Posts by Aria Biswas

Rusty Wilenkin Old Pal CEO

Serving Cannabis: Q&A with Old Pal CEO, Rusty Wilenkin

In this Q&A, the Old Pal CEO shares about his long journey with cannabis, creating a team and company around this plant, and the importance of building an inclusive community within this industry.
Read more about Rusty's journey building the Old Pal company
Cannabis Industry Leadership
Cannabis startup companies from Y Combinator including Meadow, Canix, Nabis, Flower Co, RevGenomics, California Dreamin' and more

Why Cannabis: A Digital Summit Highlighting Y Combinator Cannabis Portfolio Companies

This invite-only digital summit brought together a selection of Y Combinator cannabis startup founders and investors to showcase our unique technology and innovative solutions to streamline this emerging industry.
Hear the opening conversation with Y Combinator CEO & Partner Michael Seibel on investing in cannabis startups, plus a guest visit from Viola CEO Al Harrington
Cannabis Events and Culture
Weldon Angelos uses The Weldon Project and Mission Green to advocate for those nonviolent drug offenders incarcerated for cannabis

Q&A With Weldon Angelos: Highlighting The Weldon Project and Mission Green

This activist is using his personal experience of being incarcerated for cannabis to advocate for and secure the release of other incarcerated, nonviolent drug offenders and help rebuild their lives through reentry programs.
Learn about Weldon's efforts to help end cannabis prohibition and reform our federal criminal justice system
Cannabis Industry Leadership
How medical marijuana can help Crohn's disease

A Cannabis Patient's Guide to Crohn's Disease

Cannabis helps Crohn's patients to suppress symptoms like nausea, a cause of weight loss.
Read one patient's report about using cannabis as medicine for Crohn's Disease
Cannabis Wellness
sell more cannabis by training your dispensary staff to upsell

Sell More Cannabis: How to Boost Basket Sizes at Your Dispensary

Even when you have a busy shop or there's a line out the door, you want to ensure your team is doing everything they can to keep customers happy, ask them questions, and recommend additional products for they'll love.
Discover six tips to build a winning dispensary sales team that naturally sells more cannabis.
Cannabis Retail
A step by step guide to rolling a joint of cannabis

How to Roll a Joint: A Step by Step Guide

Rolling a joint is easy, and is a useful skill for any cannabis enthusiast. Follow these step by step instructions (with photos) and you'll soon be rolling expert joints in no time. Let's get started!
Read more to perfect your joint rolling technique
Cannabis Events and Culture
Meadowlands cannabis supply chain discussion Jerred Kiloh

Meadowlands 2018: California's Cannabis Supply Chain Panel

Representatives from across the licensed California cannabis supply chain discuss creating an open, cooperative cannabis environment and scaling the legal market.
Read more about what these operators see as the biggest hurdles for the supply chain to overcome
Cannabis Events and Culture
Isa Perez (Head of Business Development at Meadow) moderates the Update from Local Regulators Panel with Joe Devlin (Sacramento Cannabis Policy and Enforcement), Cat Packer (Los Angeles Department of Cannabis Regulation), and Nicole Elliot (San Francisco Office of Cannabis). Photo Credit: Kandid Kush.

Meadowlands 2018: Update from Local Regulators with the Cannabis Czars of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento

Top cannabis regulators from Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento came together on stage at Meadowlands to discuss regulatory hurdles and the future of California's regulated cannabis market.
Watch the video or read the recording of the transcript to learn more about what's happening with California cannabis regulations from the regulators themselves
Cannabis Events and Culture
Hall of Flowers cannabis retail sales powered by Meadow software

Hall of Flowers: Arena Booth Sales, Powered by Meadow

Meadow powered sales at large arena booths like Kiva, Flow Kana and Cookies to create a VIP experience for dispensary buyers at this event in Santa Rosa, CA.
Watch the video to go inside this unique California cannabis trade show
Cannabis Events and CultureCannabis Retail
California compassion program with Sweetleaf Collective for medical cannabis patients

Cannabis Compassion Donations in California: Q&A With Dear Cannabis;

In this Q&A, the Dear Cannabis; team explains how they've established partnerships across California's licensed cannabis supply chain to make it possible to donate compassionate cannabis to patients in need.
Read more about the importance of SB-34 and how to support compassionate cannabis programs
Cannabis Industry Leadership