The Dealer's Diary is where we share the work. Cannabis HR insights, retention math, compliance gaps, and the operational decisions that actually move the needle for cannabis dispensaries, cultivators, processors, and multi-state operators.
We write for the founder losing sleep over turnover. The GM weighing a PEO against fractional HR. The compliance lead who just got blindsided by a state inspector. The cultivator scaling from one license to three.
Every post is real work with real cannabis operators. The math is real. The advice is what we'd say in a discovery call, written down so you can read it before you call us.
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“What should we pay a budtender?” This cannabis salary guide 2026 exists because we get some version of that question almost every week. Sometimes it’s a budtender question. Sometimes it’s “are we underpaying our managers?” Sometimes it’s “why can’t we fill this role at the salary we posted?” Sometimes it’s “should an AGM really make […]
September 23, 2026
This week in cannabis: two of the biggest Northeast operator events of the year land back-to-back on August 7 and August 8. Lucky Leaf Expo Philadelphia opens Friday for a two-day B2B run, and the 2nd Annual NYC Cannabis Festival & Resource Fair takes over Harlem on Saturday. This is the week Northeast operators book […]
August 3, 2026
The Massachusetts cultivator moratorium goes into effect on June 16, 2026. If you are a prospective marijuana cultivator applicant in Massachusetts, you have a small window to act. On April 16, 2026, the Cannabis Control Commission voted to pause new Indoor and Outdoor cultivator license applications, then reaffirmed that vote at the June 11, 2026 […]
