The Tao of Grasshopper Farms May 9, 2023 Tom Hymes Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments A conversation with Grasshopper Farms founder and owner Will Bowden is not quite what one might expect to have with a former SWAT officer, but that is probably because most of us do not regularly converse with former SWAT officers… Read More→
That THC is Too D*** High: Perverted incentives create cannabis testing chaos across most markets. May 1, 2023 Brian MacIver Lab Testing, Spotlight 0 Comments The cannabis industry, like Major League Baseball during its 30-year steroid era, has a juicing problem. Reports of inflated THC figures on cannabis flower and pre-roll packaging are widespread across all mature markets, including in Canada. For example, in a… Read More→
Brand Market Expansion: What’s Involved Part 2 April 26, 2023 Erik Ott Marketing, Spotlight 1 Comment Part 2: Initial Partnership Engagement and Analysis In Part 1 we discussed the key components of a brand’s preliminary due diligence effort prior to engaging a market. In Part 2 we look at initial engagement with prospect partners and provide… Read More→
Three Tips for Improving the Resource Use Efficiency of Your Cultivation Business April 17, 2023 Ryan Douglas Cultivation, Spotlight 0 Comments A recent survey among flower and vegetable growers revealed that cost of production is among the top four most pressing concerns for commercial greenhouse operators. Why does this matter? Because these growers aren’t cultivating quasi-illegal crops subject to sky-high excise… Read More→
Brand Market Expansion: Negotiating IP Licensing Deals – What’s Involved April 12, 2023 Erik Ott Intellectual Property, Marketing, Spotlight 0 Comments The cannabis industry has reached peak expansion mode as brands and licensed operators across the states form IP licensing agreements to enter new markets. While there are many different approaches to brand expansion, as we have begun to document in… Read More→
High Tide: Catching Up With The Costco of Cannabis April 10, 2023 Tom Hymes Canada, Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight 1 Comment A lot has happened in the seven long dog years since Cannabis Business Executive last profiled Calgary, Alberta-based High Tide Inc., Canada’s cannabis retail juggernaut whose expanse of stores spans provinces and time zones and is only getting larger. In… Read More→
MPG Consulting: Time Travelers for the Cannabis Industry April 6, 2023 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Interstate Commerce, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Since its founding by Adam Orens in 2014, Colorado-based MPG Consulting, formerly The Marijuana Policy Group, has been helping industry stakeholders with an array of professional services that include market research and analysis, business plan creation, strategic investments, licensing, and… Read More→
Cannabis POS and Payments Company POSaBIT Buys Hypur April 3, 2023 Brian MacIver Mergers & Acquisitions, Science and Technology, Spotlight 0 Comments POSaBIT, a Seattle-based cannabis point-of-sale (POS) and payments software company, this morning announced its acquisition of cannabis and crypto payments and compliance services company Hypur in a cash and equity transaction valued at up to US$7.5 million The acquisition positions… Read More→
MariMed CEO Jon Levine and the Making of a Cinderella Story March 27, 2023 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Norwood, Massachusetts-based MariMed Inc. (MRMD; OTCQX) underwent a profound loss in December of last year with the unexpected passing of Bob Fireman, its co-founder and chief executive and a man who, as I quickly learned during an interview in December… Read More→
Superstate Operator: Glass House Brands’ Graham Farrar on the Supremacy of California Cannabis March 20, 2023 Tom Hymes Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments It has been one year since Long Beach, California-based Glass House Brands (NEO:GLAS.A.U) (NEO:GLAS.WT.U) (OTCQX:GLASF) (OTCQX:GHBWF) announced the start of cultivation at the 5.5 million square-foot facility located in the Santa Barbara County city of Carpenteria that it had bought… Read More→
Timeline to the Finish Line: How Long Before a New Grower Should Have Sellable Product? March 16, 2023 Ryan Douglas Cultivation, Spotlight 0 Comments When launching a cultivation business, time is of the essence. The sooner a new licensee has product to sell, the sooner they can start enjoying attractive wholesale prices in limited markets. Even in mature states, if demand is strong, a… Read More→
Inspired Cannabis: Canada’s Next Big Dispensary Chain? March 15, 2023 Brian MacIver Company Stories, Spotlight 0 Comments On Robson Street in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, just a couple of city blocks away from a Tiffany & Co. jeweler, a Coach purse retailer, and one of Canada’s largest Lululemon stores, sits a dispensary with a brightly lit sign… Read More→
Jim Belushi Serenades NECANN Keynote Audience March 13, 2023 Tom Hymes Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Perhaps to calm his own nerves or those of the audience that came to hear his keynote address Saturday afternoon at NECANN in Boston, Jim Belushi of Belushi’s Farm and numerous other vocations pulled out a harmonica before he even… Read More→
Native Roots’ Buck Dutton on Creating Effective Marketing Strategies March 6, 2023 Tom Hymes Marketing, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Once thought to be an easy sell, hitting a cannabis home run in the legal market has turned out to be a challenging pastime for practitioners of the marketing arts, no matter the breadth and depth of experience they bring… Read More→
Petalfast Brings a Disruptive Growth Model to Cannabis Brand Building February 23, 2023 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Marketing, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Irvine, California-based Petalfast is a multistate sales and marketing agency for the cannabis industry, sort of. On its website, the company refers to itself as a “full spectrum growth agency, part cannabis launch pad, part cannabis accelerator, a canna-launcherator, if… Read More→