Growing Confidence: Aurora's Cullen a quick study in pot biz success

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The former Douglas County biology teacher used to spend his weekdays cleaning beakers, grading quizzes and thinking up creative ways to teach the Krebs Cycle.

Now, Cullen and his business partner, Ralph Morgan, are the heads of a burgeoning retail empire that boasts 47 employees, about 55,000 square feet of industrial space across the metro region and more than $8 million in annual revenue.

“And here ensue all the ‘Breaking Bad’ jokes,” Cullen said with a bashful laugh.

No Pollos Hermanos, here, however.

Cullen is the co-owner and CEO of Colorado Harvest Company, a medicinal and recreational marijuana firm with two stores in Denver and, soon, an outpost at the southeast corner of South Parker Road and East Yale Avenue in Aurora. The 3,000-square-foot recreational retail store is slated to open for business later this month following a handful of final city inspections.

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