Operating a Cannabis dispensary means you are operating a business in a very juvenile market. It means you will be paving the way (still) and experiencing all of the growing pains of a new and emerging market. It also means you get to be the ones to suffer through and fight for some things that...

  WESTERN REGIONAL CANNABIS Business Alliance FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 16, 2018 Contact: Aaron Pickus, WRCBA, media@wrcba.org Cary Carrigan, Executive Director, Alaska Marijuana Industry Association Western Regional Cannabis Business Alliance Launches to Advocate on behalf of Legal Cannabi...

The federal government’s dark cloud over the cannabis industry extends far beyond stringent regulation and compliance laws. Their long arm reaches into every facet from marketing, advertising, branding and trademarking, to packaging and labeling. When you are in business, any business, your main goa...

Being able to open a merchant account to accept credit cards at your local bank sounds good to cannabis sellers who are wary (and weary) of doing business on a cash-only basis. It’s hard to keep cash safe and it’s hard to track or monitor; and having too much cash on hand presents an ongoing...

In any vendor/client relationship, vetting research is time well spent. By looking into each potential partner’s qualifications and experience, you can ensure your financial investment will not be misspent. Merchant services are an area of your business that should not be overlooked in this regard. ...

These are very exciting times! The Cannabis Industry is growing by leaps and bounds. There are constant new developments and ever changing regulations, it seems the industry is changing almost daily. This years elections could find several more states passing legislation and creating a myriad of bra...

Let’s get one thing clear. You can not legally accept credit cards for your legal marijuana business. Period. You want to, I know, desperately. Dispensaries are trying to provide a need for their patients, store owners are trying to run legitimate businesses, following all of the rules, and doing th...

The legalization of medical or recreational marijuana sales, at state levels, certainly didn’t mean an end to the problems cannabis sellers have with the law. When medical and recreational marijuana dispensaries were allowed to open for business, it meant they needed to start paying attention to the...

When it comes to protecting your sensitive information do you choose a Cloud Infrastructure or stick with an On-Premise solution? Which one is the safer choice? It seems like these days hacking and cyber attacks are becoming commonplace. Most people think it is not as much a question of if you will ...

Cannabis Software as a Service (SaaS) –Finding the right one is like finding a pot of gold. It seems like every time you open the paper (do people still do that?) or open your computer to read the news there is another story about some company being hacked. The global banking system was hacked...