Sponsors and Partners

Sponsorship tiers, employer partnerships, and the Minnesota businesses making the work possible.

Sep 15, 2026

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4 min read

Equity Before the Market Hardens

After more than a decade of participating in cannabis markets across the country, one lesson keeps repeating itself: the earlier we learn from what happened elsewhere, the more choices we still have about what happens next.

Mike Lomuto

Sponsors and Partners

An Argument You Can Walk Into: Dabney's Cannabis Co. and the Case for Craft

Sep 3, 2026

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4 min read

An Argument You Can Walk Into: Dabney's Cannabis Co. and the Case for Craft

Our board chair opened a dispensary in Nokomis East. We are telling you plainly, and telling you why.

Minnesota Cannabis College

For Operators

Nobody opens a dispensary to run a payroll department

Aug 31, 2026

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6 min read

Nobody opens a dispensary to run a payroll department

Guest post. Leah Kollross is the founder of Roll With Paid, a Minnesota payroll, HR, and employer-of-record company built for cannabis and other high-risk industries, and a sponsor of this newsletter.

Leah Kollross

Sponsors and Partners

Why Employers Partner with Minnesota Cannabis College

Aug 13, 2026

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3 min read

Why Employers Partner with Minnesota Cannabis College

There's a structural fix for a structural problem: partner with the organization whose entire job is producing the candidates you're looking for. Here's what that partnership looks like, and why employers who try it come back.

Minnesota Cannabis College

Sponsors and Partners

From Seedling to Canopy: Our Sponsorship Tiers, Explained

Aug 13, 2026

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3 min read

From Seedling to Canopy: Our Sponsorship Tiers, Explained

Here's how the program works, what sponsors receive, and why Minnesota businesses keep telling us this is the most on-mission marketing dollar they spend.

Minnesota Cannabis College

Sponsors and Partners

Equity Before the Market Hardens

An Argument You Can Walk Into: Dabney's Cannabis Co. and the Case for Craft

Nobody opens a dispensary to run a payroll department

Why Employers Partner with Minnesota Cannabis College

From Seedling to Canopy: Our Sponsorship Tiers, Explained

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