Cannabiz MediaThe Rise of Cannabis Brands January 20, 2021The growing importance of cannabis brands is not a new phenomenon. In all new industries, the importance of branding follows a specific path. As a new industry launches, the priorities are production and distribution, but as the market grows, more companies enter, saturation becomes a reality, and the emphasis for businesses shifts to focusing on […]Things You Need to Do to Get a Cannabis Business License January 15, 2021In 2020, five states’ residents voted to allow recreational and/or adult-use cannabis. Specifically, Arizona, New Jersey, Montana, and South Dakota voters approved recreational cannabis, and South Dakota and Mississippi voters approved medical cannabis. But the growth of the industry won’t be limited to those five states during 2021. Already, news stories have broken about states […]Cannabiz Media Spotlight – Grassi CPAs January 15, 2021Grassi CPAs is an accounting and professional services company with a long history of supporting clients operating in and with the cannabis industry. Grassi CPAs’s staff of over 300 auditors and tax professionals has a deep understanding of the cannabis and hemp industries. Cannabiz Media recently spoke with Zach Gordon, Senior Tax Manager, from Grassi […]Cannacurio Podcast Episode 27 with Colton Griffin of Flourish January 14, 2021In the latest episode of the Cannacurio Podcast from Cannabiz Media, my co-host, Amanda Guerrero, and I discuss new cannabis licenses from Oklahoma, Washington, California, Rhode Island, Michigan, and Canada as well as testing lab and distributor license trends in 2020. We also speak with Colton Griffin, CEO of Flourish Software, a seed-to-sale software solution […]Email Marketing Trends for 2021 January 13, 2021Email marketing trends for 2021 across all industries (including the cannabis industry) are heavily influenced by the impact of COVID-19 throughout 2020. As more people worked from home in the past year, entire states went on lockdown, and quarantining became the new normal, communication changed – including email communication. Email inboxes became more flooded than […]Cannacurio Podcast Episode 27 with Zach Gordon of Grassi CPA January 6, 2021In the latest episode of the Cannacurio Podcast from Cannabiz Media, my co-host, Amanda Guerrero, and I discuss 2020 cannabis license leaderboards as well as license growth in 2020. We also speak with Zach Gordon, Tax Senior Manager at Grassi CPAs, an accounting and professional services company with a long history supporting clients operating in […]Top 5 Cannabis Business Resolutions for 2021 January 5, 2021We made it through 2020! Whether you’re a cannabis license holder or you operate an ancillary cannabis business, January marks the time to focus on improvements, and after the year we just went through, business resolutions are a must for 2021 – particularly branding and marketing resolutions. Why? Because 2020 taught us a lot! In […]Cannabis Technology Opportunities: What’s Coming This Decade? December 18, 2020Cannabis technology opportunities will continue to grow in the coming years with Gartner reporting that current technology trends across all industries fall under three unique themes: people centricity, location independence, and resilient delivery. In other words, technology of the future must digitize processes so people can work and interact in the current environment regardless of […]Cannabiz Media Client Spotlight – Trym December 17, 2020Trym is a cannabis business software for cultivators that provides team management, plant tracking, analytics tools, and more. As the company’s tagline explains, Trym is a cultivation software that helps take the WTF out of your ROI. Recently, Cannabiz Media spoke with Karen Mayberry, co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Trym, to learn more about […]Cannacurio: Cultivation Leaderboard (November 2020 Update) December 17, 2020We last looked at cannabis cultivation licenses in early fall and today’s post is an update on new licenses issued as well as total licenses. In September California and Oklahoma have been responsible for over 89% of the new cultivation licenses. This has dipped slightly to 87% even though California and Oklahoma issued 1,059 new […]
