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CEO Marc Beginin on the Promise of Prodigy Processing Solutions

September 14, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, News & Insights, Processing
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Prodigy Processing Solution could be seen as the cannabis second act for founder and CEO Marc Beginin, an attorney and entrepreneur who founded a similar company, Precision Extraction Solutions, in 2014 before it was sold to Agrify in October 2021…

Columbia Care Picks Up the Pieces Post-Cresco

September 12, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight
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It is almost an understatement to say that a lot has happened to New York-based Columbia Care Inc. (NEO: CCHW) (OTCQX: CCHWF) (FSE: 3LP) since Cannabis Business Executive last profiled the company in November 2021. Four months after that story…

Building Story Cannabis: A Conversation with Founder Jason Vedadi

August 29, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight
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Arizona-based Story Cannabis was founded in June of 2022 by entrepreneur Jason Vedadi in what could be seen as the third act of his cannabis career, which has included significant stops at Harvest Health and Recreation and Oasis, the latter…

The Secret to Accessories: Convo With ‘The King of Cones’

The origin story of Hara Supply, Hara Brands, and Hemper is one of good old-fashioned entrepreneurial gumption, courtesy of Bryan Gerber, a business prodigy of sorts who at the ripe age of 31 already has a sticky moniker: The King…

Fig Farms Expands Its Award-Winning Genetic Footprint

July 20, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Cultivation, News & Insights, Spotlight
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California-based Fig Farms is a legacy cultivator and breeder that has successfully expanded its genetics and flower throughout the state and into other states. Defined by a fierce and unwavering dedication to genetic and product excellence established and maintained by…

After ambitious launch, medical cannabis company to shutter Pennsylvania operations

A medical marijuana processing facility and two dispensaries are closing in Pittsburgh and Erie, leaving at least 76 people out of work amid lawsuits and allegations of unpaid rent and financial turmoil. Goodblend Pennsylvania LLC will close its sprawling medical…

A pot brand quietly backed by Gwyneth Paltrow is dominating California

July 19, 2023
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Company Stories, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights
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California’s legal weed market is in a bad place. Prices are plummeting, sales are declining, and most people expect things to only get worse. Yet, somehow, Gwyneth Paltrow appears to be overcoming the terrible odds and is quietly dominating California’s cannabis market. Yes, the same…

BeLeaf Medical Settles Into Adult-Use

July 18, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Missouri, News & Insights, Spotlight
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It has been six months since Missouri made the same transition many other states have undertaken to integrate adult-use cannabis sales into an existing medical cannabis marketplace, and from all accounts, the state is still in a honeymoon phase recording…

Lucid Green’s QR Code Offers a Doorway To Efficiency

July 11, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight
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Co-founded in 2018 by data veterans Larry Levy and Paul Botto, who also serve as its CEO and President, respectively, Lucid Green introduced a touchless inventory management solution for the cannabis industry via its LucidID QR code – The Intelligent…

Catalyst CEO Elliot Lewis on Growth Through Confrontation and Suffering

July 4, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight
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Elliot Lewis is the co-founder and CEO of Long-Beach, California-based retailer Catalyst Cannabis Company, and a prolific poster of social media videos in which he colorfully relates the many outrages allegedly perpetuated upon Catalyst by local and state politicians and…

Skin in the Game: The Diversified Lending of Pelorus Capital Group

June 27, 2023
Tom Hymes
Banking, Finance & Real Estate, Company Stories, News & Insights
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A major player in cannabis commercial real estate lending, Newport Beach, California-based Pelorus Capital Group was founded in 2010 by high school buddies turned business partners Dan Leimel and Rob Sechrist, who today serve as CEO and President of the…

TerrAscend Maintains Its Balance in an Uncertain Market

June 12, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight
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TerrAscend (CSE: TER) (OTCQX: TRSSF) is a Canadian public company with operations in Canada and five U.S. states: California, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, where it has its greatest concentration of retail outlets. A vertical integrated company in each…

New Jersey has few Black-owned marijuana dispensaries. A banker-turned-budtender is about to open one.

Tahir Johnson is preparing to open Simply Pure Trenton in his hometown of Ewing Township. As a college student at Howard University in 2005, Tahir Johnson decided to go to the beach. He put on his pink polo shirt, packed…

New Mexico’s Mountaintop Extracts Aims for Pure Heights

May 30, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, News & Insights, Processing, Spotlight
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With a name like Mountaintop Extracts, one might assume that delivering the highest high was the goal of the founders of this Albuquerque, New Mexico-based producer, but it was not. Their objective was to produce the purest, cleanest cannabis oil…

Trade Show Talk with MJ Unpacked CEO George Jage

May 16, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Marketing, News & Insights, Spotlight
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In the aftermath of the recently concluded MJ Unpacked in New York City, a very well-attended and produced event whose attendees were palpably flush with excitement and optimism with the opening of adult-use sales in the state and the promise…