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Cannabis M&A: How to Prepare Your Company for Sale
Although federal cannabis legalization feels closer than ever before, most would agree it’s not imminent, unfortunately. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) has acknowledged he does...
Competition for Cannabis Commercial Properties Escalates
As if cannabis entrepreneurs didn’t have enough to contend with, now comes news that real estate owners in new markets are asking two to...
How to Construct a Dispensary Marketing Budget
In business, every expense is—or should be—a calculated investment. Typically, expenditures are based on their predicted effect on the bottom line and estimated as...
MSOs Target Cannabis Product Brands in Bid for Retail Dominance
Just a decade or so into North America’s adult-use cannabis experiment, we have a strong sense of where the biggest companies (multistate operators, or...
Federal Tax Deductions: On the Horizon or Merely a Mirage?
It would be an understatement to say the federal government has been harsh on state-legal cannabis companies, whether by denying them federal tax deductions...
Proposed HOPE Act Incentivizes State Expungement of Nonviolent Crimes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new bill sponsored by Representatives Dave Joyce (R-Ohio) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) would incentivize state and local governments to expunge...
America’s Top Cannabis Industry Employers 2021
No one will deny 2020 was challenging. A deadly pandemic led to stay-at-home orders and business closures, which boosted some industries and decimated others....
How Non-Cash Payment Options Could Benefit the Cannabis Industry
Can you imagine a world where cash, not credit, is king? In this alternate universe, all the conveniences we take for granted in the...
5 Ways to Ease Cannabis Employees Back into the Office
Although COVID-19 still poses a threat, some semblance of “normal” life is returning. Many offices around the country have begun opening, but returning to...
The Market for Cannabis SPACs
Of all the challenges associated with entering the cannabis industry, one issue towers above the rest: raising capital. As long as companies are working...