Michael Guirguis, Co-Founder and CEO of SESO: $30 Million Raised to Power the Agriculture Workforce of the Future

 

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Michael Guirguis, Co-Founder and CEO of SESO, a workforce management platform for the agriculture industry that has raised nearly $30 Million in funding.

Topics Discussed:

• Michael’s background in labor policy, his internship in the White House, and why he switched from the public to the private sector
• What Michael admires in Ryan Peterson, and why Michael likes a massive book about Gengis Khan
• Why the biggest problem in agriculture is access to labor, and how SESO streamlines the process of hiring and managing agricultural employees
• What an H-2A visa is, why it’s crucial for the US agricultural sector, and how SESO helps farmers take advantage of it
• Disrupting a market, and the importance of focus and speed

 

Favorite book: 

Gengis Khan and the Making of the Modern World