Plain-English 280E walkthrough: cost-of-goods-sold is deductible, ordinary business expenses are not. Cover the rescheduling debate, multi-entity structures, MN state tax interaction, the 8% MN gross-receipts tax. Recommend hiring a cannabis-specialist…
Apply CPG brand architecture frameworks (P&G, Unilever) to cannabis: branded house (one master brand stretches across categories) vs. house of brands (separate brands per category). Use LimeLine + Isanti Frost…
B2B sales playbook for MN cannabis brands: trade shows (NECANN MN), broker vs direct, line review prep, buyer personas, the “first SKU sells the third SKU” effect, Net 30 terms,…
Distinguish co-pack (use my recipe, pack to my brand) from contract manufacturing (use their recipe, brand it as mine) from white-label (use their recipe + their formulation). Cover cost structure,…
Detailed cost-per-pound breakdown: facility, labor, electricity, gas, nutrients, growing media, packaging, testing, compliance, taxes. Compare indoor vs greenhouse vs outdoor at small (1k ft²), mid (10k ft²), and large (50k…
