Our guest today is Mike Lui. Mike is CEO at G&G Laboratories. Mike is a first generation, Chinese-American born and raised in NE Philadelphia.

He majored in Economics in Penn State in 1998. He enlisted in the U.S. Army at age of 19 after his sophomore year at Penn State. He joined for a mixture of gratitude and service to his country. He also wanted to stretch is personal boundaries and he wanted to engage with people he wouldn’t have normally met.

Mike served as a Civil Affairs Specialist. The part of the Army that engages in nation building and reconstruction during and after conflicts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_affairs#United_States_Army

Mike deployed to an area south of Baghdad for his combat deployment, where he managed Civil Affairs team and engaged in reconstruction efforts. You can find more details here.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelluiprofile/

Mike left the Army in 2008, shortly before starting his MBA program at UCLA

Mike has been a management consultant, product manager and a technology researcher. Mike has a broad business and technology foundation. 

He has a good idea on what drives performance in teams, organizations and businesses.The next logical step for Mike was to start a business of his own and make it one that he could be proud of and that stands for something.

For Mike, Healthcare is a natural fit because everyone is affected by their personal health. G&G Laboratories deals with proprietary R&D in the cannabis space. The compounds within cannabis yield much potential as traditional health therapies. But not enough research is being done to determine the exact effects and to tailor products to treat specific conditions.