How Lowell Herb Co. makes 4 million joints a year
Lowell Herb Co. is one of the largest retailers of pre-rolled joints in California. It sells over 4 million pre-rolls a year along with jarred flower.We visited the Lowell Herb Co. factory in Los...
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We spoke to the top recruiters in the booming cannabis business. Here are...
Cannabis companies are growing rapidly. They're a great place to look for jobs from entry-level retail positions all the way up to senior management.To get a sense of how to best land a job in the...
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The CEO of cannabis-tech startup Headset told us why having a concise mission...
The CEO of Headset, a data-analytics provider for the cannabis industry, revealed his key advice for making a successful pitch to potential investors. Cy Scott walked through his pitch deck during a...
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In Business Insider's latest webinar, Headset CEO Cy Scott walks through how he put together the pitch deck that helped him raise a $12 million Series A.Scott was joined by Poseidon Asset Management...
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CULTIVATED: Recruiters share their 3 best tips for landing a job in cannabis,...
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A number of vape-related lung illnesses are linked to 'Dank Vapes,' a...
In July, an unnamed man bought a cannabis vape vial off the street in Wisconsin and was later hospitalized and put on life support.The illegally obtained product came from "Dank Vapes," a mysterious...
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We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck buzzy marijuana-tech startup...
Headset, an analytics startup for the cannabis industry, raised a $12.1 million round led by the cannabis-investment fund Poseidon Asset Management.Headset CEO Cy Scott walked us through what made his...
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The embattled 27-year old mayor of a Massachusetts town has been charged with...
Jasiel F. Correia II, the 27-year old mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, was arrested Friday morning by the FBI.Federal prosecutors have charged him a slew of crimes, including extorting legal...
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Here's the pitch deck that cannabis-beverage startup K-Zen used to raise $5...
The cannabis-infused-beverage startup K-Zen raised $5 million from the venerable Silicon Valley venture firm DCM Ventures in May. K-Zen co-CEO Judy Yee told Business Insider that the startup tailored...
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Here are the 3 top pot stocks to bet on in the US and one to avoid, according...
Wall Street's star cannabis-industry analyst Vivien Azer initiated coverage on five US cannabis companies.She made a bullish case for Green Thumb Industries, Curaleaf, and Cresco Labs — and recommended...
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CULTIVATED: DCM Ventures makes a bet on cannabis drinks, Wall Street's...
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2 Vice employees were fired after they bought so much weed for a video it...
The Intelligencer reports that Vice fired two senior employees after the amount of weed purchased for a video qualified the office as a marijuana distributor. The pitched video was about rolling the...
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Goldman Sachs did a massive survey of its Gen Z interns and found they like...
Goldman Sachs surveyed 1,800 of its interns across the world to see what mattered most to them in life and their thoughts on everything from Brexit to how much sleep they should be getting a...
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The man who built Canopy Growth into the world's biggest cannabis grower...
Bruce Linton, the former Canopy Growth CEO, is pursuing a number of new ventures, both inside and outside of the cannabis space.He'll be taking on new positions as the executive chairman of Gage...
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WeWork CEO Adam Neumann reportedly smoked weed with friends on a private jet...
WeWork cofounder and CEO Adam Neumann smoked weed with friends on a Gulfstream G650 private jet to Israel last summer, The Wall Street reported.The flight crew found a "sizable chunk" of marijuana...
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The New York State lawmaker who's leading the push to legalize marijuana just...
New York State Sen. Liz Krueger is spearheading the push to legalize marijuana in the state after her bill failed to earlier this year.Krueger leveled a stark warning against THC vape manufacturers at...
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We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck buzzy California cannabis company...
The California cannabis company Canndescent has closed a $27.5 million Series C, led by Green Acre Capital.The funding round valued Canndescent at $200 million to $300 million, CEO Adrian Sedlin...
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CULTIVATED: Canndescent lands new funding, social justice activists versus...
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Another top exec has departed buzzy cannabis company MedMen
David Dancer, MedMen's chief marketing officer, has left the company after less than a year, Business Insider has learned.Other top executives left in April, and the company faces a lawsuit alleging...
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Black market marijuana vapes containing substances like alcohol and caffeine...
A rash of mysterious, vaping-related lung illnesses has broken out across the U.S., with symptoms like difficulty breathing, chest pain, and vomiting. There have been 530 cases and seven deaths...
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