EP 223: For Accountants: What Cannabis Owners Actually Pay Top Dollar For

<p>👉 Finance professionals looking to get into cannabis accounting, get started here: https://go.dopecfo.com/get-started-6?... </p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>Most accountants think clean books and monthly reports are the deliverable. </p><p><br></p><p>Cannabis owners will tell you the exact opposite. </p><p><br></p><p>They&#39;re not looking for reports. They&#39;re looking for a partner who helps them make decisions.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>Joey walks a room full of accountants through exactly what the finance function looks like from the operator&#39;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.</p><p><br></p><p>Joey and Andrew cover:</p><p><br></p><p>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 with</p><p>A cannabis operator&#39;s decision filter framework: how every metric on a dashboard should tie directly to an operating decision, or it doesn&#39;t belong on the dashboard</p><p>Why owners fall out of the habit of looking at reports when the reports don&#39;t lead to decisions, and what a good finance partner does differently</p><p><br></p><p>This 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.</p><p><br></p><p>👉 Get started here: https://go.dopecfo.com/get-started-6?...</p><p><br></p><p>Connect with Joey on LinkedIn: / joey-gindi-740a6256 </p>