CULTA is Mining the Maryland Medical Market

September 1, 2022
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, From Mainstream to Cannabis, News & Insights, Spotlight
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CULTA is a Bethesda, Maryland-based vertically integrated cannabis company founded by Mackie Barch and Matt Bickel to achieve a specific goal. Per the company, the pair “vowed in 2017 to create a Maryland-based, craft cannabis brand that focuses on product…

Darnell Smith is Courting Cocktail Culture with MXXN

A new age of infused-beverages has arrived courtesy of advances in emulsion technologies that have unleashed the imaginations of beverage-makers far and wide. Most of the sub-categories in the sector already teem with brands with more arriving every day, and…

From Coke to Cannabis: Green Mill Supercritical CEO Wes Reynolds’s Road to Extraction

The fact that Pittsburgh-based Green Mill Supercritical CEO Wes Reynolds made the decision to upend a 20-year career at Coca-Cola for the uncertainty of cannabis is probably incredible to consider for most people, but the way he explained his thinking…

From Food to Cannabis, CSQ Founder Tyler Williams is All About Safety and Quality

May 17, 2022
Tom Hymes
From Mainstream to Cannabis, Standards and Certification
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Tyler Williams is the founder and Chief Technical Officer of St. Louis, Missouri-based CSQ, short for Cannabis Safety and Quality. Founded in 2020, the seed-to-sale third-party cannabis certification provider is a subsidiary of ASI Food Safety, which for decades has…

From Private Equity to Cannabis, Scott Grossman Takes a Seat at Turning Point Brands

From Mainstream to Cannabis is an ongoing series that asks cannabis executives to talk about their personal and professional journey to the industry. For Scott Grossman, who joined Louisville, Kentucky-based Turning Point Brands (NYSE: TPB) last May as Vice President…

Wana Brands CMO Joe Hodas On the Long Road from Mainstream Marketer to Cannabis Veteran

From Mainstream to Cannabis is an ongoing series that asks cannabis executives to talk about their personal and professional journey to the industry. I debated whether to include Wana Brands CMO Joe Hodas in the new Mainstream to Cannabis series…

Choice Consolidation Corp. CEO Joe Caltabiano Made the Move from Mortgages to Marijuana

From Mainstream to Cannabis is an ongoing series that asks cannabis executives to talk about their personal and professional journey to the industry. Before co-founding Illinois-based Cresco Labs in 2013, and before moving on to become chief executive of Choice…

CULTA is Mining the Maryland Medical Market

Darnell Smith is Courting Cocktail Culture with MXXN

From Coke to Cannabis: Green Mill Supercritical CEO Wes Reynolds’s Road to Extraction

From Food to Cannabis, CSQ Founder Tyler Williams is All About Safety and Quality

From Private Equity to Cannabis, Scott Grossman Takes a Seat at Turning Point Brands

Wana Brands CMO Joe Hodas On the Long Road from Mainstream Marketer to Cannabis Veteran

Choice Consolidation Corp. CEO Joe Caltabiano Made the Move from Mortgages to Marijuana

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