Pride Month (June) is an opportunity to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Parades, festivals, and other events show solidarity with the community in remembrance of the Stonewall Riots that took place on June 28, 1969 — an event widely viewed as a turning point in the LGBTQ+ rights movement. A year later, the first Pride parade […]
ForceBrands co-hosted a Power Hour with FounderMade on Wednesday afternoon to discuss redesigning brands of the future. The webinar brought together trailblazing thought leaders across food, beverage, beauty, wellness, and cannabis. Josh Wand, Founder and CEO of ForceBrands, led the panel that included Benjamin Witte, Founder and CEO of Recess; Mike Messersmith, General Manager of […]
According to a research report from ArcView, the size of the global cannabis-infused edible product market is anticipated to grow by $25.27 billion from 2020 to 2025. As the market expands and consumer demand grows, there’s been an uptick in the number of cannabis companies producing classic edibles in the form of chocolates, candies, and […]
HerbForce, the specialized cannabis hiring division of ForceBrands, officially launched earlier this year, formalizing several years of work helping numerous cannabis brands navigate the uncharted waters of brand building in a new industry. Director of Client Strategy Devin Penhall works out of ForceBrands’ Los Angeles office and helps advise some of the fastest-growing cannabis companies in the country […]
Connecting more than 645 million global professionals, networking platform LinkedIn just revealed its third annual ranking of top startups. The company’s editors and data scientists leveraged data from actions generated by millions of LinkedIn members to identify emerging companies that “are growing massively, scrambling industries, shifting talent flows around the world and, often, altering how […]
As part of our ongoing Female Forces series to celebrate Women’s History Month (March), we’re highlighting some of the leading women in cannabis. Historically, women have been vastly underrepresented in leadership roles across numerous industries. According to a study conducted by Catalyst, women only comprise 4.8 percent of CEO roles in S&P 500 companies, and make up […]
The future of the wellness sector will be widely influenced by cannabis. As we gain a deeper understanding of the health properties and benefits of marijuana, more cannabis-infused wellness brands emerge as a result. We’ve rounded up four cannabis companies with humble yet noble beginnings — founded by people seeking solutions to larger health problems. […]
Ready to meet the movers, shakers, and bakers of 2018? The inaugural Cannabis 100 list, produced by Green Entrepreneur and PRØHBTD, has arrived and it’s confirmation that cannabis is the industry to watch. The industry generated an estimated $6 billion in revenue in 2017 and experts predict that number will reach $22 billion by 2022. In other words, […]
There are a lot of unknowns about the budding cannabis industry — the timeline of federal legalization; how the structure of the industry will take shape, and where the biggest opportunities for innovation lie. So what immediate trends are we seeing in cannabis? What we do know is that cannabis brands emerging in states like […]