Do you remember your first smoking contraption? I remember mine. It was a cut up water bottle with an aluminum foil top that held herb. It was precarious and gross and probably kind of dangerous (are you supposed to ingest aluminum?) It worked for a time, I guess, and my lungs still work, so that’s a plus.
Topics: Insider, Company Info, Entrepreneurship, cannabis companies, canopy alumni, startup, cannabis tech, Cannabis consumption, Consumption Technology, PenSimple, startups
The cannabis industry is currently one of the fastest growing industries in the United States. Growing at a rate of 30% annually, BDS Analytics estimates it to be worth $22B by 2020, just 6 short years after the first state fully legalized.
Topics: Entrepreneurship, cannabis companies, cannabis business, marijuana, canopy alumni, cannabis science, cannabis investing, startup, frontier markets
There’s a story that gets told around the Canopy offices from time to time about one of our alumni’s mothers and her first trip to a dispensary. The story goes that the mom arrived in Denver, had some time to kill and so stopped into a dispensary. Mom was not an experienced cannabis user and so, of course, asked the budtender what she should get. The budtender recommended edibles. Lots of edibles. Too many edibles.
Topics: Entrepreneurship, cannabis companies, cannabis business, marijuana, canopy alumni, accelerator, startup, frontier markets
One of the things we hear around here from time to time is the appeal of the cannabis industry because it is not yet set in decades of tradition. This reality opens up opportunities to build something with the state of our world in mind. Ron Basak-Smith and James Eichner of Sana Packaging are two of the visionaries bringing a more sustainable future to this nascent industry.
Topics: Entrepreneurship, cannabis companies, cannabis business, canopy alumni, startup, sustainability
Fall is just around the corner in Colorado and, with that, the graduation of our summer accelerator class. As the teams start wrapping up their CanopyBoulder curriculum, we’ve been reflecting on what the accelerator truly adds to these businesses. How is it that teams can come into the accelerator in May with an idea and leave in August with a fully formed business model, business plan and, in many cases, follow-on investment.
Topics: Entrepreneurship, cannabis companies, canopy alumni, accelerator, startup
Cannabis is quickly becoming one of the most high-value crops in the United States. However, as more states come online, the price per pound of cannabis continues to drop. This trend is normal - just a symptom of supply and demand - but is obviously concerning for cultivators. While there’s not much a cultivator can do to change supply and demand, they can ensure a high quality product (and thus, more profits) that is both disease free and pesticide free.
Topics: Entrepreneurship, cannabis companies, cannabis business, marijuana, canopy alumni, cannabis science, front range biosciences, tissue culture
