After reviewing a bunch of press releases issued by True Leaf Medicine International, CBE interviewed CEO Darcy Bomford recently and learned a lot about his company and strategy, Health Canada and the race to become one of its new licensees. As a kid, Bomford already had the entrepreneurial bug. His career started renting beach […]
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Aurora Cannabis to Acquire MedReleaf
PRESS RELEASE Transaction to Create Preeminent Global Cannabis Company EDMONTON and MARKHAM, ON, May 14, 2018 /CNW/ – Aurora Cannabis Inc. (“Aurora”) (TSX: ACB) and MedReleaf Corp. (“MedReleaf”) (TSX: LEAF) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) whereby Aurora intends to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of […]
Colorado House Bill 1011 could have ramifications world-wide in the Cannabis Industry
Over the last year plus, industry players in Colorado have been lobbying the legislature hard to allow for out-of-state ownership stakes that could change the capital raise game and allow many of the companies that have built significant cannabis license portfolios to be on a level playing field with other states like California and Nevada […]
Powering The Cannabis Industry: Kush Bottles
A lot of slogans come to mind when I think about Nick Kovacevich and Kush Bottles (KB), particularly “You’ve come a long way baby” or “I would rather fight than quit”. But until CBE interviewed him to catch-up after the story we wrote about the upstart cannabis packaging company three years ago (Torn ACL, Basketball’s loss, […]
Is the end of Prohibition in sight or are we dealing with good old fashioned horse-trading?
Last week ended with a bang when the Washington Post and other news outlets reported on a deal made between Senator Cory Gardner (R) of Colorado and the great deal-maker himself, our esteemed President Donald Trump. The agreement reached was lacking details but basically indicated that Gardner and Trump had agreed to find a path […]
The largest Cannabis Industry IPO to date: Cannabis Strategies Acquisition Corporation (CSAC)
CBE was fortunate enough to learn first-hand, about a new venture, Cannabis Strategies Acquisition Corporation (CSAC), that has built a war chest to pursue the strategic acquisition of cannabis touching licensees and other synergistic companies to build an international company composed of successful entities. The company vision, structure and financing is the brainchild of Wall Street […]
Cresco Labs…Oh what a year it has been!
A year ago, I had the privilege of sharing Charlie Bachtell and his team at Cresco Labs’ story (The Big Boys Bring the A-Team and Game to Illinois and Beyond: Cresco Labs) with CBE’s readers. It was a story filled with a lot of hope, smart planning, a unique marketing and go to market strategy which […]
A Renaissance Man in Farmer’s Clothes: CannaSol Farms’ Craft Producer
Every once in a while, you run into somebody that strikes you as a kindred spirit. When I met Jeremy Moberg, CEO of CannaSol Farms, at the Cova booth at MJBiz last November in Las Vegas, there was an instant bond. He came off as a straight shooting, down to earth guy that had been an […]
Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America
Part Three (1976-1980) Marijuana Law Reform Advocates/The Carter Years Part of a year-long series, longtime cannabis law reform advocate and historian Allen St. Pierre examines monthly for Cannabis Business Executive the last fifty years of cannabis prohibition and the public advocacy efforts in America to bring about the ongoing and inescapable sociopolitical changes underway first at […]
Cultivate Your Culture
The cannabis business sector is teeming with opportunity. Your company has so much growth potential. And as the leader of a cannabis company, you have countless new ideas and ventures before you. Amid all this excitement and forward momentum, take care not to overlook your organizational culture. A healthy culture is critical to the viability […]
