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Listen to our interview with Best in Grow founders, Jake Levin and Andrew Duffy. And, if you’re not so into listening, we’ve outlined it for you so you can get the main points without a long attention span.

Topics: Entrepreneurship, cannabis companies, cannabis business, marijuana, canopy alumni, startup, cannabis tech, startups, Best in Grow, software, alumni spotlight, workforce management

Topics: Company Info, Entrepreneurship, cannabis companies, cannabis business, marijuana, canopy alumni, cannabis tech, startups, business intelligence, cannabis data, data

Topics: Investing, cannabis investing, accelerator, startups, investors

There’s a joke we hear around the cannabis industry these days that cultivators, retailers, extraction professionals, etc. aren’t actually in the business of producing and selling cannabis - instead they’re in the business of compliance.

Topics: cannabis companies, cannabis business, startup, frontier markets, compliance

This month, we're changing things up a bit and making it easier than ever for you to get caught up with our alumni. Instead of writing a long blog that requires you read (who even reads anymore?), our Managing Director, Patrick Rea, sat down with deepgreen CEO, Colin Ferrian, to talk not only about the company and being an entrepreneur but about tech in cannabis and general agriculture as a whole.

Topics: Company Info, Entrepreneurship, cannabis companies, agtech, marijuana, accelerator, frontier markets, cannabis tech, startups, deepgreen

When cannabis was legalized in Colorado and Washington in the 2012 election, it was hard to imagine the industry that would develop in the six short years since. Where there once were vague signs for hard to find dispensaries that made you feel like you were still up to no good now stand state of the art, modern and sophisticated retail fronts. But when legalization finally came down, it was hard to imagine all of that. The year between the passing of amendment 64 and the first adult-use sales in January 2014 was a weird year. With so much anticipation and press coverage, legalization proponents were a little worried about how all the hype would roll out. Would people understand and respect the laws? Would tourists understand how to consume cannabis responsibly? Would this be a failed experiment?

Topics: Entrepreneurship, cannabis companies, canopy alumni, accelerator, startup, startups, potguide