A Veteran’s Guide to Civil Disobedience When you spit into the wind, expect a wet face. When you shit where you eat, expect to be shown the door. All’s fair and whatnot. Just like when I finally opened up to my VA headshrinker, I knew it came with consequences: like the end of my career. … Keep Reading
For years, getting into the cannabis industry was a high-stakes game reserved for the well-capitalized. Entrepreneurs shelled out millions for real estate, lawyers, and license applications thick enough to stop a door. Some waited months—or years—only to be denied a license altogether. Now, the tables have turned. A new wave of cannabis businesses is hitting… Keep Reading
You can spot a real brand in the wild. It walks into a room before the founder does. You see the logo on a skateboard, a guitar case, the back of someone’s neck. That’s the test. If people wouldn’t tattoo your brand on their skin, maybe it’s not a brand. Maybe it’s just merch. Josh… Keep Reading
Senator Cory Booker walked into a cannabis conference in Washington, D.C. and went straight for the jugular. Justice, he told the room, starts with descheduling. Booker appeared at the Cannabis Capital & Policy Summit, a one-day event in the nation’s capital produced by IgniteIt in partnership with the U.S. Cannabis Roundtable. The crowd was packed… Keep Reading
A decade into legalization, cannabis companies are still locked out of tax deductions for giving back – but that hasn’t stopped them from making a difference. By Jon Marshall Businesses give back for a variety of reasons. Whether it is to help meet critical local needs, build deeper relationships with customers or raise brand awareness,… Keep Reading
We got high, legally, because we have medical cards, and walked into the Movistar Arena in Buenos Aires. Thirteen thousand people. Sold out. Phones locked away. The place, humming with expectation. When the lights went down, the room erupted. Full body laughter. The kind you feel in your ribs. Somewhere between the lights and the… Keep Reading
Lucy showed up at the Kinneman farm as a six-month-old Weimaraner mix who needed a home. She fit into the rhythm of the place the way some dogs do instinctively. Farm life is routine: gates, feed, and shadowing whoever holds the bucket. Lucy attached herself to Kurt Kinneman. Kurt eventually left Wisconsin and went west… Keep Reading
You can spot a real brand in the wild. It walks into a room before the founder does. You see the logo on a skateboard, a guitar case, the back of someone’s neck. That’s the test. If people wouldn’t tattoo your brand on their skin, maybe it’s not a brand. Maybe it’s just merch. Josh… Keep Reading
Walk into any grow room, and it is easy to be drawn to the topic of lights, systems, nutrients, or genetics. But say the word microbiome, and suddenly the conversation shifts into big words and a bit of mystery. Some growers swear by living soil, others prefer rock wool or coco. Yet if you’ve ever… Keep Reading
PuffCon dropped into downtown LA like it owned the lot. Not metaphorically. Literally. A working film studio became the backdrop for two full days of rosin, glass, beats, heat, and everything in between. The streets were fake, but the sesh was real. There were prop LAPD cruisers parked in one area, glassblowers throwing flame just… Keep Reading
