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Portal42

(800) 420-9150

portal42.us

How would you describe your company? What is your specialty?  

Portal42 is a METRC-validated point-of-sale software for provisioning centers that are currently operating and for those who will be opening in the upcoming months. Our specialty is that we offer online ordering and “penny per” text blasting within the system.

What do you offer consumers/clients that others don’t?

We offer an optional full IT solution for provisioning centers that would not only include our software but also specialized hardware that only runs Portal42, so provisioning centers don’t have to worry about their computers crashing or slowing down. Our full IT solution also includes an offline mode, because with regulation in place, it is more important than ever to stay online and avoid the mess of getting caught up at the end of the day.

How and why did your company start up?  

In 2015, our founder got a job as a budtender to help his friend out who had opened a dispensary in Detroit. After seeing what software was being used, he began writing software that would help them keep better tracking of their inventory. The dispensary closed, but we were able to get our first real client, and we began the work of perfecting the software through their feedback. Shortly after landing our first customer, we started working with one of the busiest dispensaries in Michigan, which allowed us to be purified by fire, which really helped us to refine our software and know that it could work in any environment.

With the changing landscape of medical and recreational cannabis, what do you see as the biggest challenges to your progress as a company? Any advantages?  

Our biggest challenge will be staying ahead of the curve for what is coming next and how we can adapt our software to meet the needs of the owners who are along for the ride no matter the bends in the road. Our largest advantage is that we are local and can service our customers personally. We also currently offer solutions that no other point-of-sale solution is offering presently.

What words of advice would you offer anyone seeking to enter the world of cannabis business?  

Surround yourself with a good team. It takes a village to raise a successful cannabis business.

What are the goals and vision moving forward, for your company? Where do you see your company in five years?  

Our main goal is to provide the best service to our Michigan customer base and continue to use their suggestions to refine our product to be the most powerful and valuable tool a provisioning center can have. We see ourselves as one of the premier point-of-sale software solutions in the space in five years.

What do you hope to accomplish in the cannabis industry?  ?

We hope to partner with provisioning centers by providing the tools they need to easily run their business. We want to allow easy access to the information that they need from marketing and research data to allow them to be efficient, effective and compliant.

 

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