Apr 22, 2024 | Cannabis, Women
According to a Marijuana Business Daily study done in 2017, 81% of all cannabis business owners were white. This percentage starkly contrasted the 4.3 percent of Black entrepreneurs in the industry. Considering the number of Black people who have been killed and...
Oct 9, 2023 | Cannabis, Leadership
A Philly guy by way of Florida is stepping up to lead a local large player in cannabis, as the industry works to make its ownership and executive leadership more diverse. Gibran Washington, 39, has been named the new CEO of Ethos, a vertically integrated,...
May 1, 2023 | Cannabis, Equity
Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Monday announced the launch of a new state-funded loan program for cannabis social equity businesses. The new program is designed to provide financing to licensed social equity cannabis businesses, which typically face...
Apr 24, 2023 | Cannabis, Women
The origin story of how marijuana became associated with April 20th supposedly dates back to a group of high schoolers who called themselves “the Waldos.” One group member began hanging out with the Grateful Dead, then 4/20, a numerical code for...
Apr 17, 2023 | Cannabis, Entrepreneurship, Women
This businesswoman believes that for African Americans to be respected, there has to be financial stability and generational wealth throughout the community. Black entrepreneur Aja Allen is living her best life after deciding to open the doors to her own...
Jan 30, 2023 | Business, Cannabis
Black CannaBusiness (BCB) and Parallel’s Goodblend are continuing their successful collaboration on a national education series aimed at CEOs of color in the cannabis industry. The Black Cannabusiness CEO Intensive Program (CEO Intensive) is a free, executive...
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