Cristina Aranguiz is the woman behind Cannabis & Glass and the Iowa Cannabis Co., two thriving canna-businesses she’s grown from the ground up.
Cannabis Industry
She Runs the First Woman-Owned Dispensary in New York. She’s the Exception
Extasy James’ Good Grades is a marker of progress amid the lasting impacts of the war on drugs. But fewer women and people of color are opening shops.
Creating Space for a Forgotten Group of Cannabis Founders
The Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association aims to connect and educate entrepreneurs working in a space – and country – that isn’t helping them.
Cannabis: An Industry of Promise – and Problems – for Women and Minorities
What does the future look like for this growing space’s most marginalized players as legality spreads and the pandemic persists?
A Nurse Launches a CBD Startup, Despite the Pandemic and Being a ‘Super-Minority’
Katrina Thompkins opened her e-commerce store, K’dara CBD, just as the coronavirus crisis was starting to take hold in the U.S.
Meet the Cannabis Queens: 9 Women in Weed You Need to Know
We’ve rounded up a batch of enterprising women cannabis entrepreneurs to keep your business eye on.
Lifting Up Women Cannabis Entrepreneurs? Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan For That
The Massachusetts senator and Democratic presidential hopeful unveiled a plan to federally legalize cannabis. Among the beneficiaries? Women and minority cannabis entrepreneurs.
Megan Rapinoe Joins Sister’s Cannabis Startup
The world-class soccer player says there is stigma surrounding the use of CBD and cannabis by athletes.
Women Are Getting Shut Out of the $12.2 Billion Cannabis Industry. Here’s Why
The cannabis industry is growing at a breakneck pace. But women entrepreneurs say they’re facing troubling — and familiar — obstacles.
A Budding Business
The fast-growing, controversial cannabis industry is said to be a supportive haven for female entrepreneurs. Intrigued, we took a closer look.