What is 'data science' and should entrepreneurs be focusing on it? Listener Matt B. recently posed this question to us. In response to Matt's question, we invited Garett Howardson, Ph.D. to join us on this week's episode of The Unconventional Path. We follow Garett's interesting career path, from a tiny town in South Dakota to Washington DC, through fellowships, an academic job, a startup, and now as a Research Psychologist at the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences in Alexandria VA. Garett has carved out an interesting niche combining psychology and data science. Based on his entrepreneurial experiences, Garett shares his first hand observations about if entrepreneurs should be adopting 'big data' methods to help grow their business. His answers may surprise you and spur some interesting questions! Please join us and listen to Garett and his story.

Thanks for listening,

Bela and Mike

Learn more about Garett at https://www.linkedin.com/in/garett-howardson-39895b16/

Check out his research here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Garett_Howardson

In this episode, we discuss the benefits of CEO peer groups. Here is a blog post about the concept:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2018/10/01/heres-why-professional-peer-groups-are-worth-the-investment/#5bb1b7a2a8bb

Some general examples of these are (note: these aren't endorsements - we are fans of the concept, but not of any one organization - please do your own homework and explore if such a group might be a good fit for you):

https://www.10xfactory.com/ceo-peer-groups

https://ceoglobalnetwork.com/

https://incceoproject.com/

And many are industry specific, including:

IT industry: http://www.msp-ignite.com/peer/IT%20Company/

Building/Construction: http://www.abcwestwa.org/Resources/Peer-Groups

Auto retail: https://www.nada.org/20Group/

We love to hear from our listeners, send us your questions, comments, and suggestions at [email protected] - we will answer your questions in a future episode.

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