Finance
Start Your Own Cannabis Business
How to Finance Your Cannabis Business Without Relying on Friends and Family
Looking to raise cash for your startup? With most banks out of the picture, find out what your realistic financing options are.
Cannabis
Where to Find Funding for a Cannabis Business
With limited funding options, almost no loans available and countless new cannabis businesses emerging every day, where does an entrepreneur go for capital?
Marijuana
Investing In Marijuana Businesses: Are Hedge Funds Coming To The Cannabis Industry?
Hedge funds were not investing in the cannabis industry last year. But this might be changing in 2018.
Cannabis
California Studies Viability of a Public Bank for Marijuana Businesses
Exclusion from federally regulated banks is a big problem for the cannabis industry that California is considering how to solve.
Cannabis
Sand Hill Road Joins Private Capital Flooding Into Marijuana Startups
The Wall Street of venture capital has been slow to invest in cannabis but that is clearly changing.
Cannabis
5 Routes the Cannabis Industry Could Take to Get Around Federal Banking Restrictions
States that have legalized marijuana are working on regulatory fixes to allow the cannabis industry the access to banks that it needs to grow.
Cannabis
Survey Finds Oregon Residents Support Banks Working With Marijuana Industry
Banks and credit unions often cite "reputational risk'' as a reason for not working with cannabis businesses but research shows there is little risk they would be stigmatized.
Cannabis
Study Finds Most Investors Comfortable With Businesses That 'Touch' Marijuana
Growing public acceptance of marijuana, highlighted by a slew of successful legalization initiatives, is encouraging investment.
Election 2016
7 Things Business Owners Need to Know Post-Election
Last night's vote has brought market scares, wage hikes, marijuana legalization and more.
Marijuana
Fund-raising in Cannabis, Initially Slow, Is Going Higher and Higher
You would have been hard pressed, just a few years ago, to find investments outside of family-office groups. Then Washington and Colorado legalized.
Finance
The Half-Baked Plan for Pot Legalization
Increasingly, marijuana is seen as a potentially big financial opportunity. But the tax man is making it a business buzz-kill.
