People who have worked in cannabis for 10 years are somewhat of a rarity.
Those who have been with a single company in the cannabis industry for more than a decade are nearly impossible to find.
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Noah Dotson has taken his Washington-based processing company New Standard Labs from about $90,000 in annual sales to about $500,000 in just three years. Perhaps most impressive is that he’s done so with minimal overhead costs.
Mallory Martinez is a sales manager for Artizen Cannabis. But she’s really got her eyes on her boss’s job.
“I hope he gets a promotion, and I can take his position,” she says. “Nobody’s going to stop me because it’s not just a job, it’s a career, and it’s a career that I really, really love.”
Cristy Aranguiz is somewhat peerless in the cannabis industry. As CEO of Cannabis & Glass, she has helped build the company from a single store into a thriving multi-state operation with three retail locations in Washington, one in Oregon, another three in Iowa (under the brand Iowa Cannabis).
Eric Latta took his first job in recreational cannabis at Buddy’s in Renton, Washington, in 2014. Eleven years later, he returned to the store to help rebrand it into Kush21, the state’s largest cannabis retail chain, which Latta helped build from one to 15 stores during the past eight years.
There’s a saying that opportunity doesn’t knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.
This phrase seems particularly apt for Derek Burton, who went looking for a job in cannabis on his 21st birthday, the very minute he was legally able to work in the industry, according to Washington state law.
Kurt Naumer has helped build Harmony Farms into one of the top producers in Washington with an emphasis on principles. Kurt Naumer began his career…
Marijuana Venture recently hosted a networking call with trade group representatives from Alaska, Montana, Oregon and Washington. They outlined a number of challenges faced by…
As the chief operating officer of O Bee Credit Union, Jennifer Roberts helped develop one of the country’s first banking compliance programs for state-licensed cannabis…
Marijuana Venture publisher Greg James highlights the retail chain Greenside Recreational as an ongoing success story.