For many, the Covid-19 pandemic means business has ground to a halt. For the cannabis industry, the opposite is happening.

Demand is increasing as customers find themselves stuck at home, with their medical (and recreational) needs magnified. Sales have increased more than 30 percent for some firms.

At the same time, home delivery has become the norm for our everyday essentials. For the cannabis industry, this means a massive increase in business, in particular online ordering, bringing an even greater need to ensure robust and airtight data security practices.

Cannabis companies now more than ever need to ensure they have their security framework in place and locked tight to manage the intensive growth they are experiencing.

This month Hardik Tuteja, Director of Strategic Operations, interviewed Ryan Moran, VP of Operations of Humboldt Legends, now Flower Co. to check in with him 6 months into our relationship.

FLOWER CO. is a members-only cannabis delivery club based in Humboldt, California. They are working with 50+ brands delivering cannabis right to the doorstep with hard-to-beat prices. 

Eureka Vapor is a family owned and operated, award- winning manufacturing and distribution company with operations in California and Colorado. They’ve recently dealt with the dilemmas associated with selecting a cannabis technology partner, which is why in late 2019, they contacted Flourish. 

Is Your Information Safe?

It starts with capturing and centralizing your business data. As a cannabis company, it’s very rare that you will find a vendor or partner that can handle the complexities of your operational needs. The same holds true with technology and software. As we’ve mentioned in previous posts, relying on spreadsheets and compliance platforms like Metrc don’t quite cut it when it comes to holistic business data analysis requirements. You need a reliable platform and integration partner that can translate that captured data into actionable insights and analysis. And now that 2020 is officially under way,  there’s no better time than now to start capturing this critical data. 

We’ve had a busy month taking part in multiple networking and cannabis events throughout the country including the RAD Expo in Portland, Cannabis Aid in Detroit, Sensi Night in LA, and Benzinga in Chicago. We’ve discovered a consistent trend in the conversations had with business owners and operators like yourself: there is an increasing need to budget for change as well as budget for technology.

If you haven't been affected by the current cannabis vape crisis, you may be at some point in the near future.  Individual states are taking their own actions, some more expedient than others.  Massachusetts has banned ALL vape cartridges for four months and Oregon has officially banned any non-marijuana terpene-containing (NMTC) flavored cartridges as of late last week. (Editor's Note:  This ban has been halted by the Oregon Appeals Court since the time this blog was posted) The good news for the regulated industries is that the latest report shows the illicit market is the culprit for the current crisis. 

We received some pretty exciting news recently - Flourish has been selected as a Presenting Company at Venture Atlanta 2019! This is a unique opportunity for Flourish and a huge honor to be chosen as one of only 36 Presenting Companies amid hundreds who applied. 

We’re not being critical with this month’s blog post. But the underlying truth is that METRC’s customer is the state it serves, not you.