You get the license. PCA gets you the store: the lease, the buildout capital, the compliance and financial infrastructure, for 10% of gross revenue. You open lean, stay independent, and keep your equity.
Most of this you can answer before the first call. If these describe you, it is worth a conversation.
PCA is not a law firm or a CPA firm, and does not replace either. Where you bring in counsel or a tax accountant, we work alongside them.
The Platform is built to keep you in control. You own your license, keep your brand, and run your store. PCA carries the real estate, capital, and advisory around you so you can focus on operating.
You choose the location and run your store inside it. You never carry the head lease or the property-tax burden.
You make your finish & layout selections from the PCA Spec Book. Your capital stays on your balance sheet and your P&L stays yours. Financing is a loan you repay interest-free.
You hold your license. PCA never holds or collateralizes it; you keep it, always. You sign your attestations and make the final compliance calls as the licensee of record.
Your numbers and your decisions stay yours. You're the employer of record: you hire, manage, and approve payroll + spending. We keep the books; you steer.
A single fee covers all four service categories. No separate line items, no upfront cost. The fee scales with revenue, so a slow start costs you less rather than more.
Gross revenue is defined in the advisory agreement. We walk through the calculation on the first call.
Provisional or final, it's yours. PCA never holds it, never collateralizes it, never puts it at risk.
Head lease signed, regulatory filings made, location protected. You never sign the head lease. You never carry property taxes.
Once the file is clean, buildout starts, financed interest-free and delivered by PCA's contractor: one accountable team, on budget. You make your finish and layout selections from the PCA Spec Book.
Compliance and licensing, CFO-style financial management, and group rates on vendors, insurance, POS, security, and banking.
One fee, all four categories, no separate line items. Working capital and loss reserve extended interest-free as needed.
no fixed up-front costs; your capital stays yours.
the fee scales with revenue, so a slow start costs you less rather than more, and the loss reserve is there to draw on if the ramp runs long.
PCA carries the lease, the property taxes, and interest-free loans secured on collateral that never includes your license. The fee scales with revenue.
PCA carries the lease, the property taxes, and interest-free loans on collateral that never includes your license. That's real risk on PCA's side, which is what makes the alignment real.
You can open a dispensary without PCA. Plenty do. The question isn't whether it's possible, it's what it costs you in capital, time, and risk, and what you give up in leverage.
| Going it alone | On the Platform | |
|---|---|---|
| Head lease | You sign it and stand behind it with a guarantee the landlord will accept. Rent and property taxes are yours from day one. | PCA signs and carries it, pays the deposit and property taxes, and provides the landlord with a suitable guarantee. |
| Buildout capital | Out of your pocket or a hard-money loan with interest, secured against your license or even personal assets. | Financed by PCA, interest-free. Your capital stays on your balance sheet. Your license isn’t collateral and there’s no personal guarantee. |
| Working capital | You raise it, at a cost. | Extended by PCA interest-free as needed, covering the opening inventory order and the first payrolls. |
| Downside | Fixed costs don't care if it's a slow month. | Fee is 10% of gross revenue, so it falls when revenue does, and the interest-free working capital above is there if you start slower than anticipated. |
| Compliance | You retain and coordinate a compliance firm separately, paid on top of rent. | Licensing & compliance advisory, included in the 10% gross revenue fee. |
| Financial management | You hire a bookkeeper; CFO-level help is expensive or absent. | Bookkeeping, CFO-style advisory + regular reporting, included. |
| Vendor / insurance / POS pricing | Solo rates. | Group rates at platform scale you can't reach alone. |
| Coordination | You quarterback a compliance firm, a bookkeeper, and a contractor yourself, plus whatever legal and tax help you bring in. | One accountable platform. Legal and tax stay with whoever you retain; we work alongside them. |
| Your license | Yours, assuming your lenders took no lien on it and no control rights. | Yours. PCA never holds or collateralizes it. |
| Your equity | Yours, but tied up in fixed costs. If you offered preferred equity, investors are paid back first. | Yours, and freed. Capital isn't sunk into lease + buildout. |
| Your brand | Yours, unless the capital came with an investor's brand attached. | Yours. |
“Working with PCA has been a positive experience for Nice Yield. They’ve been responsive, dependable, and have worked with us through the realities of building and growing a cannabis business in New York. We appreciate having a partner that understands the industry and our business.”
Steve UrbanoOwner, Nice Yield
This helps PCA understand your business before the first call, no CRM, no drip campaign, a real reply from PCA.
The Platform is in development. It will be the single sign-in for the PCA team, for clients and their staff, and for shareholders.
If you need access to something in the meantime, write to hi@platformcanna.com and we will point you to the right place.
