The global legal marijuana market size is expected to reach US$66.3 billion by the end of 2025. Growth will be fuelled by increasing legalisation and the growing adoption of cannabis as a pharmaceutical product for treating severe medical conditions, such as cancer, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, and other neurological conditions. The US has already legalised medical marijuana in 33 states, with […]
One of the hardest tests investors face is knowing what to do when they’re significantly down – or up for that matter – on a new investment. The impulse to act on instinct to any sudden piece of news, whether clear signal or noise, is something widely acknowledged by psychologists as ‘System 1’ thinking. System 1 served our ancestors […]
Millions of people around the world regularly suffer through a terrible night’s sleep due to various medical issues such as sleep apnoea. Poor sleep is a widely acknowledged contributor to poor attention, diet and productivity – not to mention the declining sanity of its sufferers – so many companies are understandably on the lookout for the holy grail of treatments. […]
Last year was good to investors. The last decade even more so. And with markets at record highs there’s plenty of shareholders feeling pretty good about themselves — especially those that had any exposure to tech. But as we roll into a new solar orbit, it’s worth remembering the difference between process and outcome. The market demands a good deal […]
Great writers like Charles Dickens have explored the true meaning of Christmas. I will leave that to them. For my part I always seem to find a way to make Christmas at least a little about myself. And so it was last December when I allowed an eleventh hour Christmas shopping trip to be hijacked at a JB Hifi, as […]
Donor management platform provider PushPay (ASX:PPH) today announced the acquisition of Church Community Builder (CCB) in a deal worth US$87.5 million. Founded in 1999, Church Community Builder sells a Church Management System (ChMS) and has over 4,000 existing customers. The cloud based platform enables churches to more effectively engage with their community and manages a range of administrative functions. PushPay […]
The last few decades have seen a sharp and prominent rise of software companies whose business models revolve around largely upfront development and marketing costs followed by ongoing recurring revenues. They have been dubbed as software as a service (SaaS) companies and there is no doubt that this has been a buzzword in recent times, justifiable or not. Often the […]
