Masters of Scale S5 Ad2 - Data Slays The Monster

In this episode, the Executive Director for the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, Parag Mehta tells us about the Claiborne Corridor, a struggling neighborhood in New Orleans that many had written off. A researcher at the University of New Orleans named Dr. Michelle Thompson believed there was a way to revitalize Claiborne. But she needed to see the numbers, so they held a 36-hour datathon. And the monster? It was as destructive as Godzilla. Only in this case, “the monster” was real.