Whenever you ask one of the three principals at Greenhaus Industries—Leif Olsen, Michael Williamson, Zack Roecker—what their titles are the same thing happens: you get a blithe shrug and something in the vein of, "We aren't into titles here"….or…"We wear many hats." It's clear, though, that after spending time with the Greenhaus team that what they do care about is...

In 2010, over 3,269,248 tons of olive oil was produced in the world, with most of it produced in three countries: Spain, Greece and Italy. With this in mind, CannaOil Co. saw an opening in the cannabis market for something that was being holy under served: cannabis olive oil. With only two real competitors in the space, CannaOil Co. began...

Weedmaps brings consumers information on where they can access marijuana dispensary locations, review products and businesses, and get information on inventory and prices. This is helping patients and recreational customers become informed consumers. Weedmaps has become a valuable tool in the marijuana industry. With most advertising unavailable for marijuana businesses, dispensary operators can subtly get the word out without attracting too...

Any discussion about investment risks in the cannabis industry must, of course, start with the fact that cannabis is federally illegal. Beyond the risk to personal freedom (which I believe is remote if one is an honest operator – see: COLE MEMO) marijuana’s status as a Schedule 1 Drug of the Controlled Substance Act inhibits access to traditional banking, levels...

We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot. - Leonardo da Vinci, circa 1500s While conventional agriculture and chemical fertilizers have been with us for only the last 60 years or so, healthy soil has naturally evolved over the last three billion years, culminating in a system that cannot simply be bought off the shelf,...

Since the passage of Prop 215 in 1996, many have assumed that Amsterdam style coffee shops and marijuana cafes would spring pop up all over. While California’s historic law was the first to officially permit the legal use of cannabis, it did not usher in uncontrolled access. Twenty years after California’s milestone law, legal public consumption is still not prevalent....

Priding themselves on their clean, simple, popular and cutting-edge products—vape pen, dabbing applicator, wax, cannabis e-juice—that are vigorously put through the R&D ringer, JETTY EXTRACTS has now turned their attention to beating cancer with their equally innovative SHELTER FROM THE STORM PROGRAM. The big idea struck while he was on a surf trip. While waiting for the next wave, among...

Storing stash has evolved way beyond the old school Ziploc® baggie, and is the responsibility of not just the consumer but also the retailer providing storage solutions to them. So what kind of containers are available to consumers to keep medicines fresh, safely stowed and protected from anyone—especially minors—that shouldn’t have access? Current rule of thumb says the best storage...

K1 helps to enhance a surprising part of our lives. Ahhh, the "sex talk." At a very young age, we knew there'd be a day when our parents would sit us down for the birds and the bees talk. I got off easy on this front. Mine went something like this. Mom: "So, you had the sex class in school...

Brick and mortar retail has struggled to keep up profitability in recent years.  According to Time Magazine, in 2015, Black Friday sales fell one billion dollars from the previous year. Many aspects of our lives are changing as we enter the digital age. The change is highly visible within the retail sphere. Gone are the days where consumers were constrained...