by Richard T | Oct 5, 2017 | News, News-Entrepreneur
Last month, the Ontario government released its proposed framework for distributing marijuana in Ontario, once marijuana is legalized. Rather than legitimize illegal private storefront dispensaries, which have proliferated in Toronto over the past two years, Queen’s...
by Richard T | Sep 5, 2017 | News-Entrepreneur
“It’s a boom town,” says entrepreneur Richard Huang, describing the legal cannabis industry, “but it’s not a gold rush, where just any fool can strike it big.” As co-founder of the vaporizer company Cloudious9, Huang has picked out his niche, putting time...
by Richard T | Jul 26, 2017 | News-Entrepreneur
At last week’s Arcview Group investor meeting in Toronto, mobile payments platform Tokken narrowly edged out Province Brands and Bloom Automation in the organization’s closest pitch contest to date. Lamine Zarrad, CEO and founder, shared Tokken’s story on the stage...
by Richard T | Jan 17, 2017 | News-Entrepreneur
TORONTO, ON–(Marketwired – January 17, 2017) – Tokyo Smoke, a premium cannabis-oriented lifestyle brand, has become the first Canadian cannabis consumer brand to raise capital, and oversubscribed on its first round of fundraising. Strong investment...
by Richard T | Dec 19, 2016 | News-Entrepreneur
Outside a Sonoma County Fairgrounds exhibition hall last weekend, hordes of happy pot lovers walked around the Emerald Cup harvest festival, already stoned or about to be. Inside the hall, a panel of entirely sober government officials discussed the ramifications of...
by Richard T | Oct 9, 2016 | News-Entrepreneur
Special Report: The behemoths of Denver’s marijuana...