natan Ponieman and Javier Hasse. In late November, the cannabis dispensary chain Medmen Enterprises Inc (OTC: MMNFF) was sailing in rough seas after reporting losses of $79 million over a one-year period ended June 29. CEO Adam Bierman and his team announced a new, 90-day...
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Making Sense Of The CBD Craze With CrossFit Legend Mat Fraser
2020 Jan 02, 4:37pm | 1584Read More...I’m not typically one to get star struck. This is probably because, over the years, I’ve worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, shared the stage with some of the biggest names in music, and have taken meetings with some of the most powerful politicians in the world. After a...
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What Does Instagram's Ban On Vaping Influencers Mean For Cannabis?
2020 Jan 02, 4:00pm | 2771Read More...Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) recently announced an advertising ban system for Instagram aimed at prohibiting posts that promote the use of vaporizers or weapons. While the ban is focused on curbing the use and promotion of tobacco-related vaping products, it has many cannabis-related...
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Poseidon Co-Founder Emily Paxhia On The Cannabis Hedge Fund's 2020 Outlook, Investment Criteria
2019 Dec 31, 2:40pm | 1119Read More...Emily Paxhia, a co-founder of what is thought to be the longest-running cannabis investment fund, Poseidon Asset Management, had the courage to take a chance on a new industry when she decided to pursue a career in cannabis. In the six years since its inception, Poseidon Asset Management has...
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Examining The Cannabis Sexual Wellness Market
2019 Dec 30, 5:04pm | 1236Read More...Sexual wellness is a subject sweeping the globe that is expected to trend upwards in the years to come. An April 2019 Arizton Advisory and Intelligence report on the global sexual wellness market projects it will rise to around $39 billion in value by 2024, with a CAGR of over 7%. Little...
