By Alison B. Torbitt, Staci Jennifer Riordan, Hillary Baca, Rachel L. Conn Cannabis companies, deemed essential businesses in many states, continue operating despite the COVID-19 pandemic. While many cannabis companies are struggling to stay open without eligibility for the Small Business Administration loans authorized by Congress, remaining operational has other considerations regarding how to revamp […]
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Protecting Health, Safety and Your Business’ Future is Priority One in the Cannabis Industry
As the world adapts to this new reality, reassessing and updating business practices has become the new normal. In the pre-COVID-19 world, cannabis operators often reached out to FOCUS with an interest in improving a certain aspect of their internal business processes. Whether seeking help with improving existing standard operating procedures (SOPs), expanding employee training […]
Does your business need security awareness training? Yes, it does.
Employees are the weakest link. Policies and firewalls are not enough to secure your data, staff must be regularly trained. Your organization might have the most robust security program in the world. You may have stringent policies, and the latest and greatest security software tools. You might think your data is safe, but if your […]
Cannabis Education and Training – Can Certification Help You?
It seems like you can take online courses and get certified in just about anything these days, and cannabis is no different. Over the past several years, more and more cannabis education and training companies and programs have popped up across the United States offering online and in-person training courses to help people break into […]
Ch-Ch-Ch-CH-Changes
By Matt Walstatter One of the things we’re most proud of at Pure Green, my dispensary in Portland, Oregon, is our employee retention. When we celebrated our third anniversary last month, we still had four out of six original employees. But a few days later, we said goodbye to Travis, our inventory manager, who moved […]
Chicago Training Event Helps Job Seekers in the Medical Marijuana Industry
A thick line of people formed inside a Doubletree hotel Saturday afternoon, all of them waiting to learn if they had earned the distinction of certified budtender, one of many titles for a person who works behind the counter at a medicinal marijuana dispensary. Hemp Staff, a Florida-based company that aims to educate, certify and […]
