Don’t know how much you should charge for providing Cannabis accounting services to pre-revenue businesses? You’re not alone! In this blog post, we uncover two main ways to consider setting your price. The first is by accurately framing the value you provide and asking a number of smart questions. The second is by reviewing a number of areas within the company’s pitch deck. Investing some time and energy into this process in the ways we suggest below will enable you to price...

Building a successful Cannabis/CBD Hemp accounting, tax, and Chief Financial Officer firm within six months is highly possible. Many DOPE CFO members have done it themselves, some in just a matter of weeks or months. It will however require work, commitment, putting in the time, and going through all of the necessary steps we will talk about in this blog post. If you’re wondering whether you can build your own firm while you keep your day job, the answer is yes. 

One major thing to...

Knowing what others want is a key ingredient when it comes to achieving what you want in life. Whether your “want” is launching a startup operation, working with businesses in the industry, or becoming an investor yourself, understanding the most common investor concerns empowers you to make informed choices on the journey ahead, so read on!

Cannabis Industry Investors Learned the Hard Way

Early investors in the industry were less focused on accounting and transparency when it...

From cash control and management issues to correct reporting, to seed to sale and POS software, providing quality accounting for Cannabis dispensaries is not easy. Furthermore, make the wrong move and you could incur large penalty fees for your client, land them in serious legal trouble, or both. 

Currently, there are hundreds if not thousands of accounting professionals claiming to have Cannabis accounting experience but they’re making big mistakes. Misinterpreting the tax code in...

Whether you’re looking to serve Cannabis startups as a world class CFO or are a Cannabis CEO in the making, knowing what it takes to properly position the company for success is imperative. 

Now, we don’t say all of this to scare anyone away or to be gatekeepers in any form or fashion. We say this so that all parties can know what is needed in order to do well in this niche. We want this niche to thrive, and not die on the vine because the blind are leading the blind into...

David Alport, co-founder of Bridge City Collective, started his Cannabis career in 2009 as a medical Cannabis cultivator in Oregon, after receiving his BA in Business with a focus in Finance from the University of Puget Sound, a career at Nike, and stint as a trader at the Mercantile Exchange in New York.

Today, David is the co-founder of two cultivation sites and two of Portland, Oregon’s first licensed dispensaries. Now, more than a decade since he joined the industry, he and business...

As they say, knowledge is power. Social equity applicants for Cannabis licenses have a number of important things to stay on top of as they apply for licensing and work to raise capital. Among them are a great and grounded pitch deck, a well-thought-out capital and entity plan, a bullet proof financial model, appropriate entity and funding structure, and the right team, including a qualified CFO.

Whether you are a social equity applicant or want to help those who are seeking licensure in...

Many Cannabis businesses such as dispensaries, manufacturers, and cultivators tend to have a lot of cash on hand, even six-figure amounts, due to there being a lack of available banking services and solutions. Obviously, safeguarding massive amounts of cash is essential to day-to-day operations but there are many other reasons why managing cash flow matters greatly. 

With improved cash flow comes greater peace of mind, greater profits, and better forecasting. That’s not all. A...

Last year was a landmark year for the Cannabis industry with the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) acknowledging the potential for career growth in this rapidly expanding sector.

Now, just one year later, the Cannabis industry is nowhere near finishing its climb; instead it’s expanding as more and more states get on board with legalizing Cannabis. This year there is an entire Cannabis conference dedicated to bringing together industry leaders, including a more...

If watching the pioneers in the Cannabis industry has taught us anything, it’s that getting businesses up and running and maintaining compliance has been a rocky road with plenty of tax and regulation pitfalls. It’s a lucrative industry slated for exponential growth. Experts predict the industry will breach $89 billion in the next two years – but those aren’t the only numbers that should concern new Cannabis business owners.

Along with growth in this industry comes...