What’s in a name? For Renaissañt NYC, it’s both a play on the last name of CEO Jessica Naissant and a nod to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, which inspired the cannabis shop’s décor.
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During his time at BuzzFeed, Wyatt Harms helped launch the company’s LGBTQ platform, but watched in dismay as profits were recorded “without reinvesting into the queer community by hiring any queer folks in the vertical or investing in any queer nonprofits or anything like that,” he says.
As the vice president of sales and retail operations at The Flowery, Ilya Shmidt has both his hands full.
On the one hand, he’s continuing to build the company’s dispensary footprint in Florida, the largest medical-only market in the country, while simultaneously establishing the brand in New York, easily the fastest growing adult-use market in the nation. The two states could not be any different in terms of regulations, licensing models or political climates.
Jay Wright has lofty goals for Little Beach Harvest as a business venture, but he also believes the tribally owned cannabis company can be a cultural inspiration and a force for further destigmatizing cannabis.
As a member of the Shinnecock Nation, which owns Little Beach Harvest, Boyd says there is some added pressure of doing something for the greater…
With the legalization of adult-use cannabis in New York, Bri Delgado was able to put her background in fashion and design to work, creating the Florette brand from scratch and helping get the company’s products in more than 45 shops in the emerging Empire State market.
Ayrloom took a chance by dedicating 1 acre of its 1,000-acre apple farm to cannabis, and it’s paying off as the New York rec market grows. The company uses a state-of-the-art processing and canning facility, as well as Beak & Skiff’s expertise as a manufacturer of hard ciders and bourbon, to become one of the leading cannabis brands in New York.
Marijuana Venture recently hosted a networking call with trade group representatives from Alaska, Montana, Oregon and Washington. They outlined a number of challenges faced by…
“My involvement with a grassroots organization like NORML helped me gain insight into several perspectives on how we should approach full decriminalization and legalization, which…
After playing a key role in facilitating Curaleaf’s transition from medical to adult-use sales in Maryland, D’nise Rebelle is taking on one of the most challenging markets in the country.