Cannabis & Tech Today Magazine - Volume 7 Issue 4

In this issue

Volume 7, Issue 4 brings together our Women of Influence, Finance & Investing, and MJBizCon features into a unified edition.
Our cover story with Big Mike Straumietis explores how years of scientific inquiry are transforming plant nutrition into a precise, data-informed discipline. In Media & Entertainment, Lena Waithe and Chris Ball show how storytelling, identity, and entrepreneurship meet at cannabis. In our Women of Influence section, Representative Dina Titus offers a clear view of how policy, persistence, and public voice can change the national conversation.
Throughout the issue, we examine how capital shapes opportunity: who gets funded, who scales legally, and who remains outside the gates. We look at the tools and technologies emerging to meet stricter standards and rising expectations.
Our MJBizCon coverage captures the spirit on the convention floor, covering builders, analysts, growers, and innovators confronting the real work of establishing credible, lasting businesses.
Inside This Issue:
-- Big Mike Straumietis of Advanced Nutrients How decades of research are refining cultivation and moving the industry toward disciplined, scientifically grounded plant nutrition. -- Lena Waithe and First Draft The award-winning storyteller introduces her first cannabis strain, created with Ball Family Farms, blending narrative, authenticity, and craft. -- Women of Influence 2025 Profiles of leaders shaping cannabis through policy, finance, cultivation, law, advocacy, and corporate strategy. -- MJBizCon 2025 Insights from the industry’s largest gathering: regulation, technology, investment, and the people building what comes next. -- Plus: Sustainability, compliance, extraction intelligence, seed-to-sale science, language and consumer psychology, and the shifting definition of quality.