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Tech Competitions Hate Marijuana Tech Companies and this Creates Opportunity

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 01/18/2016 - 08:45

There was a lot of discomfort surrounding one of the largest and most highly anticipated events at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last week, the Extreme Tech Challenge. The reason for this discomfort stemmed from a cannabis related technology company’s participation in the Extreme Tech Challenge.

Although many technology companies say they are the most progressive in the country; when it comes to cannabis, they are not. Such companies actually operate under the most regressive policies when it comes to cannabis.

Negative Bias is Nothing New for Cannabis Related Tech Companies

This negative bias is nothing new for MassRoots Inc. (MSRT) which was one of the top 10 finalists at the Extreme Tech Challenge. In May 2015, MSRT presented at TechCrunch’s Startup Alley competition in New York and received five times more votes than its next closest competitor.   

Although MSRT easily won TechCrunch’s Startup Alley competition, the company...

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