Finance

How to Finance Your Cannabis Business Without Relying on Friends and Family
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.
Javier Hasse | 6 min read
Where to Find Funding for a Cannabis Business
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?
Javier Hasse | 5 min read
Investing In Marijuana Businesses: Are Hedge Funds Coming To The Cannabis Industry?
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.
Javier Hasse | 6 min read
California Studies Viability of a Public Bank for Marijuana Businesses
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.
dispensaries.com | 4 min read
Sand Hill Road Joins Private Capital Flooding Into Marijuana Startups
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.
dispensaries.com | 3 min read
5 Routes the Cannabis Industry Could Take to Get Around Federal Banking Restrictions
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.
Andre Bourque | 7 min read
Survey Finds Oregon Residents Support Banks Working With Marijuana Industry
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.
dispensaries.com | 4 min read
Study Finds Most Investors Comfortable With Businesses That 'Touch' Marijuana
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.
dispensaries.com | 3 min read
7 Things Business Owners Need to Know Post-Election
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.
Lydia Belanger | 7 min read
Fund-raising in Cannabis, Initially Slow, Is Going Higher and Higher
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.
Cy Scott | 5 min read
The Half-Baked Plan for Pot Legalization
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.
Ray Hennessey | 5 min read

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