Ganjapreneur is an independent cannabis business news site founded in 2014 by Noel Abbott and Graham Abbott. Billed as "grassroots cannabis business intelligence," it pairs daily policy and industry reporting with The Ganjapreneur Podcast, a Q&A interview series and directories for brands, dispensaries and service providers.
The newsroom was publishing daily in September 2026, including a September 22 story on a New York survey of cannabis retail wages.
A remote newsroom from Bellingham to upstate New York
Noel Abbott is co-founder and CEO, working from Bellingham, Washington. Graham Abbott runs the editorial side as editor-in-chief from rural Oregon, and journalist TG Branfalt reports and hosts the podcast from upstate New York. Katie Stevenson, director of client relations, is based in Colorado.
The site says it is made possible by its business subscribers.
Policy desk and daily business news
Coverage runs across six news categories: business news, adult use, medical cannabis, policy and legislation, hemp and CBD, and international. The policy desk tracks legalization state by state. In September 2026 it covered a Michigan candidate for governor backing repeal of the state's wholesale cannabis tax. It also reported a North Carolina poll on adult-use legalization and Alabama's position on rescheduling.
The wage story reported an average of $25.87 an hour for New York cannabis retail workers.
Deals and debuts on the business beat
The business desk has followed the companies that built the legal market's infrastructure for more than a decade. Ganjapreneur reported LeafLink's seed round led by Lerer Hippeau Ventures, its $40 million Series C and its $100 million Series D.
It also covered Leafly's plan to go public and the day its shares began trading on Nasdaq, plus Leafly's omnichannel partnership with Cova.
TG Branfalt and The Ganjapreneur Podcast
The Ganjapreneur Podcast collects nearly a decade of interviews, with Branfalt inviting cannabis stakeholders from every niche to tell their stories for active and aspiring ganjapreneurs. Recent guests include Aaron Riley on the Cannaleptic Rating in September 2025, Island Peži on tribal sovereignty and regenerative cannabis in Minnesota in November 2025, and Dr. Gil Fanciullo in April 2026.
The site also carries Highly Enlightened, a founder and executive interview show hosted by Jon Purow.
Q&A interviews with founders
Written Q&A interviews run alongside the podcast. RAW founder Josh Kesselman explained in September 2023 how the rolling papers went from niche product to global name, and Nate Ferguson of Jetty Extracts talked innovation and sustainability in October 2024.
Other conversations include Royal Queen Seeds' Shai Ramsahai in May 2025 and Alex Rogers on transatlantic cannabis policy and Schedule III in February 2026.
Directories, jobs and events
Ganjapreneur maintains directories of service providers, cannabis brands and dispensaries, with provider listings for startups, cultivation and processing equipment, retail and point-of-sale systems, operations, and marketing. A jobs board, a vocabulary resource, a press release platform and an events calendar round it out. The calendar lists MJ Unpacked in Kansas City on October 14, 2026.
A newsletter and a members-only subscriber area add tools and data beyond the daily feed.
An advocacy line on the masthead
Ganjapreneur states its positions openly. It argues that cannabis should be removed from the Controlled Substances Act, that everyone imprisoned for cannabis-related crimes should be released with records expunged, and that the industry should be ethical, sustainable and inclusive.
Official channels
Ganjapreneur publishes at ganjapreneur.com, with the show at ganjapreneur.com/podcast and updates on Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.