Sometimes life flips your biggest mistakes into massive opportunities. Coss Marte knows this firsthand. At 39, he's running Conbud, a legal cannabis business pulling in around $800,000 a month.

From ancient rituals to modern dispensaries, cannabis has woven itself into the fabric of human culture, evolving into a ...

Upon beginning his seven-year prison sentence, Coss Marte learned that he had such severe health issues that he could die of a heart attack before his release date. Determined to get in shape but ...

October 29, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. The crowd erupts into applause as American entrepreneur Coss Marte takes the stage at the TedxWanChai event. Getting here has not been an ...

The storefronts are new. The journey goes back years. Happy Munkey existed long before legalization, first as an underground cannabis lounge, then as a lifestyle brand rooted in Latino culture. Now, ...

Over eight years the team followed Coss Marte, a man on a Herculean mission to “de-stigmatize the formerly incarcerated community, ease their integration back into society, and change the systemic ...

After completing his sentence and frustrated by a discouraging job search as an applicant with a criminal record, Coss Marte brought his prison workout to the masses. His studio, ConBody ...

Coss Marte was once making millions of dollars running a drug dealing ring in New York City. Then he was caught by the FBI and sent to prison. While there, he realised how destructive his life had ...

Entrepreneurs, such as Coss Marte of Manhattan’s ConBud dispensary, exemplify the industry’s potential, with his establishment generating $7 million in sales in 2024. However, the industry isn ...