Interviewing & Managing Cannabis Dispensary Staff
Hello all, hope you’re having a stupendous day! Rob Hendrix here with Cannabis Consulting Nationwide. Today’s story harks back to October 2014. I had been open about seven weeks, working about 85 hours per week personally so I was tired. 2014...
read moreCannabis Retail Store: Final Preparations Before Opening – Managing Local Authorities & Dignitaries
Good afternoon, morning, evening or day! Rob Hendrix here with another in a series of articles discussing final preparations immediately prior to the much anticipated Grand Opening of your retail shop. By this time, a mere days prior to Grand...
read more“We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.” Barack Obama
This is still a misunderstood and therefore a controversial industry. I have worked very hard to honor and abide by my mission statement. And excellence ladies and gentlemen is how we will turn people’s negative opinions around. Excellence in how we run our store, excellence in how we understand and welcome and endeavor to deal effectively while being empathetic to with people’s fears. Excellence in how we work with government at all levels in creating a regulatory environment that is fair and workable and sustainable for all, especially frankly those who are concerned about Cannabis in society. Excellence in our hiring, training, managing our employees, always insisting our employees be respectful to all at all times.
read moreDispensary Design & The Importance Of Making Your Retail Space Female Friendly
The problem was that I felt very strongly women would not feel comfortable in these environments. I firmly believe we need to run our shops so that women, over 21 of course!, feel safe, secure, comfortable, and clean! After being in some these early shops, which felt more like head shops to me, I felt the need to immediately go home and shower!
read moreGetting Into the Retail Cannabis Industry
How to get into the retail cannabis industry.
read moreBecoming Eligible for a Retail Cannabis License
How to become eligible for a cannabis retail license.
read moreHow to Find a Retail Cannabis Location
How to find an ideal location for a retail cannabis business.
read moreObtaining A Retail Cannabis License
In this video we talk about how to obtain an actual Licence.
read moreSelling To A Minor: “I will never attempt to minimize the importance of never, ever selling to a minor.”
We have a list of acceptable forms of ID here in Washington State. And it is the law that no one under 21 can even be on the premises let alone purchase product. (There are exceptions for minors who possess a State legal medical authorization card, but that’s a cumbersome discussion to attempt here so I’ll save it for another article). There are actually different rules pertaining to acceptable forms of ID for purchasing Cannabis than tobacco and/or alcohol. It’s much more stringent for Cannabis, of course!
read moreCanada Needs To Conquer The Gray Market
There is a flourishing “gray” market in Canada. By definition a “gray” market is very nearly a “black” market in reality. It is not subject to the same rigid controls, laws and restraints that the “legal” shops have to contend with. But, in an ironic twist, the gray market stores are the only ones who can satisfy demand and take care of the Cannabis consuming public.
read moreContinuing to Grow in 2019
I wanted to write a sort of State of the Cannabis Industry paper to finish up 2018. Where we have been, where we are and where we are headed.
read moreCannabis Consulting Nationwide At The O’Cannabiz Conference and Expo
Part of the panel at the O’Cannabis Conference and Expo in Vancouver BC in December of 2018.
Published 14 December 2018
Edibles and the LCB
Good morning, Rob with CCN. I recently attended LemonHaze in Tacoma last week. Pretty good crowd, many booths, and lots of conversation about the industry. As many of you may know, the LCB, in their continuing ongoing and questionable wisdom, unilaterally and very...
read moreLeadership Conference at LemonHaze
Leadership Conference at LemonHaze: WACA, the Washington Cannabusiness Association, of which I am a Board member, recently hosted a leadership panel as to the current state as well as the future of our industry. Several legislators from both sides of the aisle...
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