As the final counts are being completed in the Presidential election, one thing is certain. Montana, Arizona, New Jersey and South Dakota have become the latest US states to legalize adult use of cannabis. New Jersey, in particular, is of interest to my home state...
In a very big pre-Election Day surprise, the Securities and Exchange Commission today took a few significant steps to enhance access to capital for smaller companies, with the stated intention to "harmonize, simplify, and improve the multilayer and overly complex exempt offering framework." The new...
After years of endless discussion, the Securities and Exchange Commission just announced an expansion of the definition of "accredited investor" under SEC rules and Regulation D in particular. Many companies, both public and private, who seek private investments limit their offering to accrediteds primarily because...
Originally pioneered in the 1990s, special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, have gone in and out of Wall Street favor since. Currently enjoying a renaissance, SPACs are public companies that raise money then seek a private business that wishes to go public and access the...
An Israeli peer-reviewed study, just published in the European Journal of Internal Medicine, reports that pain and nausea of cancer patients can be lessened through the use of medical cannabis. The study included thousands of cancer patients using medical cannabis between 2015 and 2017. Over...
We have just launched a YouTube channel called The Entrepreneur's Advocate, featuring short videos covering topics of interest to entrepreneurs at all stages of development, bringing the best tips and latest news to today's entrepreneur. Featuring your humble blogger, the series offers essential "how-to"s in concise...