Meet the 24-year-old founder behind the career site for cannabis jobs. via CNBCMakeIt
By 2026, the marijuana industry could be worth $50 billion annually, and 24-year-old Karson Humiston wants to bridge the gap between workers interested in cannabis careers and companies looking to grow their business.
"The types of positions that were available in the cannabis industry, even in 2015, blew my mind," she tells CNBC Make It."So I decided to start a business, which used to be called 'Gradujuana,' where we would connect college students and recent grads with jobs in the emerging cannabis industry." "I didn't know anyone in Denver," says Humiston."I was living in a hotel and said I'm going to stay for one month, and if I can get meetings set up and get a client I'm going to stick around out here and do this."
Humiston continued to follow up with companies from the trade show, and in late August of 2015 she connected with cannabis business consulting firm Canna Advisors. "Vangst means 'catch' in Dutch," says Humiston, who now has 25 employees."I'm part Dutch, and the idea was we were catching the top talent, and it wasn't just interns and recent grads."
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