There are many opportunities to get promoted in the cannabis industry. Many EpicHint graduates have been hired into entry level minimum wage positions and earned multiple promotions tripling and quadrupling their income.

EpicHint’s 10 tips to get promoted in the cannabis industry:

1. Add value every day

2. Perform your best every single day

3. Keep a good attitude, be respectful, and professional
   

4. Be a team player

5. Do more than is expected of you

6. Ask for, and listen to, feedback from managers and colleagues

7. Let your manager know you want to grow with the company

8. Set meaningful goals

9. Have a plan to achieve your goals

10. Check-in with your plan, celebrate what you do well, fill-in the gaps where you are lacking

Competition to get promoted in the cannabis industry is fierce. You have to outshine colleagues and external applicants for a promotion. Cannabis, dispensary retail, management, HR, and other operational certifications, from a company with a strong reputation, like EpicHint, will give you a competitive edge.

EpicHint gives you tools to develop your professional skills. The skills you will develop can be applied to positions throughout the cannabis industry.

EpicHint’s cannabis training and cannabis career advancement tools are free. We believe every person deserves access to training and tools to perform their best and level-up. Since day-one of operations EpicHint has provided free cannabis job training to anyone. We have added career advancement resources as well.

Overtime, we experienced people abusing our free cannabis training and support by a.) stealing our content for commercial purposes, b.) being rude, harassing, and obscene to our team, c.) accessing cannabis training but not having an authentic commitment to learning. As a result, EpicHint lost a lot of money and resources that otherwise could have been allocated to help people with a real commitment to growing a cannabis career.

We didn’t want to allow bad actors to stop EpicHint from providing access to our free cannabis training and career advancement resources. To ensure anyone has access to EpicHint, while not losing the revenue we worked hard to generate (revenue we choose to reinvest to fund free training and career advancement resources), we ask that Learners commit to success.

A commitment to success is demonstrated by completing a PayPal transaction for $0.00 to initiate access to training and career growth resources. When EpicHint’s cannabis training is completed within 45-days of access the Course is earned free. When you earn the Course free you get continued access to cannabis training and career growth resources, the PayPal transaction is cancelled, and “the cost” for the Course is $0.00.

If the Course is not completed within 45-days EpicHint charges $150.00 for the Course. We make nothing off this charge. The amount is EpicHint’s cost to provide training. We use this as a reimbursement to pay for the cannabis training and career resources of the next person on the waitlist.  

This process aligns us together in your success. We make a commitment to invest our resources in you. You commit to completing EpicHint’s cannabis training and giving your best to our ongoing career advancement tools. This ensures we’re in it together and EpicHint is able to provide free cannabis training and career advancement tools for years to come.  

EpicHint’s courses are intentionally self-paced to support your learning style, schedule needs, and success. Many Learners complete EpicHint’s cannabis training Course over a weekend. Learners with demanding schedules complete the Course by dedicating 15 minutes of Learning time each day, generally resulting in the Course being completed under 45-days.

Yes, people can be disqualified from EpicHint.

EpicHint takes learning and interpersonal conduct seriously. People found cheating, being abusive to the EpicHint team or other Learners, or who exhibit other inappropriate behavior as described in EpicHint’s Policies (found in the footer) will have their account permanently disabled, investigated, and possibly charged.

Any account found to break EpicHint’s Policies will be charged EpicHint’s reimbursement fee, $150.00. If the reimbursement fee cannot be collected the account will be sent to collections.

No Cheating, No Exceptions 
Cheating is defined as sharing answers, having a quiz and the content open at the same time, working collaboratively with another person on a quiz, taking a quiz for another person, or sharing an account.

Any cheating will result in the account being immediately disabled, banned, and charged. 

Don’t try and game the system. EpicHint has systems in place to identify cheating. Plus, there are no limits as to how many times a Quiz can be taken so there is no reason to cheat. 

Impersonation of Another Person
Any person found to register using another person’s identity is in violation of EpicHint’s Policies, State and Federal Law. The account will be immediately disabled and identity theft reports will be filed with law enforcement. No exceptions.

If you have any questions on EpicHint’s Policies please email us at policy@epichint.com with the subject line ‘EpicHint’s Policies’.

EpicHint is designed to facilitate the development of dispensary teams that outperform the competition and increase profit through well-trained and authentically diverse employees.

The number one variable that impacts a dispensary’s, or other cannabis business’, profit potential is the the people. Science, data, and research state that when a company’s team is well-trained and authentically diverse it will generate an average of 21% more profit than competitors.

While science, data, and research, have shown us for years that well-trained authentically diverse teams outperform competitors in creativity, innovation, employee engagement, employee retention, reputation, informed decision making, work ethic, ability to attract customers, and customer service, cannabis businesses continue to use flawed bias filled traditional hiring and training formats.

Antiquated hiring and training formats are directly linked to profit loss that is the result of hiring the wrong people, underperforming teams, and turnover.

EpicHint is on a mission to fix the operational inefficiencies that lead to profit loss, the exclusion of underrepresented groups in cannabis, and poor Patient/ Customer experiences.

This is why EpicHint offers free Budtender Training and why we have an emphasis on supporting the Budtender training and cannabis career growth of underrepresented groups such as women, Latinos, Blacks, LGBTQ, Veterans, Seniors, Persons with Disabilities, and individuals who have been disproportionately impacted by the previous criminalization of cannabis activities.

When cannabis job seekers, and employees, have access to training, access to real equal opportunity employment, and promotion opportunities, everyone wins; job seekers, employees, dispensary owners, other cannabis business owners, and cannabis Patients/ Customers.

Financial barriers, location barriers, and bias barriers do everyone a disservice. We are dedicated to removing these barriers and helping individuals and dispensaries achieve their goals.

EpicHint recognizes we each learn differently. We are committed to helping each Learner earn the Course for free. If you need any learning accommodations please email our Community Success Lead, Michael Beats at michael@epichint.com prior to starting the Course. Share information that will help us help you. The team will be in touch to discuss how we can help you succeed.

The following are not allowed to access free resources from EpicHint:

• Any Paid Educational Institution, or Representative of a Paid Educational Institution, is not allowed to access free resources from EpicHint. A paid Educational Institution is defined as any organization that receives payment for learning services. Educational Institutions and their representatives must apply for access. If you are an educational institution click the link below to apply. Any educational institution found to send its employees or students through EpicHint’s free resources without program approval is subject to a minimum $10,000.00 fine, and possible legal action.

• Any Cannabis Trainer, Cannabis Training Company or representative of a Cannabis Training Company is not allowed to access free resources from EpicHint. A cannabis trainer, cannabis training company, and their representatives must apply for Collaborative Access. If you are a cannabis trainer or cannabis training company email collaborate@epichint.com with the Subject Line ‘Collaborative Access’. Any cannabis trainer or cannabis training company found using EpicHint for any purpose is subject to a minimum $10,000.00 fine, the individual accessing the cannabis training is subject to $2,500.00 minimum fine, and possible legal action.

• Any Business Conducting Research, Individual Technology Researcher, Entrepreneur Conducting Research, or Investor Conducting Landscape Research for Any Purpose is not allowed to access EpicHint’s free resources. Any business conducting research, individual technology researcher, entrepreneur conducting research, or investor conducting landscape research for any purpose and their representatives must apply for collaborative access. If you are a business conducting research, individual technology researcher, entrepreneur conducting research, or investor conducting landscape research email collaborate@epichint.com with the Subject Line ‘Collaborative Access’. Any business conducting research, individual technology researcher, entrepreneur conducting research, or investor conducting landscape research found using EpicHint for any purpose is subject to a minimum $10,000.00 fine, and possible legal action.

• Any Cannabis Recruiter, Cannabis Recruiting Company or Human Resources Company is not allowed to access free resources from EpicHint.  A Cannabis Recruiter, Cannabis Recruiting Company or Human Resources Company must apply for Collaborative Access. If you are a Cannabis Recruiter, Cannabis Recruiting Company or Human Resources Company email collaborate@epichint.com with the Subject Line ‘Collaborative Access’. Any Cannabis Recruiter, Cannabis Recruiting Company or Human Resources Company found using EpicHint for any purpose is subject to a minimum $10,000.00 fine, the individual accessing EpicHint is subject to $2,500.00 minimum fine, and possible legal action.

• Any Cannabis Marketing, Public Relations, Digital Agency, or Marketing Agency is not allowed to access free resources from EpicHint. A Cannabis Marketing, Public Relations, Digital Agency, or Marketing Agency must apply for Collaborative Access. If you are a Cannabis Marketing, Public Relations, Digital Agency, or Marketing Agency email collaborate@epichint.com with the Subject Line ‘Collaborative Access’. Any Cannabis Marketing, Public Relations, Digital Agency, or Marketing Agency found using EpicHint for any purpose is subject to a minimum $10,000.00 fine, the individual accessing free EpicHint resources is subject to $2,500.00 minimum fine, and possible legal action.

• Any Medical Cannabis Doctor Practice is not allowed to access free resources from EpicHint. A Medical Cannabis Doctor Practice must apply for Collaborative Access. If you are a Medical Cannabis Doctor Practice email collaborate@epichint.com with the Subject Line ‘Collaborative Access’. Any Medical Cannabis Doctor Practice found using EpicHint for any purpose is subject to a minimum $10,000.00 fine, the individual accessing free resources from EpicHint is subject to $2,500.00 minimum fine, and possible legal action. 

• Any person or company with the intention to use EpicHint for any commercial purposes or non-approved purposes is not allowed access free resources from EpicHint. Any person or company found using EpicHint for any commercial or non-approved purpose is subject to a minimum $50,000.00 fine and legal action.

EpicHint welcomes the opportunity to review collaborations with any individual or company. Please email us your collaboration idea(s) at collaborate@epichint.com. Include the Subject Line ‘Collaborate’.