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In the last few years, we have seen remarkable momentum in the cannabis industry – especially in California. However, the past several months have proven rocky for the entire US cannabis market as regulatory variables are negatively impacting major players
From Salesforce to Netflix to subscription-based toothbrushes, the Subscription Economy has substantially transformed how businesses do business. A phrase first coined by Zuora CEO Tien Tzuo, the Subscription Economy refers to a business era that put less emphasis on selling
Since its founding in 2012, global payment company Ripple has forged a position in the “internet of value” by developing a blockchain network designed to facilitate global enterprise payments. The network can utilize cryptocurrencies, such as XRP, to give banks
The cannabis industry is no doubt growing quickly, with research projecting that the global recreational cannabis market will reach over $31 billion by 2022. The CBD market, alone, is forecasted to hit $22 billion by 2022. With cannabis businesses now
The Homebrew Computer Club is a well-known group of tech enthusiasts who met on the Stanford campus to talk about schematics, programming, and computers. It’s where Steve Jobs met Steve Wozniak, and it served as a starting point for many
By all accounts, Steve Huffman, co-founder and CEO of Reddit, should be enjoying an early retirement. Having navigated the once-obscure website into internet blockbuster in 2006, Steve found himself in the midst of a multimillion-dollar acquisition deal with Condé Nast
How do you begin to describe the influence of YouTube? Possibly with some fast stats: that 300 videos are uploaded to YouTube every minute and over five billion videos are watched every single day. Maybe it’s also worth pointing out
David Heinemeier Hansson, better known as DHH, needs no introduction. He is the creator of Ruby on Rails, founder and CTO at Basecamp, and the author of two NYT bestselling books (to name just a few of his accomplishments). He’s
This article originally appeared on the Torch.io blog and was featured in BusinessInsider. It isn’t often that someone who’s built and sold a $1 billion company credits their mother for their professional success. But Justin Kan does just that when
A lot of people ask me how I choose to invest in startups. Stage? Revenue metrics? Sector? I’m not proactively funding at different stages. I’m proactively funding brilliant people trying to solve hard problems. Focusing on this simple goal of
