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We work an average of 90,000 hours over the course of our lives — and that’s if we’re only working 40 hours a week. This is years and years of working nonstop. Given that we also spend many years of our lives sleeping, doing countless chores and the fact that …

Several years ago, I served as CEO of a multi-national brand. One day, I took a call at home from a member of our team. He could hear some sporadic shuffling in the background, so I explained that I happened to be doing laundry while we spoke. His response astounded …

The United States has been painstakingly slow to embrace federal cannabis reform. Despite 18 states now having legal, non-medical cannabis access, there are still Americans in jail on cannabis-related charges. According to findings from Pew Charitable Trusts, one in three of the possession-related arrests made in 2019 were for marijuana. …

We’ve all heard the saying “your network is your net worth,” and although it’s an easy concept to grasp, many still struggle with how to go about building a solid network. Nothing says ‘I appreciate your time’ more than money. One of the easiest ways I’ve personally found to gain …

In the 1890s, Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi left a lasting legacy when he sent a wireless telegraph message via Morse Code to a recipient. By the turn of the 1900s, Marconi’s innovation would give rise to an entirely new industry, one focused on creating new ways for people to communicate …

As a nerd who enjoys sports, I look forward each year to the close of the college basketball season. It is one of my favorite opportunities to talk to friends, colleagues and clients about cannabis research and the universities that conduct it. After reading this article, you may never be …

Dance music’s rising popularity over the years has increasingly drawn attention from companies and advertisers seeking to reach its fans. IMS Business reports that in 2019, dance music was the third most popular music genre with roughly 1.5 billion people listening globally. My social media market research firm, Maven Road, …

The new year brought new taxes to the cannabis community, with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration announcing a tax hike on cannabis cultivation starting on January 1, 2022. However, from my perspective as executive chancellor of Oaksterdam University, this move could have a detrimental impact on the …

Inequality is one of the biggest problems facing the creator economy. It isn’t an issue that tech platforms are going to fix. If creators and artists are going to establish a solid foundation where more individuals can make a living, they will need to take the issue into their own …

When I started working in cannabis 20 years ago, we were a scrappy group of activists, doctors, patients, growers and policy wonks all out to free the plant. The requirements for the job were a love of the plant and a history of consumption. As dispensaries started to form and …