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.

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