Great insights come from unexpected places - Craig Harris

Craig Harris, the founder and CEO of HGDATA (http://hgdata.com)sat down for a conversation with host Mark Sylvester for a wide-ranging talk that covered his early work as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay and how lessons he learned there have guided him throughout his business career. He and Mark talked about several themes, including; • What's the meaning of HG and the Holy Grail • What's a Minimally Viable Expert? • How do you create a workplace that's compelling - attracting the best talent to your business • Big Data and understanding a customers specific requirements • Measuring results - another Holy Grail • Building a business in Santa Barbara and the funding environment, how it's changing so quickly Craig is also a sponsor of the 805connect project and we appreciate his guidance and support from the very earliest days of the effort. We profiled them in a special post which you can read at http://805connect.com/hgdata. Buzzword Bingo: Unstructured data