Entrepreneurs

Brent and Barry Walkers are the two brothers behind Dub Bros, a California-based, vertically integrated cannabis company with a foothold in multiple state-legal marketplaces.

Jeremy O’Keefe is the CEO of Yobi, a streamlined software platform that addresses the unique point of sale and seed-to-sale requirements of the cannabis industry.

Former NBA player Al Harrington has launched a business incubator program to help Black entrepreneurs enter the cannabis space.

Home grow supply company Year-Round Garden is offering an all-in-one sterilization tent package after discovering a trend of essential workers using grow tent technology to sterilize clothing and accessories.

Jen Jackson is the founder and CEO of Be Jubie, a Baltimore-based CBD brand that emphasizes restoration, general wellness, and social justice.

Chris Treville is the Co-Founder of GrowEx, a high-tech cannabis cultivation company focused on improving and innovating indoor growing systems.

In honor of Women’s History Month, we asked some founding women in cannabis: “What advice do you have for women looking to make an impact in the cannabis space?” Here are their responses.

Scott Goldie is the Chief Executive Officer of Goldenseed, a vertically and horizontally integrated California cannabis company.

The World Ag Expo hosted its first-ever Hemp Innovation Challenge this year — it is one of the largest agriculture-based trade shows in the world.

Mara Gordon is the co-founder and CEO of Aunt Zelda’s, a California company renowned for a compassionate and scientific approach to the medical cannabis space.

Cresco Labs in Chicago has opened the application period for the company’s community business incubator program called SEED, or Social Equity & Education Development.

Ben Britton is the CEO and lead engineer at PurePressure, a leading rosin press developer and manufacturer based out of Denver, Colorado.

A cannabis storage device by Keep Labs won an award at this year’s CES but trade show organizers blocked the company from using the word “cannabis” in any of its exhibition materials; the company ultimately declined to exhibit its product.

Chris Hagedorn is the general manager for Hawthorne Gardening Company, a business venture that provides all the cultivation needs of a state-legal cannabis operator.

Mike Sassano is CEO and Founder of Solaris Farms, one of the largest greenhouse cannabis cultivators in Nevada.

Brad Bogus is the VP of Growth and Marketing for Confident Cannabis, a wholesale cannabis platform that connects cannabis cultivators, laboratories, and retailers.

Meg Sanders is co-founder of the Canna Provisions Group — a boutique dispensary in Lee, Massachusetts — and co-owner of the successful MiNDFUL dispensary brand in Colorado.

Cannabis industry veteran Steve DeAngelo is a world-renowned cannabis activist, author, and cofounder of Harborside, Steep Hill Labs, the Arcview Group, and the NCIA.

Morris Beegle is a hemp industry enthusiast and entrepreneur who has established a host of pro-hemp brands, including one of the largest industrial hemp networking events in the world.

A new hemp facility in Murray, Kentucky demonstrates the newly legal crop’s ability to outpace and replace oak trees as a lumber source.

Travis Howard is a Colorado-based serial entrepreneur and attorney who has worked for 10 years in the cannabis space to benefit patients and normalize the cannabis plant.