Cannabis Capital Conference

For recreational cannabis, it's a matter of location, location, location, Cannabis Property Brokers CEO Nickolas Calkins said Thursday at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Thursday.  Calkins shed light upon some of the struggles that entrepreneurs in the cannabis industry...

David Skul, chairman at Dener-based Zefyr, a cannabis-focused data company, spoke Thursday at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Detroit about democratizing data in an industry in which information is incredibly scarce to come by. Zephyr Dash is an AI platform that merges public and...

Two former Detroit Lions plan to work with Harvard University in the hopes of increasing the understanding of the role cannabis may play in treating the debilitating the brain damage that strikes many football players. What Happened Former players Calvin Johnson, better known as "Megatron...

Social equity, the idea of righting historical wrongs, has always been a hot button issue within the cannabis industry. At the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference on Thursday, Ira Weinstein, a partner at CohnReznick; consultant Coleman Young Jr.; and Ken Bryant, owner of Medicine Man of...

Barrington Miller, director of client listed services at the Canadian Securities Exchange, and Maruf Raza, partner at MNP LLP, sat down Thursday at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference to discuss taking cannabis companies public. In the last four to five years, there has been an explosion...

Akerna Corp (NASDAQ: KERN) CEO Jessica Billingsley discussed the company’s enterprise resource planning software technology in front of cannabis entrepreneurs and investors Thursday at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Detroit. “At Akerna, we are visionaries. We...

Creating brands that represent the entire consumer experience is the key to success, according to three cannabis executives who presented Thursday at the  Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference on creating reputable brands in the space. Michigan Is Key Michigan provided a unique business...

In November 2018, Michigan’s government helped push through voter efforts to legalize recreational marijuana use and distribution within specific legal parameters. The legislative change is only a small checkpoint in a longstanding timeline of events for the cannabis industry. Due to the...

Michigan has become one of the newest hubs for cannabis startups and investors. That's why the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference came to Detroit on Thursday for a gathering of cannabis entrepreneurs, investors and market-followers in North America. Anqunette Sarfoh, a co-founder of BotaniQ,...

In a surprise appearance, Acreage Holdings (OTC: ACRGF) CEO Kevin Murphy popped in at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Detroit on Thursday. He emphasized the excitement of the space as regulatory standards and business innovation evolve. ‘There’s No Greater Privilege’...

Cannabis companies want to market themselves as wellness brands. That’s what Tyson Macdonald, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at Acreage Holdings (OTC: ACRGF), spoke about at Benzinga’s Cannabis Capital Conference in Detroit. Detroit Free Press Reporter Kathleen Gray...

CBD-infused beer is coming to Michigan. Jeffrey Radway, CEO and co-founder of Green Peak Innovations, announced Thursday at the Cannabis Capital Conference the company is partnering with Short's Brewing Company to bring CBD-infused beer and edibles to market. Green Peak is Michigan’s...

One of the largest looming questions of the state of Michigan’s emerging cannabis market is the manufacturing standards that will go into creating and selling cannabis products. The market seems to be saturated already, so the processes and procedures that go into creating consumable products...

From Canopy Growth Corp. (NYSE: CGC) and Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) to HEXO Corp. (NYSE: HEXO) and Molson Coors Brewing Co. (NYSE: TAP), cannabis companies have taken advantage of strategic partnerships with beer-makers in an effort to completely transform the cannabis-infusion game. The...

Since Michigan voters approved and created the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act (MRTMA) in late 2018, which legalized recreational usage of marijuana within certain parameters, the state has become a hub of cannabis startups and investors. That’s why the Benzinga Cannabis...