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The Cannabis Accounting Podcast discusses the ins and outs of cannabis/cbd/hemp accounting. Topics include 280E, chart of accounts, starting & growing your own firm, overcoming software challenges, and more! Looking to get into cannabis accounting? To learn more visit dopecfo.com.
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- 5 days ago52 min
EP 227: How to Increase Price Per Gram
In this episode of the Cannabis Accounting Podcast, host Raymond Guns sits down with @jessejredmond (Jesse Redmond), Chief Strategy & Investor Relations Officer at LEEF Brands, to unpack a supply chain problem most consumers never hear about, and how it shapes the way LEEF builds its concentrates business. Jesse spent two decades running hedge funds before pivoting into cannabis, building his own dispensary from the ground up before joining LEEF.Jesse breaks down:🔬 The hidden pesticide problem: More than half of the cannabis biomass LEEF sources from outside farms fails pesticide testing, not from bad practices by cannabis growers, but from overspray drifting in off neighboring wine, blueberry, and strawberry farms.🌱 Why concentrates make it worse: Cannabis is a bioaccumulator. Concentrate it and you don't just multiply the terpenes and cannabinoids 3 to 4X, you multiply the pesticides right along with them.🌍 What a national cannabis market could look like: Cannabis can't cross state lines today, but Jesse thinks it's headed where wine and beer already went, most volume coming from scaled West Coast growers, with local and craft options still holding their own. LEEF has already applied for a DEA export license.📊 Where the market's actually headed: Concentrates now make up 54% of products sold in California, and vapes have overtaken flower as the state's top form factor for the first time.📦 The "Intel Inside" model: LEEF built its own farm to feed its extraction labs, then wholesales the concentrate to brands like Kiva, Jetty, and Heavy Hitters rather than putting its own name on the shelf.💰 Debt vs. equity, done right: Jesse breaks down when to take on debt, why he favors preferred stock structures over cheap dilution, and the lesson every cannabis operator should take from watching companies lose their license to lenders.Jesse's optimism isn't rose-tinted. He's watched cannabis stocks fall over 90%, watched companies lose their license to lenders, and spent years solving a supply chain problem most of the industry doesn't talk about. But two decades on the inside of institutional investing and cannabis alike have him convinced the fundamentals are turning, clean supply, real demand data, and a real path toward a national market. If you want a grounded look at what actually goes into a clean cannabis concentrate, this is the episode.Subscribe for deep dives on cannabis business, accounting, regs, and growth! 🔥📧 Jesse Redmond: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesseredmond/
- 6 days ago7 min
EP 226: Cannabis Just Passed The Point Of No Return. Here's What's Coming Next. | Cannabis Industry Updates
In this episode of the Cannabis Accounting Podcast, Andrew Hunzicker, founder of DOPE CFO, recaps the biggest cannabis industry news heading into the DEA rescheduling final decision and the AICPA Cannabis Conference.Listen to learn about:✅ Why medical marijuana's move to Schedule III in April is already reshaping state rules, including a Georgia ruling that allows cannabis to be shipped by mail✅ The DEA rescheduling hearing's final briefs, and why even anti-cannabis witnesses admitted under oath that cannabis meets the Schedule III definition✅ Why Texas officials are calling hemp "a crisis" while hemp-derived THC sits on gas station shelves across the state✅ New federal bills to decriminalize cannabis and hemp, and what the midterms could mean for their odds✅ 218,000 marijuana possession arrests in 2025, and the Florida case raising questions about enforcement priorities✅ How Canada quietly passed California to become the world's largest cannabis marketArticles mentioned in this episode:https://themarijuanaherald.com/2026/08/u-s-legal-marijuana-sales-reach-2-56-billion-in-july-bringing-2026-total-to-roughly-16-6-billionhttps://themarijuanaherald.com/2026/08/u-s-senate-approves-bill-that-would-delay-federal-hemp-restrictions https://themarijuanaherald.com/2026/08/u-s-senate-confirms-todd-blanche-as-attorney-general-2 https://www.marijuanamoment.net/square-tells-businesses-to-stop-selling-hemp-and-cbd-products-in-light-of-upcoming-federal-ban https://www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-could-generate-111-billion-in-tax-revenue-over-a-decade-if-legalized-federally-and-in-all-50-states-yale-report-shows https://www.marijuanamoment.net/medical-marijuana-can-be-delivered-in-the-mail-by-usps-under-trumps-rescheduling-move-georgia-officials-say https://www.marijuanamoment.net/texas-officials-call-hemp-a-crisis-while-bigger-public-safety-threats-go-unanswered-op-ed https://ganjapreneur.com/federal-bill-would-regulate-intoxicating-hemp-beverages-like-alcohol https://www.marijuanamoment.net/dea-and-anti-marijuana-groups-file-final-briefs-in-hearing-on-trump-administration-rescheduling-proposal https://themarijuanaherald.com/2026/08/missouri-receives-nearly-900-applications-for-final-marijuana-microbusiness-lottery-set-for-september-9 https://www.marijuanamoment.net/dea-releases-full-marijuana-rescheduling-hearing-transcript-as-judge-prepares-to-issue-his-recommendation https://themarijuanaherald.com/2026/08/more-than-218000-marijuana-arrests-reported-in-u-s-in-2025-up-7-from-previous-year https://themarijuanaherald.com/2026/08/florida-grand-jury-finds-10-million-in-taxpayer-money-was-misappropriated-millions-used-to-fight-marijuana-legalization https://ganjapreneur.com/as-square-exits-hemp-and-cbd-cova-software-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-regulated-retailers https://www.sfgate.com/cannabis/article/california-falling-cannabis-market-22401030.php
- 1 weeks ago42 min
EP 225: The Two Numbers Every Cannabis CFO Should Watch Weekly
In this episode of the Cannabis Accounting Podcast, host Raymond Guns sits down with Jason Cieland, CFO of Intrinsic, to unpack why cannabis companies with strong sales numbers still end up in receivership, why 280E relief isn't the lifeline most operators think it is, and how overbuying equipment on hype can wipe out a balance sheet.Jason spent 17 years in public accounting before joining Intrinsic in 2018, helping the founder build out the company's finance function from the ground up. Today he oversees a Michigan cannabis manufacturer that sells wholesale to roughly 600 dispensaries across the state.Jason breaks down:📉 The growth trap: Why taking on too much debt to scale fast, especially with private equity money in the mix, is the fastest way cannabis companies end up in receivership.⚖️ 280E's fine print: Why the DEA's move to reschedule cannabis for medical use doesn't help the 97% of the industry that's adult use, and why Jason isn't building his tax strategy around federal change.🧪 The extraction equipment trap: How buying processing equipment at the top of the market can leave you unable to recoup the cost once prices fall.💰 Michigan's 24% tax: How the new wholesale tax stacks on top of the existing 6% sales and 10% excise tax, and why Intrinsic moved to COD to manage it.📊 Know your cogs: Why Jason reviews cost of goods every two weeks, down to the cost per gram, before he'll even talk about pricing or profit.🧾 AR collections reality: Why Intrinsic runs two full-time collections staff separate from sales, and the front-end vetting that keeps bad debt from piling up.Jason's take is a useful gut check for anyone tempted to scale on borrowed money or bank on federal relief that doesn't apply to them yet. The operators who make it through this next stretch, in his view, are the ones who grow only as fast as their cash flow allows and know their real costs cold.Subscribe for deep dives on cannabis business, accounting, regs, and growth! 🔥👉 Intrinsic: https://intrinsicmi.com/
- 2 weeks ago37 min
EP 24: How Cannabis Growers Are Testing Everything Before They Buy
In this episode of the Cannabis Accounting Podcast, host Raymond Guns sits down with Nick Morin, CEO and Founder of Grow World Inc, to talk about connecting cannabis and hemp growers to a global supply chain, and why documenting the industry on camera has become one of its most valuable assets.Nick got his start in cannabis as a young cultivator before founding Growers Network in college, an online forum that grew to 25,000 members. That led to Canna Cribs, the YouTube series that took him across the country filming large-scale cannabis operators, before he launched Grow World in 2023 to help commercial growers source equipment and connect internationally.Nick breaks down:🌍 Two paths for cannabis worldwide: Nick sees the global market splitting into low-cost commodity flower from countries like Colombia and boutique, terroir-driven regions comparable to tequila, whiskey, or wine country.🛒 A marketplace built like Alibaba meets Costco: Grow World is drop-ship only, connecting manufacturers directly to growers so members can trial products like lighting or nutrients for free before buying at member wholesale pricing.🌿 Where hemp reform stands heading into 2027: With federal hemp rules shifting and a possible extension into December, Nick shares how Grow World is helping cannabis and hemp growers export finished goods without being boxed in by state-by-state rules.📊 1,000+ product trials and counting: Grow World has run trials with growers and manufacturers across dozens of countries, built entirely through content and word of mouth, without spending a dollar on paid advertising.🎥 Why content outlives the moment it's filmed: Nick breaks down the math behind a decade of Canna Cribs and Grow World's stage content: 72 hours of filming can generate hundreds of years of cumulative watch time.🚀 Growing Grow World into every legal market: Nick shares his goal of putting a manufacturer and a grower in every legal cannabis country in the world, from Australia to Germany.Nick's read on the industry is grounded in real numbers: over 1,000 trials, growers and vendors on every continent, and a business built on the promise that Grow World only makes money when its members save money. But he's just as candid about what hasn't gotten easier, banking and payment processing still take real work, even years into legalization. His closing message cuts through both: cannabis, hemp, tomatoes, whatever you grow, the industry moves a lot farther when everyone stops fighting and starts building together.Subscribe for deep dives on cannabis business, accounting, regs, and growth! 🔥📧 Nick Morin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickmorinaz/
- Aug 17, 202634 min
EP 223: For Accountants: What Cannabis Owners Actually Pay Top Dollar For
👉 Finance professionals looking to get into cannabis accounting, get started here: https://go.dopecfo.com/get-started-6?... With cannabis newly rescheduled to Schedule III and tens of thousands of new operators about to need CFO-level guidance, the accountants who understand what owners actually pay for are the ones who will own this decade.Most accountants think clean books and monthly reports are the deliverable. Cannabis owners will tell you the exact opposite. They're not looking for reports. They're looking for a partner who helps them make decisions.In this episode, Andrew Hunzicker, CPA and founder of DOPE CFO shares insights from Joey Gindi, a 16-year cannabis retail operator with two dispensaries in Colorado.Joey walks a room full of accountants through exactly what the finance function looks like from the operator's chair, why he recently let go of a bookkeeper who was doing everything right on paper, and what he was really searching for instead.Joey and Andrew cover:Why Joey let go of his previous bookkeeper even though the books were clean and the reports were on time, and what he replaced him withA cannabis operator's decision filter framework: how every metric on a dashboard should tie directly to an operating decision, or it doesn't belong on the dashboardWhy owners fall out of the habit of looking at reports when the reports don't lead to decisions, and what a good finance partner does differentlyThis is what a real cannabis operator wants from their accountant. If you understand what Joey is describing, you can build a practice that owners fight to work with.👉 Get started here: https://go.dopecfo.com/get-started-6?...Connect with Joey on LinkedIn: / joey-gindi-740a6256
- Aug 11, 202648 min
EP 222: Why Small Cannabis Companies Are Beating the Big MSOs
In this episode of the Cannabis Accounting Podcast, host Raymond Guns sits down with Mitch Osak, Founder and President of Quanta Consulting, to unpack why small cannabis operators are outperforming the giants, and what it actually takes to raise and deploy capital the right way in this industry.Mitch has been in cannabis since 2016, working with over 200 companies across the globe, from Canada's earliest licensed producers to today's US and European operators navigating exports, M&A, and Schedule III.Mitch breaks down:📈 Why small beats big in cannabis: Larger operators spread capital across cultivation, retail, and product lines and end up competing everywhere, winning nowhere. Smaller companies with less capital tend to post higher ROI and better cash flow because they're forced to focus.💰 The real lesson on raising capital: It was never about how much money you raise, it's about how you allocate it. Mitch breaks down how the "biggest greenhouse wins" mentality created oversupply and undifferentiated brands across Canada.🌍 What it actually takes to export: Before chasing EU or Australian markets, Mitch walks through the real timeline (2-4 years for EU GMP certification) and the capacity, brand, and compliance groundwork that has to come first.🎯 Why big alcohol and big pharma aren't rushing in: Despite the fear that big business will swallow cannabis once it's federally legal, Mitch explains why companies like Procter & Gamble are in no hurry, and what would actually change that.⚖️ What Schedule III really unlocks: Mitch walks through what changes for DEA export waivers and why pharma may be the sector most likely to move first.If you're running a $5-20 million cannabis company and wondering whether to chase growth or double down on what's working, Mitch makes the case that staying focused is the advantage, not the compromise. His read on where the next few years are headed is grounded in two hundred-plus client engagements, not speculation.Subscribe for deep dives on cannabis business, accounting, regs, and growth! 🔥👉 Mitch Osak: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchellosak/
- Aug 3, 20268 min
EP 221: Rescheduling Is a Done Deal. Here's What Happens Next. | Cannabis Industry Updates
In this episode of the Cannabis Accounting Podcast, Andrew Hunzicker, founder of DOPE CFO, recaps the biggest cannabis industry news from July 2026.Listen to learn about:✅ Medical cannabis permanently moved to Schedule III by the DOJ and DEA in April — why Andrew calls it the biggest cannabis news of the century, and why most people missed what it actually means✅ 280E no longer applies to medical cannabis operators — what a 25% improvement in cash flow and bottom line means for operators, investors, and lenders right now✅ The ALJ hearing on full recreational rescheduling just wrapped — why the anti-cannabis groups' own witnesses admitted cannabis meets the Schedule III definition, and what to expect from closing arguments on August 17th✅ Why two administrations, four federal agencies (HHS, FDA, DEA, DOJ), and 93% of 50,000 public comments make the anti-rescheduling lawsuits a losing battle✅ The MORE Act back in Congress — what full descheduling looks like and why cannabis treated like alcohol is closer than most people think✅ 85% of healthcare professionals already recommending cannabis, teen use down nearly 50% after legalization, and $28 billion in state tax revenue — why holdout states are running out of reasonsArticles mentioned in this episode:https://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/cannabis-rescheduling/news/15828911/dea-comes-out-swinging-in-cannabis-rescheduling-hearing https://www.marijuanamoment.net/inside-the-deas-marijuana-rescheduling-hearing-what-i-saw-who-was-missing-and-why-it-matters-op-ed https://norml.org/news/2026/07/02/report-adult-use-cannabis-markets-have-generated-over-28-billion-in-state-tax-revenue https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5954552-controlled-substances-act-marijuana https://themarijuanaherald.com/2026/07/the-history-of-cannabis-legalization-in-the-united-states https://ganjapreneur.com/85-of-u-s-healthcare-professionals-believe-cannabis-has-medical-utility https://ganjapreneur.com/kansas-governor-candidate-pushes-cannabis-legalization-platform https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oZL8VjdDkw https://themarijuanaherald.com/2026/07/dea-judge-sets-august-17-deadline-for-final-briefs-following-conclusion-of-federal-marijuana-rescheduling-hearing https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty-and-research/drug-enforcement-and-policy-center/research-and-grants/policy-and-data-analyses/federal-marijuana-reschedulinghttps://thepulse.hollandhart.com/post/102ncn4/schrodingers-schedule-how-the-feds-made-the-cannabis-plant-both-illegal-and-not https://ganjapreneur.com/teen-cannabis-use-dropped-by-more-than-60-in-minnesota-after-legalization https://themarijuanaherald.com/2026/07/glass-house-brands-hires-former-dea-official-to-advise-on-potential-interstate-marijuana-commerce-and-exports
- Jul 20, 202635 min
EP 220: Why Cannabis Rescheduling Won't Fix Payment Processing
In this episode of the Cannabis Accounting Podcast, host Raymond Guns sits down with Don Raleigh III, Revenue Operations Manager at Evolve Payment and award-winning payments and AR compliance leader, to pull back the curtain on what's actually happening with cannabis payment compliance right now — and why most operators are more exposed than they realize.Don talks about:💳 Why credit card processing for cannabis is not compliant, no matter what any provider claims, and the exact question to ask any vendor pitching a "compliant" solution🚫 The June 15th deactivation of 6,000 payment terminals nationwide, and why Visa and Mastercard's use of AI is accelerating these shutdowns💰 The three payment methods that actually are compliant today, and how each one really works in practice🏦 Why cannabis rescheduling doesn't unlock the card brands, and Don's 5 to 10 year timeline for when Visa and Mastercard will actually engageThe operators who get their payment infrastructure right now — before the next shutdown wave hits — will be the ones still standing when the card networks eventually open the door. Subscribe for deep dives on cannabis business, accounting, regs, and growth! 🔥
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