Author: Alan Brochstein, CFA
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...
A cannabis company is making bold claims about the potential returns from a project as it begins to raise capital from the public, but our initial review suggests that...
Interview with Kerri Accardi, President of 420MEDIA Advertising is a huge challenge for companies in the cannabis industry, with television opportunities extremely rare. One activist and entrepreneur who is...
The cannabis industry is full of startups, many of which have great ideas or even deep domain expertise but lack critical skills required to scale their company, similar to...
One of the most exciting themes in legalization is the progress being made in Canada, which is 28 months into its federal medical cannabis program, MMPR, and on the...
I was honored to participate on a panel at Green Flower Media’s “Cannabis Entrepreneur Summit” in May, a live event that was seen by over 10,000 viewers on the...
Canopy Growth (TSXV: CGC) (OTC: TWMJF) CEO Bruce Linton disposed of 400K shares of the stock at the end of June, raising approximately $1.1mm: Click here to view the...
Cannabis Lab Testing As a Percent of Sales Varies Dramatically It can be very difficult to get operational and financial data on cannabis cultivators and dispensaries given that the...
Tilray, the Nanaimo-based licensed producer under Canada’s MMPR program, hired a Canadian Big Pharma executive, Greg Engel, in early 2015 as its first CEO. At the time, he explained why...
Earlier this week, Health Canada, which oversees the Canadian medical cannabis program, MMPR, reported data for the quarter ending 03/31/16. The number of patients enrolled in the program grew 35.2% from...
Health Canada continues to add licensed producers (LPs) to its federal medical cannabis program, Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR), naming United Greeneries to the approved list today. The...
Michael Toups, Managing Director, Partner and COO of First Harvest Financial was charged today by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) with fraud. Toups, who served as CFO of publicly-traded Longwei Petroleum...
The SEC filed civil litigation against cannabis penny stock Hemp, Inc, (OTC: HEMP) and several affiliates, including CEO Bruce Perlowin, on June 20th, The complaint alleges that Perlowin and the...
Seth Adler, who has been conducting extensive interviews with the leaders of the cannabis industry for over a year now on his Cannabis Economy podcasts, recently shared his dialogue with...
Aphria (TSXV:APH) (OTC:APHQF) officially listed its stock on the OTC Pink Sheets, joining peers Aurora Cannabis (CSE:ACB) (OTC:ACBFF), OrganiGram (TSXV:OGI) (OTC:OGRMF), which trades on the OTCQB, and Supreme Pharma (CSE:SL)...
Despite a rapidly growing underlying industry, investors in the publicly-traded cannabis stocks have been dodging landmines for several years now, with few companies producing solid returns so far and...
United Patients Group has been leading the way over the past few years as an unparalleled resource and trusted leader in the medical cannabis industry, helping patients, doctors and organizations become...
Blum Oakland Pays an Astonishing Effective Tax-Rate of 966% Entrepreneurs and investors in the cannabis industry face a litany of obstacles, but one of the worst is an antiquated tax...
Following the press release issued yesterday by RX Green, it’s pretty clear that the Colorado cannabis company has been unable to patch up its differences with Mary’s Medicinals that we reported in late...
CanopyBoulder, the first cannabis industry accelerator, is now taking applications for its Fall class, which will take place in Oakland, California from August through November following three cohorts since...
PharmaCielo, a Canadian company with operations in Colombia and a goal to become “the world’s leading supplier of naturally grown and processed, standardized medicinal-grade cannabis oil extracts and related...
Following last week’s rejection of MassRoots (OTC:MSRT) by NASDAQ, the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA), the industry’s leading trade organization, and The ArcView Group, a highly respected angel investor...
Foria, the sexual health and wellness cannabis company, will launch a novel cannabis product tomorrow, June 1st. Foria Explore, an anal suppository that contains 60mg of THC and 10mg of...
Aurora Cannabis (CSE:ACB) (OTC:ACBFF) reported its first quarter of sales since receiving its Health Canada license in late November, having commenced sales in early January. The press release issued May...
Accredited investors can now own a piece of one of the hottest startup brands in the cannabis industry, Jane West, headed by its founder, Jane West, who in a...
