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Cannapreneur Partners Announces the Release of “The Cannabis Investor’s Handbook”
(Westborough, MA) Cannapreneur Partners is proud to announce the release of Co-CEO Michael Scott’s FREE ebook, “The Cannabis Investor’s Handbook,” The Concise Guide to Creating Wealth & Avoiding Common Mistakes”. After raising $35-40+ million dollars in a short time, which...
Cannabis Investments Interview with Family Office Club
Michael Scott – CHAIRMAN, CEO AND FOUNDER – Michael Scott is an entrepreneur, family man, and martial artist with a passion for life. Michael’s core values are Family, Integrity, Helping Others, Leadership, Loyalty. During Michael’s two-decade career in Wealth Management,...
LISTEN: THE COMPASSIONATE CAPITALIST PODCAST FEATURING CANNAPRENEUR PARTNERS
Always nice to talk to fellow private capital investors in the cannabis space. When that investor is Karen Rands, known to her listeners of “The Compassionate Capitalist” podcast and streaming radio show, then the discussion tends to be dynamic, full...
WAITING ROOM: CCC WANTS TO CUT LICENSE APPLICATION WAIT TIME BY HALF IN 2021 FOR ENTREPRENEURS
For those cannabis entrepreneurs wishing that the lengthly licensing process and long wait times to hear from the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission on their applications would find a remedy, a small one may be on the horizon regarding wait times...
SALES TRACKER: COLORADO SELLS LANDMARK $1.75B IN CANNABIS LAST YEAR, MA $420M MARKET ON THE RISE
It’s raining cannabis sales in Colorado, which saw record cannabis sales in 2019, and serves as an indicator of where the legal Massachusetts market is headed. From Merry Jane: “According to the Colorado Department of Revenue’s Marijuana Enforcement Division, sales...
TREND WATCHING: DEBT FUNDING ON THE RISE FOR MULTISTATE OPERATORS SEEKING FINANCING
Keeping an eye on the legal cannabis market in terms of where capital is coming from for cannabis operators requires a constant eye on things. Not too long ago, sale-leaseback financing opportunities was in the spotlight, as recent moves and...
CANNAPRENEUR PARTNERS SPEAKS AT KAHNER GLOBAL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE, MEETS NBA STAR TURNED CANNABIS ENTREPRENEUR
Kahner Global held their February 11 event in Florida this week, The Cannabis Private Investment Summit, and Cannapreneur Partners was asked to speak to industry experts, entrepreneurs, and investors on critical topics that investors should consider. Kahner Global specializes in...
THE MONEY SHOW ORLANDO: CANNABIS INVESTING PRESENTATIONS WITH CEO MICHAEL SCOTT AND VALUEPLAYS
Are you headed to The Money Show in Orlando, from 2/6-2/8? If you are, then be sure to check out the presentations Cannapreneuer Partners will be leading to the assembled attendees: How High? Cannabis 10x and Beyond and Cannabis:...
NEWS OF THE NORTH: NEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVES BILL FOR ADULT USE CANNABIS
It doesn’t take a deep dive into the data and statistics of things like the rise of the infused cannabis beverage market, or the national cannabis reform conversation at large to see that change is coming. And when you’re a...
FEDERAL CANNABIS REFORM 2020: PROGRESS EXPECTED, HURDLES REMAIN
No matter how much progress the legal cannabis industry is making across the board, especially as it pertains to the opportunities for private capital investors entering the space on the promise of extremely attractive returns, the matter on the mind...
A POUR-A-TUNITY: CANNABIS INFUSED BEVERAGES BIG GROWTH AREA OF CANNABIS INDUSTRY
Big alcohol should be worried from the encroaching rise of cannabis infused beverages. Not only have beer sales hit a wall in states with legalized cannabis, with industry analysts citing the surge of legal cannabis products being at the center...
INFORMED INVESTING: THE CANNABIS DEBT WAVE IS COMING
The rise in popularity of cannabis industry sale-leaseback financing deals may be what’s on investors and operators tongues right now, but that by no means one should forget about broader topic of traditional capital sourcing for entrepreneurs, and how important...
REPORT: GLOBAL CANNABIS SALES GROW 48% TO $15 BILLION IN 2019
A new report cannabis sales from industry stalwart Arcview Market Research, whose flagship annual report, The State of Legal Marijuana Markets, has become the industry standard for market analysis and data in the legal cannabis sector, cites big sales and...
SALES TRACKING: ILLINOIS LEGAL CANNABIS SALES IN FIRST 12 DAYS UNDERSCORES INVESTOR ROI IN ROBUST MARKETS
If private placement investing in cannabis is appealing, or as an investor you need another reason to look at 2020 as the year to step into the blossoming legal cannabis market, look simply to the midwest. Because in short time...
TREND WATCHING: MARIJUANA SALE-LEASEBACKS FINANCING DEALS GROW IN POPULARITY
2020 may, as a recent segment on CNBC proclaimed, be the year to invest in legal cannabis as a private capital investor or investor syndicate. A recent piece from Marijuana Business Daily sheds a little light on the ways large...
REPORT: NEW STUDY SHOWS LEGAL CANNABIS BUSINESSES REFUSE UNDERAGE SALES (AS THEY SHOULD)
A new study has provided new data on an old query. Of the common cries opposition groups and outright prohibitionists utter when discussing the legalization of cannabis – for medical cannabis but especially for recreational adult-use legalization at the state...
VIDEO: CNBC SEGMENT “2020 BEST YEAR TO INVEST IN CANNABIS”
2020 is off to the races, and if you listen to the experts it’s going to be a banner year for investors looking to invest in legal cannabis, particularly with regards to private placement investing. Speaking with the “Power...
VIDEO: CANNAPRENEUR PARTNERS PART OF SENSI XCHANGE INDUSTRY CO-CREATION SUMMIT AT MJBIZCON 2019
Cannpreneur Partners was proud to be invited to join the first Sensi Xchange Inaugural Industry Co-Creation Summit during MJBizCon 2019 in Las Vegas. The gathering was orchestrated by Sensi and the XChange Group Genius approach used by titans of industry...
CANNAPRENEUR PARTNERS APPOINTS think2perform PRESIDENT CHUCK WACHENDORFER TO EXECUTIVE BOARD
Cannapreneur Partners, the Westborough, Mass-based holding company finding the cannabis world’s 1% outlier entrepreneurs and industry investment opportunities, today announced the appointment of Chuck Wachendorfer, partner and President of think2perform, to Cannapreneur Partners executive board of directors. Cannapreneur Partners CEO...
THE ROUND UP: MA ADULT-USE CANNABIS INDUSTRY CELEBRATES ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
It’s been a full year since the MA adult-use cannabis industry got off the ground, and there’s been no shortage of stories and updates on where the local industry is, where it’s been, and where it’s going. Sure we’re still...
CRUCIAL CONGRESSIONAL VOTE ON FEDERAL CANNABIS LEGALIZATION TO HAPPEN THIS WEEK
Looks like it’s going to be a busy week for cannabis news now that legislation introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) federal cannabis legalization will be voted on this Wednesday, an announcement confirmed Monday morning. Nadler’s Marijuana...
VAPE BAN UPDATE: CCC TO SET NEW REGULATIONS FOR ADULT-USE AND MEDICAL CANNABIS VAPING PRODUCTS
While we’ll have to wait on whether or not the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) will address the recent ruling undoing Gov. Charlie Baker’s vape ban on medical cannabis vaping products, the recent news from the controversial “vape ban” in...
PODCAST: A PROFITS-WITH-PURPOSE CANNABIS INVESTING APPROACH WITH CANNAPRENEUR PARTNERS
When it comes to cannabis investing, especially private capital placement, understanding your value system goes a long way for successful decision making. Which is why this 30-minute podcast with Cannapreneur Partners CEO Michael Scott, is a great way to understand...
CEO MICHAEL SCOTT TALKS CANNABIS ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT CANNABIS ADVANCEMENT SERIES IN DARTMOUTH
The organizers of the Cannabis Advancement Series (CAS) met at UMass Dartmouth for an inspired Saturday of panels and community discussion looking at inclusion and innovation in cannabis entrepreneurship at the end of October. The event featured great speeches and...
NATURE’S REMEDY OPENS IN MILLBURY AS STATE’S 28TH LEGAL CANNABIS SHOP
It’s hard not to beam with pride when one of your investment projects fully transitions from an idea to the state’s 28th legal cannabis retail store, and now that Nature’s Remedy, one of Cannapreneur Partners portfolio investment projects in legal...
FIRST CANNABIS EDUCATION CENTER IN MASS COMING TO HOLYOKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Holyoke Community College officials announced they are opening the first cannabis education center in the state and will teach the first class in November. We know because we were there last night, speaking on the panel discussion next to local...
Q+A: CANNABIS ADVANCEMENT SERIES PARTNERS ON WHAT THEY DO
Cannpreneur Partners ongoing series of events, aimed at presenting accredited investors with the top cannabis investment opportunities for private capital placement, continues this week in Boston’s seaport area. We caught up with our partners, the founders of Cannabis Advancement Series...
CANNABIS INVESTING: CRYPTOCURRENCY OR CANNABIS?
Cannabis investing or cryptocurrency investing. There’s a lot of talk about both. Sometimes in harmony. Sometimes as an either/or. This is more about the latter. The crew at Green Entrepreneur have a good run down worth a look. Here’s some...
FED SPONSORED STUDY DEBUNKS BORDER STATES MYTHS ABOUT CANNABIS LEGALIZATION
“Will cannabis legalization increase arrests in border states without legalized cannabis as it relates to transportation and/or trafficking offenses?” Maybe you’ve asked that. Maybe you haven’t. Maybe you just did. And if so there’s a fresh study out, funded and...
GOT 2 MINUTES? CURIOUS ABOUT CANNABIS INVESTMENTS? US? WATCH THIS.
We speak to a lot of cannabis operators and entrepreneurs and accredited investors looking to place private capital in the local and national legal cannabis industry. Which means we inevitably hear: “What is it that you guys do, exactly?” To...
WHAT ACCREDITED INVESTORS INTERESTED IN CANNABIS INVESTMENTS CAN EXPECT AT OUR 10/16 EVENT
ACCREDITED INVESTORS… MEET MICHAEL SCOTT CEO AND CO-FOUNDER Michael Scott will be breaking down Cannapreneur Partners fundraise, examples of the incredible investment opportunities both in CP’s pipeline for capital placement, as well as broader opportunities in the legal cannabis market. ...
SAFE BANKING ACT FOR CANNABIS PASSES IN HOUSE, SENATE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW
From the SAFE Banking Act, to delivery, to upcoming cannabis investment events – it’s been a big week for legal weed. First, on Tuesday, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission paved the way for both social consumption cafes to be green...
MARTHA STEWART, CANNABIS INVESTMENTS, AND MASSIVE OPPORTUNITIES
If you need a concrete example of the mainstreaming of cannabis – and the sheer possibilities for investors looking to find the right cannabis investments in the emerging legal market – it’s safe to say you’d be hard pressed to...
THE LONG READ: MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR ISSUES VAPE SALES BAN THROUGH 2019
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signs order amounting to a vape sales ban on all products – nicotine and THC/CBD alike – across the Commonwealth for the next four months. By now, you’ve probably caught wind of the above news, made...
CCC COMMISSIONER: LACK OF CAPITAL KEY BARRIER FOR SOCIAL EQUITY ENTREPRENEURS
Capital. For cannabis entrepreneurs, everyone’s looking for it, everyone needs more of it, and for the smart investors already in the game, it’s theirs to lose given how much opportunity there currently is in the local market. And for social...
TODAY IN BRANDING: TALKING JOINTS MEMO REBRANDS FOR LOCAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY GAIN
When Talking Joints Memo (TJM) launched in Boston, founding editor and publisher Chris Faraone knew there was a distinct niche in the local cannabis landscape that wasn’t being addressed. Before that, for the most part, cannabis content covering everything from...
YEAH SCIENCE: PRIVATE CAPITAL PLACEMENT EDUCATION VIA THREE-MINUTE VIDEO ON ENDOCANABINOID SYSTEM
Why, as a firm focused on private capital placement in the cannabis industry, are we showing you this gorgeous and informative three minute video explaining cannabis and the endocannabinoid system? One produced by Fundación CANNA, a non-profit arm of multinational...
SAFE BANKING ACT TO PASS “PROBABLY NO LATER THAN OCTOBER” SAYS ABA CEO
The SAFE Banking Act is coming. Yes, the long simmering Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, which would allow banks to offer traditional financial services to state-legal cannabis businesses, will pass by next month as per the head of...
GRONK SEES THE CBD LIGHT: GRONKOWSKI FOCUSING ON CBD COMPANY (AND CANNAPRENEUR EVENT PARTNER) POST GRIDIRON
Big congrats to three-time Superbowl champion and New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski. First, he held a press conference that went well. Never know which way those are going to go with ol’ Gronk. Second, the battered grappler from the...
DEA RESPONDS TO FED COURT ORDER, ANNOUNCES STEPS TO IMPROVE CANNABIS RESEARCH ACCESS
It would appear the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) likes to really stretch out a court order. Because a month ago, a federal court order was issued putting the agency against the ropes on the matter of why it was dragging...
CANNAPRENEUR PARTNERS APPOINTS CHAIRMAN AND CO-FOUNDER MICHAEL SCOTT AS CEO
Scott’s appointment comes after former CEO’s decision to focus on traditional financial services. [Westborough, MA, August 12, 2019] — Cannapreneur Partners, the Westborough, Mass-based holding company finding the cannabis world’s 1% outlier entrepreneurs and industry investment opportunities currently in the...
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: ABACUS HEALTH PRODUCTS
Abacus Health Products (OTCQX: ABAHF) is a publicly-traded company engaged in “the development and commercialization of over-the counter (OTC) topical medications which contain organic and natural ingredients, including a cannabinoid-rich hemp extract containing CBD from the Cannabis sativa L plant.”...
CANNAPRENEUR PARTNERS APPOINTS FORMER AMERICAN EXPRESS SENIOR MANAGER DOUG LENNICK TO EXECUTIVE BOARD
Thought leader and author Doug Lennick to bring operational strategy and trademark legendary leadership which previously led an organization of 17,000 to great success. [Westborough, MA, August 5, 2019] — Cannapreneur Partners, the Westborough, Mass-based holding company finding the cannabis...
PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE V: CANNABIS PRODUCTS WE TRIED IN CALIFORNIA LAST WEEK
With a packed schedule between NCIA CannaVest in San Jose, and the Family Office Club’s Private Investor Summit and Cannabis Drinks Expo in San Francisco, the team assembled at three conferences in two different cities in California last week and...
PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE IV: CANNABIS PRODUCTS WE TRIED IN CALIFORNIA LAST WEEK
With a packed schedule between NCIA CannaVest in San Jose, and the Family Office Club’s Private Investor Summit and Cannabis Drinks Expo in San Francisco, the team assembled at three conferences in two different cities in California last week and...
PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE III: CANNABIS PRODUCTS WE TRIED IN CALIFORNIA LAST WEEK
With a packed schedule between NCIA CannaVest in San Jose, and the Family Office Club’s Private Investor Summit and Cannabis Drinks Expo in San Francisco, the team assembled at three conferences in two different cities in California last week and...
PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE II: CANNABIS PRODUCTS WE TRIED IN CALIFORNIA LAST WEEK
With a packed schedule between NCIA CannaVest in San Jose, and the Family Office Club’s Private Investor Summit and Cannabis Drinks Expo in San Francisco, the team assembled at three conferences in two different cities in California last week and...
PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE: CANNABIS PRODUCTS WE TRIED IN CALIFORNIA LAST WEEK
With a packed schedule between NCIA CannaVest in San Jose, and the Family Office Club’s Private Investor Summit and Cannabis Drinks Expo in San Francisco, the team assembled at three conferences in two different cities in California last week and...
DAVID TRAN OF DOPE MEDIA/HIGH TIMES AT NCIA CANNA BIZ EXPO SAN JOSE
David Tran, founder of DOPE Media which was acquired by High Times in 2018, is about as visible a presence on the national and international cannabis speaker lecture circuit as you can be. The stylish thought leader was on hand...
OH, CANADA!: CANNAPRENEUR CEO MICHAEL SCOTT TO SPEAK AT MJBIZCON INT’L
Canada. It’s up there. It’s also home to Toronto, which, as it happens, this September 4-6 the cannabis world will gather, and we’re happy to announce that Cannapreneur Partners Founder and CEO Michael Scott will be speaking at the lauded...
EQUITY OASIS: BOSTON’S FIRST REC CANNABIS SHOP GETS GREEN LIGHT TO OPEN
Pure Oasis, the first recreational store for the city of Boston has been given the OK by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission on Wednesday. Naomi Martin of the Boston Globe reported: “Boston inched closer Wednesday to having its first recreational...
MEET THE FIRST DRIVERLESS CAR FOR HYDROPONIC CANNABIS HOME GROWS
Home grows have come a long way in the technology department in recent years. Makes sense. After all, recent data shows that cannabis use by adults has risen 50% in ten years. And with more and more states coming online...
DIALED IN: CANNAPRENEUR ON PRO CANNABIS MEDIA’S CANNABIS NEWS CALL-IN SHOW
For seasoned sports hounds in the Commonwealth, the face of regional Emmy award-winning broadcaster Jimmy Young is a familiar one indeed. As a sports media producer with over four decades in the field under his belt, Young is best known...
HITTING THE LINKS: TWO CANNABIS INDUSTRY HEADLINES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
Clash of the idea titans on capital hill about strategy during congressional hearing on ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition The Rundown: The question of “if” federal prohibition will be reversed is moving more and more into the “when” formulation. And it...
TRUST FALLOUT: CANNTRUST FIASCO CATCH-UP SESSION
Lessons. They come fast and hard in the legal cannabis space. And more often than not, the bigger the lesson the more costly the experience. You’d be hard pressed to find a better example than the headaches Canada’s CannTrust Holdings,...
WHAT DOES THE MASSACHUSETTS CANNABIS INDUSTRY NEED? MONEY. NOW.
State House News Forum panel discussion on social equity in the Bay State cannabis industry focused on pressing need for capital and private investment for entrepreneurial success in the Commonwealth. The question of whether or not Massachusetts can create a...
CANNAPRENEUR PARTNERS FEATURED DURING NECN/NBC’S BROADCAST ON CANNABIS INVESTING SEGMENT
During the NECN broadcast, both Scott and Lake discussed risk assessment in cannabis opportunities, the state’s social equity program, as well as the importance of teams mixing deep financial services backgrounds with robust local and national cannabis industry expertise, ultimately creating sustainable successful track records of sophisticated investing.