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Cannabis Delivery Evolves

No longer is cannabis delivery necessarily a call to a black market dealer.  Legalization and entrepreneurial innovation are making cannabis consumption more convenient, which is likely expanding the market to...
- November 20th, 2015 at 3:19 pm

SpeedWeed Pitches Cannabis Investors on CNBC

On Wednesday, November 11th, CNBC ran PowerPitch, with AJ and Gen Gentile trying to convince the panel of the merits of their Los Angeles-based integrated cannabis dispensary and delivery...
- November 13th, 2015 at 1:50 pm

Medical Marijuana Recommendation Engine PotBot Launches

Popular Science published an in-depth look at Potbotics, based in New York City.  The company is focused on developing technology solutions to help medical cannabis patients make more informed...
- November 12th, 2015 at 2:52 pm

Dixie Brands CEO Tripp Keber Sees Hypergrowth in 2016

Premium marijuana infused products manufacturer Dixie Brands is set to expand rapidly. CEO Tripp Keber, in an interview with Tim Strombel at the recent Southwest Cannabis Conference, discussed that...
- November 8th, 2015 at 6:21 pm

Cannabis Company G FarmaLabs Expects Sales to Double to $8mm

Nicole Gonzalez spent her teenage summers working in the Dominican Republic and Central America where her grandfather owned tobacco fields. Cigar-making was a male-dominated industry but her strong-willed mother...
- October 24th, 2015 at 11:30 am

Cannabis Consumers Connect with High There!

Johnny Diaz tells tells of the genesis of the High There! and how Todd Mitchem, formerly of O.PenVAPE, connected with the founders. You can use your smartphone to hook up,...
- October 23rd, 2015 at 4:35 pm

Marijuana Reality Show Hands Out $13mm

The Marijuana Show, produced by Karen Paull and Wendy Robbins, is back for a second season.  The reality show just finished filming in Denver earlier this month, and its...
- October 23rd, 2015 at 12:07 pm

Marketing Marijuana to Moms

The Economist made the case for marketers of marijuana to court the demographic of mothers, who, not surprisingly, don’t respond well to the traditional appeals.  The article discusses some...
- October 22nd, 2015 at 1:45 am

Fact-Checking Oregon's $11mm in Cannabis Sales

It was universally accepted and widely reported that Oregon dispensaries generated $11mm sales in the first week of legal recreational sales, but it turns out that this was an...
- October 21st, 2015 at 11:25 pm

9 Potential Billion-Dollar Cannabis Companies

Chicago Inno, a division of Streetwise Media, published a piece that speculates on which cannabis company might be the first to be worth $1 billion. The industry is so...
- October 21st, 2015 at 7:07 pm