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Binske CEO Jake Pasternack Built a Quality Brand MSO on a Foundation of IP

February 2, 2022
Tom Hymes
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Founded in Colorado in 2015 by Miami-born-and-raised brothers, Jacob and Alex Pasternack, Binske (silent 'e') is that rarest of cannabis entities, a brand MSO. Unlike product MSOs or vertical MSOs, which typically own and operate oodles of licenses in various…

MariMed is Ready for Its Closeup: CEO Bob Fireman is Done Flying Under the Radar

December 20, 2021
Tom Hymes
Multiple State Brands, Multiple State Operators, Spotlight
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Through pure coincidence, I jumped on an interview call with MariMed Inc. (MRMD; OTCQX) founder and CEO Bob Fireman on National Brownie Day, December 9, the same day the Massachusetts-based MSO announced that it had baked the world’s largest pot…

Keef CEO Travis Tharp is Buoyant on the Future of Cannabis-Infused Beverages

December 8, 2021
Tom Hymes
Multiple State Brands, Multiple State Operators, Processing, Spotlight
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Not many cannabis brands have applied the experience and discipline that comes with longevity as successfully as Colorado-based Keef Brands, a product-based MSO currently found in seven states – Arizona, California, Colorado, Maine, Missouri, Ohio, and Oklahoma – in addition…

Columbia Care’s Nicholas Vita is Taking Nothing for Granted

November 10, 2021
Tom Hymes
Multiple State Brands, Multiple State Operators, Spotlight
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Columbia Care Inc. (NEO: CCHW) (CSE: CCHW) (OTCQX: CCHWF) (FSE: 3LP) is on a tear as it continues to launch brands, announce partnerships, and close deals that further expand its footprint in cannabis-legal states and reinforce its position as one…

Wana Brands’ CEO Nancy Whiteman on Flexibility and the Cannabis Gummy Long Game

September 6, 2021
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Multiple State Brands, Processing, Spotlight
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Nancy Whiteman has been at the apex of brand development in the cannabis industry for years, and it has not gone unnoticed. In 2017, Inc. crowned her “The Queen of Legal Weed,” and in 2019, Green Entrepreneur followed up with…

Building a National Brand One Kanha Gummy at a Time: A Conversation with Sunderstorm President Keith Cich

August 4, 2021
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Multiple State Brands, Multiple State Operators, Spotlight
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CBE recently spoke with Sunderstorm co-founder and president Keith Cich about the company’s ongoing commitment to improve upon its already popular Kanha gummy, plans to expand production and distribution into more states, and the inevitable addition of new SKUs to…

Ayr Wellness CEO Jon Sandelman on Affordable Luxury in a Counter-Cyclical Business

July 28, 2021
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Multiple State Brands, Multiple State Operators, Spotlight
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Ayr Wellness (CSE: AYR.A, OTCQX: AYRWF) CEO Jon Sandelman had many reasons to be excited as he settled into a recent interview with CBE, which profiled him in 2018. To name but a few, he’s back out on the road…

CEO Josh Genderson Discusses Holistic Industries’ Privately Funded Trajectory of Growth

June 16, 2021
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Multiple State Brands, Multiple State Operators, Spotlight
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The way CEO Josh Genderson sees it, the company he founded eleven years ago, Washington, D.C.-based Holistic Industries, is on track to become the largest privately owned and operated cannabis multistate operator (MSO) in the country. Driven by a growth…

The Ubiquity of Bud: Canndescent Refocuses on Flower

May 24, 2021
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Cultivation, Multiple State Brands, News & Insights, Spotlight
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Canndescent is a privately held cannabis company of such ubiquity on Golden State dispensary shelves that it long ago achieved the status of anchor brand in a market where precious few exist. Its stand-out orange box denoting the original brand,…