The number in your head and the number you actually need are not the same number. That gap is where most cannabis businesses break.
Joe Lustberg has financed operators across the country for years and watched that gap sw...

Joe Lustberg: What Cannabis Lenders See That Operators Miss

For the last 18–24 months, reported cannabis growth told an incomplete story.Demand did not plateau.It was fragmented — between hemp channels, illicit markets, and regulated operators.Now, with the Farm Bill loophole clo...

Hidden Growth Unmasked: Rescheduling, the Farm Bill & What Comes Next ft Trent Woloveck

What’s the real goal of a legal cannabis market?If it’s to replace the illicit market, create safe access, and drive tax revenue—then why is California, the world’s 4th largest economy, failing while Michigan is thriving...

Keep Your Eye on Ohio: Why California’s Failures Are Michigan’s Success, and the Global Cannabis Landscape ft. Hirsh Jain

Debt is coming due — and we’re approaching a point of no return.At this stage, it’s not if there will be fallout — it’s who survives it.The surface-level view of the cannabis industry hides deep financial issues that onl...

The Cannabis Titanic: The Reset Ahead, Matt Karnes on What the Numbers Say

Prohibition is dead — and Texas just proved it.The recent SB3 vote signaled the start of something much bigger.While hemp and cannabis operate in very different styles, both are ultimately pushing toward the same goal: a...

Trump, Texas SB3 & the Rescheduling Timeline: Jim Higdon on What Comes Next

What is Bank Secrecy, and why are cash-heavy businesses like cannabis dispensaries, casinos, and laundromats treated the same?Did regulators understand that they forced cannabis businesses were once forced into "criminal...

Taxation & 280E