Michael Curry is the Chief Executive Officer of Lullwater, a private holding company focusing on small business investing and operations. Lullwater invests in entrepreneurs changing the world, one small business at a time. Michael is also the CEO of Apex Physics Partners, a company that provides expert, patient-focused, and relationship-driven partnerships that empower patient care and allow physicists to be physicists. He is the former CEO of Krueger-Gilbert Health Physics, LLC, where he directed the company's strategy, sales, marketing, and business development. Michael worked as an MBA associate with HCP & Company and Pareto Capital Group. He began his career as an investment-banking analyst in London with Morgan Stanley.

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The power of any business lies in how it can help others solve their problems. In the business arena, this is attained by having investment firms that solve the financial hurdles of smaller companies. So, how can you run a successful investment firm amidst many larger ones that have trillions of dollars they can use?

Michael Curry says that to become a great operator and investor, you should learn how others are doing it, understand the industry by investing your own money, and teach others what you've learned. These pillars provided a roadmap for how to run a successful investment firm. Michael now shares the challenges they've faced, how they overcame them, and the lessons they've learned maneuvering the investment industry.

In this episode of The Game is The Game Podcast, Chad Franzen of Rise25 sits down with Michael Curry, Chief Executive Officer of Lullwater and Apex Physics Partners, to discuss how to run a successful investment firm. Michael explains the three pillars to becoming great operators and investors, how they overcame the challenges they faced in the early days, and the lessons he learned about running a business from past jobs.