Posts by Aria Biswas

How cannabis dispensaries should prepare for mergers and acquisitions in California

Cannabis M&A Summit: Getting Your Info Ready & Structuring Pricing & Partnerships

Get the lay of the land of California cannabis mergers and acquisitions, from the market to shifting industry players to valuation and market differentiation
Industry education designed to help cannabis retail operators understand and prepare for mergers & acquisitions
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Joyce Cenali 
Partner & COO at Big Rock Partners and Sonoma Hills Farm, Co-Founder at  Cannabis Media Council

Alfredo Barreto
Managing Director, Investment Banking, JMP Securities LLC

Lara DeCaro 
Partner, Leland, Parachini, Steinberg, Matzger & Melnick LLP

Cassia Furman 
Partner, Vicente Sederberg LLP

Cannabis M&A Summit: Creating Deal Terms, Contracts, Equity & Licenses

Industry education and networking event designed to help cannabis retail operators understand and prepare for mergers & acquisitions
Learn more about how cannabis businesses should think about mergers and acquisitions
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Licensed cannabis sales at the 2022 San Francisco carnival event powered by Meadow and Gift of Doja by Nina Parks

Historic Cannabis Sales at San Francisco's Carnaval Street Fair

The California cannabis community came together to produce and execute this first-of-it's-kind cannabis sales and consumption event at a major street fair event.
The first cannabis garden at a street fair in the state of California happened at the 44th annual Carnaval.
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Meadow powered cannabis retail software for the Hippie Hill 420 licensed cannabis event with Sounds Bazaar

Meadow Cannabis Retail Software Powers The First Legal Sales at Hippie Hill

Golden Gate Park hosts its first ever 4/20 Hippie Hill event with onsite dispensary sales.
Learn more about this historic cannabis retail pop-up in San Francisco
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California cannabis regulation changes Department of Cannabis Control

2022 DCC Proposed Regs Comments

To help improve the industry across the supply chain, Meadow collaborated with trusted industry lawyers, trade organizations, operators and nonprofits to create collaborative public comments on the DCC proposed regulation changes.
Pull from our community-created, open-source comments below to submit your own public comments to the DCC
Cannabis Compliance
Blue Diamond cannabis delivery case study powered by Meadow and Onfleet cannabis delivery software

Cannabis Case Study: Bleu Diamond Delivery

“Implementing Onfleet and Meadow was the smartest thing I’ve ever done for my business,” says Kristina Valdez, Owner of Bleu Diamond.
Learn more how this top-rated cannabis delivery service has streamlined their operations and improved their customer experience
Cannabis Delivery
Interview with Eliza Maroney, Founder of Lucky Box Club on the Meadow cannabis POS blog

Lucky Box Club Co-Founder Eliza Maroney on Cannabis, Yoga & Her Weed Subscription Box

"The Cannabis Yogi" shares her journey launching a cannabis subscription box and hosting retreats that combine mindfulness with cannabis medicine.
Learn more about Eliza Maroney's journey into cannabis, entrepreneurship and wellness
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Sweetleaf Joe of the Sweetleaf Collective discussing compassionate cannabis at Meadowlands

Celebrating Sweetleaf Collective: Saving Lives, Together

Sweetleaf Joe speaks to the importance of compassionate cannabis, working with Meadow, and the evolution of the cannabis industry.
Read more about the progress of this charity organization and how you can support them in providing free medical cannabis to patients in need
Cannabis Delivery
Social equity license holder Whitney Beatty in front of her new dispensary, Josephine and Billie's, in Los Angeles

CEO Whitney Beatty on Launching Josephine & Billie's

Whitney Beatty shares her experience as the CEO of Josephine & Billie's, the first dispensary in the country to focus on women of color.
Whitney shares her story of navigating the many hurdles of Los Angeles's social equity program to open her new dispensary
Cannabis Retail
Cannabis retail tax compliance requires cannabis CPAs who understand the regulatory requirements for dispnesaries

2022 Tax Season: Cannabis CPAs Share What California Dispensaries Should Look Out For

In this webinar with cannabis CPAs Patrick Finnegan and Peter DeGregori, review common tax liability issues with cannabis retail operations, 280-E planning, and steps to take to avoid compliance and accounting problems.
Watch the recording or read the transcript to ensure your cannabis dispensary is ready for tax day
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