CLEVELAND, OHIO, Jan. 30, 2018 /Weed Wire/ — Cannasure Insurance Services (Cannasure), the premier cannabis insurance MGA and wholesale broker, announced today it will launch a comprehensive coverage program to support the cannabis industry.
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Canopy Accelerator Celebrates 90 Marijuana Investments, Announces Open Spring 2018 Application To Fund Startups
BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 7, 2017 /Weed Wire/ — Canopy, a venture fund and business accelerator for ancillary products and services companies in the legal cannabis industry, is pleased to open the Spring 2018 application to startups in the legal cannabis industry.
Cortez Masto Introduces Legislation to Provide Access to Banking Services for Legal Cannabis Businesses
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2017 /Weed Wire/ — U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) to introduce legislation to ensure that legal cannabis businesses can access banking services.
Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduces Legislation to Provide Access to Banking Services for Legal Cannabis Businesses
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2017 /Weed Wire/ — Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today joined a bipartisan group of senators led by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and including Senator Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) to introduce legislation to ensure that legal cannabis businesses can access banking services.
Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduces Legislation to Provide Access to Banking Services for Legal Cannabis Businesses
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2017 /Weed Wire/ — Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley led a bipartisan group of Senators – including Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO), Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) – to introduce legislation to ensure that legal cannabis businesses can access banking services.
Senator Murray Introduces Legislation to Provide Access to Banking Services for Legal Cannabis Businesses
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2017 /Weed Wire/ — Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) joined a bipartisan group of senators to introduce legislation to ensure that legal cannabis businesses can access banking services.
Historic Debate on Drugs at Oxford Union in Great Britain
OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 14, 2017 /Weed Wire/ — In a forward thinking move, Oxford has invited American cannabis leader, advocate and educator Steve DeAngelo, to participate in a debate on drugs.
MJIC Marijuana Index Conducts Quarterly Rebalancing, Adding Eleven New Cannabis Companies
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13, 2017 /Weed Wire/ — MJIC Inc. has completed its quarterly rebalancing of the Marijuana Index, adding 11 new cannabis companies to its North American Marijuana Index.
Legal Learning Series Launches Cannabis Industry Professional Services Organization - The Cannabis LAB Presented by Greenspoon Marder
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 19, 2016 /Weed Wire/ — Legal Learning Series, a leader in legal education, networking and events, announced today the launch of The Cannabis LAB, a professional services organization for the cannabis industry, presented by the national law firm of Greenspoon Marder.
Bipartisan Group of Senators Presses Federal Regulator for Clear Guidance on Banking Services for Vendors Working with Legal Marijuana Businesses
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2016 /Weed Wire/ — Today, a bipartisan group of Senators led by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley pressed a key federal regulator to take further action to ensure that vendors working with legal marijuana businesses in states that have legalized recreational or medicinal marijuana do not have their banking services taken away.
L’Eagle Becomes First Cannabis Retail Shop to be Certified by Certifiably Green Denver
DENVER, Dec. 13, 2016 /Weed Wire/ — L’Eagle, a retail cannabis dispensary specializing in clean cannabis, has earned recognition as a Certified Green Business from the City and County of Denver Department of Environmental Health.
Senate Committee Approves Marijuana Banking Measure
WASHINGTON, June 16, 2016 /Weed Wire/ — The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved an amendment to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill that is intended to ease access to banking and other financial services for state-legal marijuana businesses.
Signal Bay, Inc. Closes Acquisition of Oregon Analytical Services, A Full Service Cannabis Testing Facility
BEND, Ore., May 25, 2016 /Weed Wire/ — Signal Bay Inc. (OTC:SGBY) a leading provider of cannabis consulting and analytical laboratory services is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of Oregon Analytical Services of Eugene, Oregon. Signal Bay subsidiary EVIO Labs will take over full management and operations of Oregon Analytical Services, (“OAS”).
OLCC Announces Business Advisory Committee
PORTLAND, Oreg., March 4, 2016/ Weed Wire/ — The OLCC is sponsoring a Business Advisory Committee that includes members of the recreational marijuana industry and business services that support the industry.
Special Holiday Offer from New Frontier
In honor of closing out its first year in the legal cannabis industry, New Frontier has a special holiday offer for readers of MJINews.
Marijuana Company of America, Inc. Appoints Officers to its Management Team
BONSALL, Calif., Dec. 14, 2015 /Weed Wire/ —MARIJUANA COMPANY OF AMERICA (“MCOA” or the Company”) (OTC: MCOA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Robert Cronin as Chief Operating Officer and Mr. Bob Mack Peak as Chief Marketing Officer.
Gold-plated Picks and Shovels in Cannabis
The burgeoning cannabis sector is often compared to the gold rush, especially the lesson that the picks and shovels were where the real money was made. There are a few other comparisons too, and misconceptions.
Public Company Presidents and Chief Executive Optimists
CEOs run companies, nominally at least, but if you are an investor, especially one who has cannabis shares on the OTC market, it would be wise to remember that the acronym can also mean chief executive optimist.
American Wellness: Providing In-House Services to Marijuana Businesses
Many budding business owners enter the industry with one skill set or another, but often need help in the form of business services to fill in the gaps. Catherine Zito and Tom Crane want to help these people.
Cannabis: The Epiphany Sector
There are many slang words and terms that have crept into the cannabis lexicon over the years. Many are just street terms or colorful jargon, like the many names for the plant. But there is one very ancient word that has been used quite a bit.
Pushcart Promises: Coiffures? Cruises? Cannabis?
Entrepreneurs help create and define an industry and can start at surprisingly humble levels, like a garage. Some are storefront businesses, and some may even start on wheels like the pushcarts so ubiquitous on Manhattan’s streets.
The Marijuana Market: Everybody Wants A Piece
At regular intervals throughout the year, just about every industry takes time out to get its ranks together to network, entertain potential clients and show off new products.
Sinsemedia
Sinsemedia is a team of experienced professionals with backgrounds in development, licensing, marketing, design, and branding for a variety of clients and industries. The company is focused on developing new ideas, building new brands, and creating new products for the emerging cannabis industry.
MJardin Management
MJardin Management provides turnkey cultivation and processing services to licensed cannabis businesses across the country. Founded in 2012 by Adam Cohen, James Lowe, and John Fritzel, MJardin provides companies with facility design services, licensing support and operational management.
Presenting the 2014 MJINews Power Companies
Estimates vary greatly, but the total size of legal, cannabis-centric industries is somewhere between $2 billion and much, much higher.
ProVerde Laboratories, Inc.
ProVerde Laboratories, Inc. is a Massachusetts based laboratory offering analytical testing and consulting services in the medical marijuana segment.
Adilas, LLC
Adilas.biz is an online server-based application where you can store and track your data for your daily business operations and backend accounting needs.
Marijuana and Technology to Collide This Weekend in Denver at the Marijuana Tech Startup Competition
DENVER, Sept. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Tonight, more than 200 developers, investors and entrepreneurs will kick-off the inaugural Marijuana Tech Startup Competition, a hackathon devoted to developing products and services for the cannabis industry.
Chuma Holdings, Inc. Appoints Veteran Marketing Executive Kevin Wright as President and Member of the Board of Directors
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Chuma Holdings, Inc. (“Chuma”) (OTCBB: CHUM), announced today that it has appointed Mr. Kevin Wright as President and a member of the Board of Directors, a nomination timed to coincide with the company’s expansion of its market presence.
Cannabis Startups Diversify Market
It is common for the marijuana industry to be portrayed as one dimensional. To many individuals, the marijuana market simply consists of a grower, a store owner, and a smoker; however, nothing can be further from the truth.