Jason Najum's Blog, page 2

A Deeper Look at atai Life Sciences' Company Update

Microdose digs in and gives you a deeper look at Atai's programs and developmental portfolio

Benzinga: Psychedelic Companies With Solid Fundamentals Will Survive

Psychedelic startups face a more challenging time raising capital amid market volatility.

Raising Capital in Today’s Psychedelic Medicine Market

The ability to raise capital is one of the most important factors in the success of any company, and is downright essential for biotech startups faced with the lean years of long R&D horizons.

MindMed Uplists to the Nasdaq: A First Look

MindMed announced that the Nasdaq listing is official and will begin trading next week. MindMed shareholders and the psychedelic industry as a whole have been waiting for this moment.

Quarantined in Mexico

And so, like the countless others now potentially stranded on foreign soil, this chronically nomadic Canadian writer was forced to make a decision: heed the advice of government officials and imploring relatives and make my way “home”, or stay the course, hunker down, and try to make this thing work.

Coronavirus, Mariachis, and Mexico City

Having so far avoided the worst of the pandemic, Mexico is bracing for its own reckoning with the Coronavirus. Stricter measures are being implemented, businesses are closing, and tourism is all but shut down. All of this with millions of citizens floating along the edges of an already fragile economy.

Envision Costa Rica: The world’s most sustainable festival

Envision has earned a reputation as one of the world’s greenest festivals, a gathering for music, yoga, and a variety of wellness and socially-conscious activities. Built on ideals of sustainability, art, and personal and spiritual enlightenment, the festival is more than a party in paradise.

Changing the World, One Jungle Party at a Time

An entire temporary society running on how things should be. Not yearned for in some theoretical haze but built and bought and paid for. Swiped with a credit card and issued by e-ticket. Made real. Dreams starting to live in the world they wish to change.

JOKER Forces Us to Witness and Rethink Mental Health

This film made me both witness the ravages of mental illness and recognize my own experiences in them, melting the walls between definitions. If that’s not an example of what art is supposed to do for us, I don’t know what is.

Like a Local: An Autumn Tour of Montréal

Autumn in Montréal is a two-act play. The first scenes are set to a multi-colored backdrop of burnt amber and willowing orange, the Quebecois characters linking arms and popping their collars.