Hiring hourly workers is a very different process than hiring white-collar workers. Entrepreneurs and business owners are in a war for hourly workers. Hourly workers are a major driver of the economy in the United States. Seventy-eight million people, or 59 percent of the workforce, are hourly workers. However, hiring hourly workers is challenging. Hourly workers […]

By Patrick Hall Nobody in the cannabis business likes federal prohibition but when it ends they will all find themselves in competition with global corporations that are already preparing to enter the market. The following is an unpopular opinion, but still true: Federal prohibition of cannabis gives businesses an advantage right now. State-by-state legalization certainly causes […]

Investor and business owner Steve DeAngelo says there’s plenty of opportunity in cannabis — but there are also a lot of entrepreneurs about to lose their money. With his hippie pigtails and smart suits, Steve DeAngelo perfectly embodies the split in today’s cannabis industry. He’s an old-school activist and advocate who joined the cannabis reform movement […]

Open risk-taking is a bad idea. But calculated risk-taking is something else again. It’s not uncommon to hear the advice that entrepreneurs should take more calculated risks if they want to be successful. In fact, some billionaires have built their personal brands on a foundation of risk; as an example, Richard Branson often speaks of the […]

Is your behavior naughty or nice? Forget Santa: Government and corporations will soon be taking notice. It sounds like something out of science fiction: the daily behavior of billions of citizens, tracked digitally and rewarded or punished by an unknowable, all-powerful algorithm. But, such digital control is no longer simply the stuff of pulp novels. […]

Artificial intelligence companies are taking on the health industry with big results for consumers. Here are the pros, cons and potential business opportunities. Try to conceptualize all the medical knowledge in the world. How many books would it fill? How many topics would it cover? How many years would it take to learn in its […]

California Lawmakers Protect the Legal Cannabis Industry by Announcing Non-Cooperation with the Federal Government