Business & Strategy

Paybotic Financial is offering a limited-time 420 Banking Special for cannabis operators. Qualified businesses can access compliant, FDIC-insured banking with no monthly maintenance fees for up to 18 months.

Following a series of SEC penalties, executive shifts, and a failed bid to go private, Weedmaps’ parent company prepares to transition to the OTC Markets.

GTI’s new $70 million annual payment to RYTHM is the latest twist in a longer story of brand transfers, debt, and overlapping leadership.

Is your cannabis business truly “bank-ready”? While operators often focus on total revenue, financial institutions are looking at something entirely different: operational discipline. In this “Inside the Bank” exclusive, banking executives reveal why internal controls and deposit consistency matter more than your bottom line. Discover the specific red flags — from unpredictable deposit spikes to weak documentation — that put your accounts at risk, and learn how to build a long-term compliance partnership that will secure your company’s future.

The transferred assets include 24 dispensaries in Colorado, 21 dispensaries in New Mexico, and one manufacturing facility in each state.

As cannabis retailers expand, employee turnover can reveal where leadership systems need more support. A human-resources expert explores how stronger onboarding, clearer expectations, better management training, and more consistent HR processes can improve retention. Framing retention as an operational issue instead of a hiring challenge gives operators something they can address directly, helping teams build healthier workplaces, reduce compliance risk, and scale more sustainably.

When Sam and Joe Hachey secured one of Alaska’s first adult-use cultivation licenses in 2016, they had a bare warehouse, a tiny budget, and a refusal to slow down. Nine years later, Tanana Herb Company has transformed into a 48,000-square-foot powerhouse in Fairbanks. From navigating white-out blizzards to "playing chicken" with local moose, the Hachey brothers built their success the hard way: with their own hands and zero outside investors.

Women have always been part of the cannabis industry, but their influence is becoming harder to ignore as the business matures. From cultivation and compliance to operations and the executive suite, more women are stepping into pivotal roles and bringing leadership grounded in competence, collaboration, and long-term thinking. In a sector shaped by regulation, rapid change, and high stakes, those qualities are not soft skills. They are strategic advantages.

As the cannabis industry faces regulatory delays, capital constraints, and renewed political resistance, the Most Influential Executives of Cannabis Awards is expanding nationwide in 2026. What began as a local recognition program now aims to spotlight the executives whose grit, leadership, and staying power are helping professionalize the industry and strengthen its legitimacy.

Many cannabis businesses are running on tactics — a social campaign here, a marketing calendar there — and calling it strategy. There’s a meaningful difference, and closing that gap is where growth becomes intentional rather than accidental. The starting point isn’t a bigger budget or a better agency. It’s a clearer picture of your customer: who they are, how they make decisions, and where they’re actually being influenced.