Evan Eneman

While federal legalization of cannabis could be nearing the corner, several experts in the cannabis beverage sector told attendees at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference not to bet on it. Instead, the panel shared tips and tricks of what companies should be doing to prepare for legalization...

Adeptus Partners, a solutions-based public accounting and advisory firm, announced the official launch of its emerging markets practice. The focus will be on cannabis, hemp, psychedelics, web3, and other enablement technologies. New York-based Adeptus has built long-standing relationships with some...

By Evan Eneman, Chief Executive Officer of the MGO | ELLO Alliance, an accounting and consulting services firm for the cannabis industry. In 1999 companies such as Pets.com, eToys, UrbanFetch and Priceline shared what are now considered hallmark traits of the dotcom bubble: products sold at a loss...

By Evan Eneman, Chief Executive Officer of the MGO | ELLO Alliance, an accounting and consulting services firm focused on the cannabis industry. For years, friends and family and angel investors were the primary funding sources for cannabis ventures, as only those closest to the industry were...

Tobacco company Altria Group (NYSE: MO)'s C$2.4-billion ($1.8 billion) investment in cannabis mega player Cronos Group (NASDAQ: CRON) was completed March 8. This gives Altria a 45-percent stake in the Canadian cannabis brand; the now-finalized deal is the tobacco industry’s largest...

The last week of 2018 was a bit slower than most, but this didn't stop the news cycle completely, as Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize marijuana for medicinal and research purposes, and the Israeli Parliament passed a law allowing for medical cannabis exports. On...

As competition in the legal cannabis industry intensifies, participants are finding marketing and public relations key to staying at the front of the pack.  PR And Marijuana  Branding allows a company to communicate their identity to customers, and PR helps cannabis companies net media...

Canadians who use marijuana, work in the industry or even invest in it face a potential lifetime ban from the U.S. when trying to cross the border.  That's according to a Thursday Politico article quoting “a senior official overseeing U.S border operations,” Todd Owen, who...

Back in May, while chatting with Andy Williams, co-star of MSNBC's “The Pot Barons of Colorado” and founder and CEO of Medicine Man Denver, Medicine Man Technologies Inc (OTC: MDCL) and several other companies, Benzinga asked which were the largest challenges entrepreneurs in the...