![]() ![]() I didn't see myself in the role I've taken in this company. I've always believed cannabis was going to move forward into a socially acceptable space and continue to gain popularity across the country - I didn't think Colorado was where it stopped - but I had no idea recreational cannabis coming about just a couple years after we started. Had someone been able to tell me this was all going to work out okay for you, it would have been easier to persevere through some of those dark early days. There was a point of time when I was really concerned. I had gone from a position of not very much risk and a lot of comfort in terms of my work gig - I was a teacher, so I didn't worry about my paycheck it wasn't big, but I knew it was always there - to spending all of my savings on opening this company, and all of a sudden, I had no control over what the next rules would be, or how the Marijuana Enforcement Division was going to look at us, or any of those things. TC: I do personally reflect on that a lot, because there were definitely times in 2009 that I thought I made a huge mistake - that I had invested all of my money into something I couldn't see through, that the laws were not going to be where I needed them to be and I had no control over that. ![]() We have four cars out there doing deliveries all day long every day, and I anticipate Denver will be three or four times as busy.ĬW: What were the biggest surprises looking back at your dozen years in Colorado's cannabis industry? I would imagine by the end of August we'll have a fleet of cars like we do in Aurora. We should receive our license sometime in early August from the state to do delivery in the City and County of Denver. We formed a new company with a fantastic social equity partners. Denver is moving along the same path on the social equity side of things. It's been pretty exciting and I've learned a lot about that. Jared Polis gave it to me, which is pretty incredible, too. TC: We were able to get literally the first recreational delivery license in the state of Colorado. So we didn't miss a beat through COVID.ĬW: You have been leading the way with cannabis delivery. People actually enjoy shopping like that. That became 50 percent of our business through these carry-out windows, which is phenomenal, and that's sort of stuck around. ![]() So we did that for a little bit, then we modified our buildings to put in carry-out windows, so people could put in online orders and pick up products without really having to come in through the front door. We have this retail store here with all these video cameras, cash registers, and a guard, and they said, "No, you have to do it one the sidewalk." ![]() That was a total shitshow - like telling King Soopers to have a farmers market in their parking lot. As the company has grown and evolved, Cullen has had a front-row seat to the ever-changing cannabis business in Colorado.ĬompanyWeek: How did COVID-19 impact operations for Colorado Harvest Company? There are currently three Colorado Harvest Company locations in Denver and Aurora, with about 50 employees across the entire enterprise. After opening a medical cannabis dispensary on Denver's fabled Green Mile in 2009, the former high school biology teacher and current CEO of Colorado Harvest Company in Denver introduced one of the first vape brands to the market, O.penVAPE (since sold to SLANG Worldwide) launched the state's first cannabis delivery operation in Aurora in early 2021 and looks to repeat that second feat in Denver by the end of the year. Tim Cullen has always been on the leading edge of Colorado's cannabis sector. ![]()
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