The state-by-state proliferation of medical and legal cannabis has opened up the industry to outsiders looking to capitalize on its growth. One group that has shown considerable interest is...
Women Grow, which launched two years ago, has rapidly become one of the most powerful cannabis industry organizations, providing networking opportunities in 40 cities in North America on a...
The disproportionately low representation by blacks and other groups in the cannabis industry has been a hot topic lately. Reverend Amos Brown, the head of the San Francisco NAACP...
As cannabis business accelerator Canopy Boulder prepares to expand its operations to California and new accelerator Gateway commences operations in Oakland, Greenhouse Ventures will host a Demo Day in Philadelphia later...
Andy Campbell posted an extensive interview on Huffington Post with 10 female leaders in the marijuana industry who are part of Women Grow’s Portland chapter, its largest. His article...
“Herb Caine” attended a recent Women Grow event in San Francisco celebrating the organization’s Bay Area chapter’s first anniversary. Caine discusses many of the attendees, including chapter founders Shabnam...
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...
Photo credit: Mia Di Stefano On a recent Thursday evening in downtown Manhattan, nearly 50 women and a few men, ranging from millennials to baby boomers, gathered in a...
Women in Weed: How Legal Marijuana Could Be the First Billion-Dollar Industry Not Dominated by Men It seems fitting that a plant called Mary Jane could smash the patriarchy....
