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Welcome to the first edition of The Gig: CannaPros Get Real where we get the skinny from working cannabis professionals about their careers and their relationship to the plant. CannaPro this week: Abigail Diehl, “The Wolf”@ Marimed Inc.
Welcome to the first edition of The Gig: CannaPros Get Real where we get the skinny from working cannabis professionals about their careers and their relationship to the plant. CannaPro this week: Abigail Diehl, “The Wolf”@ Marimed Inc.
Inside the Org Chart takes an inside look on the nuances of cannabis positions, everything from CEO to sales.
Inside the Org Chart takes an inside look on the nuances of cannabis positions, everything from CEO to sales.
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Illinois and Michigan are quickly becoming central hubs for cannabis activities in the U.S., and the breeding ground of upstart cannabis concepts and vertically integrated single state and multi-state operations.
Even more significantly, we’re hiring for as many operators on the East Coast as on the West Coast. This shift is noteworthy considering that until 2019, a majority of our 300+ executive placements were for legacy California operators.
David Belsky has been involved in over 350 strategic hires for the cannabis industry. Over that time, he’s learned a lot about what makes up the perfect cannabis hire. Hard work and a strong resume is not enough in the cannabis industry. You’ve got to have grit, passion, drive and so much more.
Over time cannabis has made clear progress toward legitimacy and further legality, but to date, very little has marked the advancement of this industry more definitively than the COVID-19 pandemic. How can an industry that has bee deemed essential be ineligible for assistance from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)?
FlowerHire & BlueFire Cannabis by FutureSense Present: Designing a Resilient Cannabis Organization.
Flowerhire and RMCC have partnered to present a framework for building a qualified and knowledgeable compliance team that will stay informed while providing RMCC’s best practices in building operational infrastructure to mitigate these challenges. It’s never too early to implement compliance standards and this workshop is intended to add value and insight, along with helpful tips in making compliance top of mind, leaving you with a cannabis operation built to conform to state regulations.
David Belsky, CEO, and Founder of FlowerHire joins TBD with RMCC to talk about how the hiring preferences have changed since he started the company, and how he finds good Canna-dates for these companies.
David Belsky, CEO and Founder of FlowerHire joins on the Revel’s Dope People. They take a deep dive into the factors driving industry growth in the post-COVID cannabis economy as well as what it takes to stand out and get HIRED!
FlowerHire and Leafwire created a panel of expert investors and advisors including Emily Paxhia, Hershel Gerson, Raymond Chang, and John Ruckstuhl with years of combined cannabis investing experience to dive deep into the current M+A landscape, the current state of affairs, untouched opportunities, and what we can expect from new states and marketplaces.
Vladimir Bautista, CEO and Founder of Happy Munkey, sits down with David Belsky for another Sunset Session! Happy Munkey is a New York City cannabis-inspired lifestyle brand specializing in the “higher-end” of hospitality and media.
Join us for an informative and actionable 1:1 conversation with Dan Walter, Managing Consultant at BlueFire Cannabis by FutureSense.
In this webinar presented by FlowerHire and Leafwire, we explore cannabis growing technology that is currently available, how best practices in cannabis are evolving to meet demand, and what the future of cultivation will look like as more states come online.
Check out the podcast with TRICHOMES.com where we chat about what it is like working in cannabis, what type of skills and experience are needed and how the industry varies across the country.
As all of us face the new normal, we all need to understand new workplace expectations and how to navigate employee relations. As an answer to that, we have created a Webinar Series in Partnership with our friends at BlueFire Cannabis by FutureSense to bring you access and information on how to now function in the Cannabis Workplace.
A recent Forbes article observed that countries with women leaders have excelled in managing the Covid-19 crisis because of their ability to exemplify “transformational leadership”– a combination of vision, inspiration, direction-setting, and out-of-the-box thinking. This webinar series spotlights C-Suite level leaders in the cannabis industry.
In this webinar, David Belsky of FlowerHire chats with long time industry journalist and Founder of WeedWeek Alex Halperin about the challenges faced by cannabis industry operators in the transition from Prop 215 to the modern adult use regime, and what type of companies are not only surviving but thriving in the current market. They will discuss the biggest challenges still faced by this “essential industry” and of course talk through Covid-19 and how that will forever change how the industry operates. Finally, predictions about what is in store for the future of the California cannabis industry and the national battle for legalization.
Sloane Barbour of FlowerHire sits down with Gabe Kennedy Co-Founder of Plant People. The two discuss the journey that was building Plant People and the impact COVID-19 has had on the company.
FlowerHire and Leafwire assembled a panel of industry-leading cannabis regulatory and policy professionals to not only discuss the current state of cannabis policy during Covid-19.
The current crisis we are all living through has completely changed behaviors more dramatically than any event in living memory. Everything from physically interacting with others, to supporting our local businesses, and even accessing much-needed medicine has been turned upside down. Just with established industries facing times of adversity, cannabis is no exception. As the cannabis supply-chain is continuing to roll-on in most states, this unique industry is faced with yet another challenge: How do Cannabis retailers on the front line remaining operational as an “Essential Service” while keeping employees, patients, and citizens safe during the COVID-19 crisis?
David Belsky sits down with Mario Sherbinski, founder of SHERKINSKI for a Virtual Sunset Sesh to chat about building brands and cannabis during COVID-19.
FlowerHire and Leafwire bring you an expert panel of HR/Talent executives from the cannabis industry to discuss the topic of Cannabis Jobs in the wake of COVID-19.
Job growth in the cannabis industry is now at the center of a broader conversation about jobs and the economy, as our industry has the potential to employ hundreds of thousands of Americans coming out of this pandemic.
Talent Leaders from Cresco Labs, Kiva Confections, and Ascend Wellness will share how COVID-19 has impacted the hiring and growth plans forecasted for 2020, as well as how the “essential services” designation for cannabis has impacted operations variably on a state by state basis. We will also address the steps being taken to ensure employee safety based on being operational and having to enforce social distancing.
In the past month, 30 states have declared cannabis an “essential service”. What does this mean for the future of cannabis and how can we stay positive and healthy during this time? FlowerHire’s Director of Client Services Karen Meshkov discusses it all.
Back-end meta description: Cannabis provides nationwide job growth. The cannabis employment rate continues to explode as the cannabis industry economy leads to huge job growth.
Cannabis provides nationwide job growth. The cannabis employment rate continues to explode as the cannabis industry economy leads to huge job growth.
FlowerHire’s Weekday News RoundUp is the place to go for concise and informative updates on the Cannabis Industry. This week CEO Dave Belsky takes on some current issues that are affecting the cannabis industry in varying ways.
FlowerHire’s Founder and CEO Dave Belsky sits down with Maggie Connors, Founder and CEO of Besito. Watch it here!
FlowerHire’s the Plunge takes an inside look at joining the Cannabis Industry from the perspective of industry professionals. Founder and CEO Dave Belsky sits down with industry newcomer Sloane Barbour to discuss Sloane’s cannabis story. They also compare and contrast the Tech Industry and the Cannabis Industry. Watch here!
In FlowerHire’s latest Sunset Session, our Founder and CEO Dave Belsky sits down with long time industry insider Luna Stower to discuss the challenges facing legacy medical operators adapting to the realities of California’s legal cannabis industry. Luna is a lifelong advocate for the plant and its people.
With the mission to Build a Conscious Cannabis Community, One Hire at a Time, the topic of community comes up often in our office and with our client and candidates. It begs the question, what precisely is community in cannabis? What has it looked like in the past, where are we now, and how the hell do we keep things cohesive in these tumultuous times?
Alex Shah, CEO and Founder of solo* sciences and CTO of Akerna Technologies, sits down with FlowerHire’s David Belsky to discuss his company Solo Sciences. “Solo was created with the purpose to create transparency and trust between consumers and brands.”
2019 was an exciting and often challenging year for the Cannabis industry, and there are a lot of questions in the community about how 2020 will shake out. After nearly three full years in Cannabis and 300 placements of senior salaried candidates into the industry, the team at FlowerHire and CEO David Belsky share their look back on what happened in 2019 and our six predictions for 2020.
The Emerald Cup has come and gone and after another tumultuous year in California Cannabis, spending the weekend at the Cup felt like a much-needed hug. For those who have never attended, Em Cup is a glorious combination of a weed farmers market and an educational fair. The best part? You can light up whatever you bought right there on the spot…
The Humboldt County Growers Alliance set up a business to business event, in Eureka, for distributors and manufacturers to connect with licensed cultivators and manufacturers, and for cultivators to showcase their harvest. We were lucky enough to be invited and meet the beautiful people of Humboldt.
Cannabis is emerging in Chicago and the ChiCannabis Exposition was on the forefront of it all. The expo allowed Chicago to have an introduction to the rollercoaster that is the cannabis industry. But is it all the glory that Chicago imagined it to be?
Hall of Flowers continues to be one of the leading cannabis expositions in the industry. One of our Account Executives, Josh Cox, recently experienced his FIRST TIME at Hall of Flowers and… IT. WAS. GLORIOUS.
The Cannabis industry is moving forward at a frenetic pace. Frenetic means lots of energy and effort in a multitude of different disjointed ways. With each passing week it is getting more and more competitive. In California alone, there are over 400 vape brands and 100 pre roll joint brands being sold in 600+ licensed dispensaries.
Hi, I’m Ali. In May 2019 I became the newest member of the FlowerHire team. My transition from teaching to the cannabis industry has been eye-opening. Read about what I’ve learned so far.
This past month represents the “holiday season” in cannabis. Interfacing with operators across cannabis prepping for and dealing with 420, Hall of Flowers, deal making and general survival that is the Cannabis industry was intense.
On display was everything from sun grown flower, indoor pre-rolls, edibles, shatter, wax, oils for vaping, terps, molecules, and everything in between. We certainly saw our fair share of well thought out products and formulations …
Every now and then, time slows and seems to hover around a seemingly insignificant moment. Later, looking back, you realize why that seemingly insignificant moment needed to become a part of you. As small as it may have seemed at the time, it’s those finite moments that end up defining the most substantial pieces of you.
Imagine for a moment that you’re wearing scrubs. You’re relatively fit, but, surprisingly, you’re in the midst of being prepped and outfitted for major surgery. Surgery that could potentially have major implications for the rest of your days.