Kaya Cast

Haley Glover is the Senior Security Consultant at Sapphire Risk Advisory Group and has over a decade of experience in the security industry. Haley shares her insights into everything SECURITY and CANNABIS. From setting up security when you first apply for your application to ongoing security training with your employees and really working as a team to make sure that your cannabis retail location i...

In today's episode, we're gonna talk about five ways dispensary owners can retain great employees and keep them engaged. Engaged employees are going to be happy employees and happy employees don't want to leave.  They will be committed to the business. But it's not just finding good employees because that's only half the battle. It's keeping them. That's what the dispensaries are struggling with....

David Thomas is the CEO & Founder of Budsense and the Co-Founder of Douglasdale Cannabis in Calgary, AB Canada. In this episode of podcast we talk with David Thomas about infusing joy and delight into the customer experience of buying cannabis. This means helping your cannabis retail business sell the experience with knowledge and insights into the industry. Through training, digital and analo...

In today's episode, we're gonna look at five tips that dispensary owners can use today, to make your profits go up and through the roof. The growth and sustainability of a cannabis dispensary depends on a delicate balance of revenue vs. expenses. Turning a healthy profit can be difficult with all of the costs in launch and scaling a cannabis business. Our 5 tips for increasing your profits are: In...

Naomi Granger, is the only CPA to have been featured in The Wall Street Journal for her unique approach to helping accounting professionals expand their practice to support the legal Cannabis industry.   She’s provided her support, consulting, and business development skills to over 600 accounting professionals across the United States. In this episode of the podcast Naomi helps cannabis retailers...

We all know that marketing is an essential aspect of business, but when it comes to marketing and cannabis you need to learn how to be a Ninja Marketer 🥷   From social media to email marketing we give you some inside tips to help you improve your marketing and grow your business.

Mike Wilson is the Founder and President of Temeka Group. He utilizes his strong leadership and management skills to oversee the job, from design to installation. ‍ Today, we have an amazing in depth conversation with Mike Wilson, the founder of Temeka Group and AnamiTech. Mike has been in the business for 31 years working to build everything from the Lakers fan store to huge cannabis retail store...

How do you get started opening your dream dispensary? It takes hard work, money, and a dream.  In this episode of the Kaya Cast Podcast we discuss some of the basics in opening a dispensary including costs, franchising and more. We also share insights into how much money you can make as a dispensary owner.  Plus, we dive into software solutions to help you launch and grow your thriving cannabis re...

Chris Lara heads up the Product and Business Development at GreenSpace Pro and is a Strategic Advisor to the Temeka Group.    In this episode of the podcast we chat with Chris Lara from GreenSpacePro about what it takes to start an efficient and compliant dispensary. We also chat about the challenges facing cannabis retailers and how implementing a project management solution from the beginning of...

How do I get started building a growing cannabis business? What are the most important things I need to know as a dispensary owner? How do I hire the right budtenders to help my business grow? If you’re new to the cannabis industry or you’ve been working in it for a while, I want to invite you to listen to a brand new podcast from Kaya Push. The Kaya Cast podcast is all about helping cannabis reta...