Working in cannabis is more than just a job for many. We loved this spotlight on our incredible Director of Customer Success, Mindon Win, about how he approaches his work at LeafLink everyday. Bonus points as it's his 3 year work anniversary, congrats Mindon!
We’re all drawn to the cannabis industry for different reasons. But it’s our ‘why’ that keeps us persevering. For Mindon Win, Director of Customer Success at LeafLink in Seattle, WA, its about the power of the plant and hearing first hand the difference it makes in people's lives. Hear directly from Mindon below: WHAT’S YOUR PERSONAL “WHY” (YOUR PASSION) FOR WORKING IN CANNABIS? Every day, we would get emails from customers explaining how our products dramatically improved their quality of life for a whole host of reasons. We would meet these people out at our marketing events, and they were incredible grateful for the work we were doing. Learning the power of the plant and the impact it had on people's lives has driven me to pursue opportunities in which I can help expand and strengthen the industry as a whole, which includes working at LeafLink today. WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST SURPRISE(S) ABOUT WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY? My biggest surprise about working in the cannabis industry was something I saw early on and sticks with me today is how incredibly scrappy and resilient the people are that choose to enter this space. This industry is an incredibly difficult one to enter, navigate, and eventually succeed in. Every day I meet people who have taken on incredible personal and professional challenges to get to where they are today, but they are so committed to building something in this space that they will do everything they can to succeed. WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY, WHAT PERKS AND/OR RISKS DO YOU SEE? I think there are real risks for working in an industry that operates in such a regulatory gray space since there are still companies and individuals that will view working in cannabis as a drawback rather than an advantage. Contrary to that perspective, I do think that a perk of working in cannabis is that if you can be successful in the space, you get the experience and skills to be successful at just about anything. This industry has produced some of the best people I have had the privilege of working with, and it's always exciting to see what they go on to build or create. HOW HAS WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY IMPACTED YOUR CANNABIS USE? YOUR PERCEPTION OF THE PLANT? I never tried cannabis before I worked in the industry. I always kept cannabis at arms-length before that and really did not fully understand why people used it and what impact it had. Now I understand it to be an ever-evolving plant that carries a lot of history and negative stereotypes with it, but it is so important to a growing population of people. #thatsmywhy #cannabiscareers
