Tag: Contributor Stories
Cryptocurrency Won’t Solve the Industry’s Payment Issues
It’s time to make a bold statement: Cryptocurrency has no place in the cannabis industry. Every time a new cryptocurrency payment option launches and...
Using the Right Light Spectrum Can Eliminate Outdoor Transplant Shock
Farmers starting hemp inside before transplanting to fields generally need to use artificial light. What they may not realize however is that transplantation success...
Have You Been Dumped by Your Payroll Provider?
Mainstream payroll providers are dropping legal cannabis companies left and right. Often, the decisions result from state or federal banking and tax regulations.
For many...
What’s in a Name? According to Marketing Experts, Everything.
In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, Juliet suggests a name does not determine the nature of the thing to which it is applied:...
Finding Financial Solutions in the Cannabis Industry
Finding reliable banking and payment processing in the cannabis industry is extremely challenging. On the one hand, cannabis has been legalized in several states...
Five Key Lessons for Running a Successful Podcast
My podcast obsession began more than a decade ago, with a comic-book-focused show called iFanboy. The hosts, Ron Richard, Conor Kilpatrick, and Josh Flanagan,...
Leveraging the Media for Growth
When it comes to working with the media to create a strong brand, it’s essential to ask yourself “What is our brand?” While many...
Beverages, Edibles Drive Cannabis Innovation
Cannabis products today are dominated by high-THC smokables in flower, pre-roll, and vape forms. But the market is changing. In 2017, flower accounted for...
Will New Hemp Guidelines in Banking Lead to Opportunities for Cannabis?
At the beginning of December, the CBD industry received welcome news: Five different federal banking regulators came together and issued guidance to banks with...
CPG Professionals Have the Skills and Experience Cannabis Companies Need
The rapidly growing cannabis industry is set to quintuple
from $8 billion in revenue during 2018 to $41 billion by 2025, according to
recent Nielsen data....