Namaste Technologies Bringing Telemedicine for Medicinal Marijuana to Canada
Namaste Technologies is rolling out a telemedicine portal to connect doctors to medical marijuana patients virtually. The company's co-founder and CEO Sean Dollinger explains how they are bringing this technology to the Canadian market.
"NamasteMD is the first application allowed by the app store for telemedicine in Canada ever for cannabis," said Dollinger. He explains his hope for Namaste Technologies to become a global leader in cannabis by leveraging its technology for partners in the market.
The company is projecting $30 million in revenue for this year.
Namaste Technologies launched in 2014 as a hardware company producing vaporizers. "It allowed us to develop a platform that collected a database and customers around the world," said Dollinger.
Maja Vujinovic, managing director of investment and advisory firm OGroup LLC, spoke to Cheddar about factors impacting the price of a Bitcoin. She attributed some of the drop-offs in the cryptocurrency's value to inflation and expects the space to continue being volatile. Vujinovic also stated that Bitcoin is here stay and will continue to expand, opening the door for legislators to establish regulation around cryptocurrencies.
Chris Johnson, CEO of Johnson Research Group, breaks down how the Feds decision impacts economic growth and highlights certain sectors within tech that offer a hedge on inflation.
Sandy Villere, Portfolio Manager, Villere Balanced Fund breaks down the major risks to the market and highlights sectors showing growth despite COVID-19 headwinds.
Stock closed at record highs on the first day of trading in 2022, kicking the new year off on a strong note. Tommy Mancuso, president and co-founder of the The Bad Investment Company, joined Cheddar to discuss his optimism for the year ahead, as well as the significance of Apple hitting the $3 trillion market cap mark.
For the eleventh straight day, airlines have canceled more than 1,000 flights as a response to staff shortages linked to COVID-19 and inclement weather. This is the longest stretch of mass cancellations since the onset of the pandemic.
One day ahead of the nationwide jobs report for the month of December, Milton Ezrati, Chief Economist at Vested spoke to Cheddar News about what to expect, and why ADP’s December estimates are already pointing in the right direction.
