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ICBC Barcelona to Give 20K to European Cannabis Company

Written by Anthony Johnson on December 4, 2018. Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Barcelona.

The International Cannabis Business Conference has already established itself as the premier global industry event in just four short years with conferences from North America’s West Coast to the heart of the European Union. The ICBC is taking its networking and informational conference to another...

British Columbia Nets Nearly 22,000 Cannabis Sales in Week One

Written by Anthony Johnson on October 25, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco, ICBC Vancouver.

British Columbia, Canada, is one of the international hotbeds for cannabis, with a long history of being a pioneer for progressive cannabis policies. Last Year’s International Cannabis Business Conference in Vancouver, B.C., has rivaled Berlin as the biggest ICBC event since the conferences...

Canada’s Wine Country Turning Towards Cannabis

Written by Anthony Johnson on October 16, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC San Francisco, ICBC Vancouver.

Cannabis legalization officially begins tomorrow in Canada on October 17th, but the economic impacts are already being felt across the nation. Cannabis commerce is expected to grow rather rapidly with shortages expected at first as beginning supply levels are unlikely to keep up with demand. With...

Canopy Growth: Not the Amazon or Google of Cannabis…Yet

Written by Anthony Johnson on August 31, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland.

As the cannabis industry has gone more mainstream, there have been numerous headlines about who will be the “Starbucks” or “Wal-Mart” or “Costco” or “Amazon” of cannabis. The biggest player in Canada, and internationally, Canopy Growth, isn’t the...

Put Your Company on the Main Stage at the ICBC Portland!

Written by Anthony Johnson on August 28, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland.

There are already some great applicants for the first Mom and Pop Pitch Event at the International Cannabis Business Conference in Portland this September 28th, but there is still time to put your company on the main stage at the ICBC, in front of a room of potential investors, partners, vendors,...

Canadian Cannabis Accelerator to Invest $1.5 Million in Startups

Written by Anthony Johnson on August 23, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, ICBC Vancouver.

Overall, the legal cannabis industry is booming with record revenue levels across the board, even with a few hiccups (ahem, California) along the way. However, the super competitive marijuana market and rampant overregulation (that will hopefully lessen over time) mandates the need for capital to...

Alcohol Giant Invests Billions More in Cannabis

Written by Anthony Johnson on August 15, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland.

It’s no secret that alcohol companies are moving into the cannabis industry, and no business has made a bigger move then Constellation Brands, the parent company of both Corona beer and Robert Mondavi wine. Constellation was already a big player when it purchased just under 10% of Canadian...

ICBC to Award Mom-and-Pop Cannabis Business $10,000!

Written by Anthony Johnson on August 9, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Portland, ICBC Vancouver.

The International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) made its debut in Portland four years ago, just before Oregon became the third state to pass an adult-use legalization law. There was no way that any of us involved with producing the conference could predict the rapid growth of the marijuana market...

Congratulations Million-Dollar Pitch Winner, Bella Vista Cannabis!

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 27, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Social.

Negotiations are still underway as Bella Vista Cannabis has the potential to receive up to $1 million dollars in funding from Canopy Rivers, in collaboration with Canadian cannabis and hemp producer Canopy Growth. Bella Vista Cannabis founder Mike Mathews made his pitch to four “Micro Cannabis,...

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