Recognizing that technology drives exploration, NASA has selected four teams of agency technologists for participation in the Early Career Initiative (ECI) pilot program. The program encourages creativity and innovation among early career NASA technologists by engaging them in hands-on technology development opportunities needed for future missions. View article.
Kelcy Gooch and a team of his fellow Mississippi State University students set out last Friday to start a new social network. Their startup is called called College Fit, and Gooch said the goal is to let students access workout plans, nutrition plans, tutoring opportunities, fitness schedules at MSU’s Sanderson…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) — More than 40 Mississippi State college students are gathering for the first Innovate Mississippi Startup Weekend in Starkville. The like-minded student entrepreneurs have only a few days to develop a business idea and turn it into startup company. Students, who range from entrepreneurs, to developers and…
STARKVILLE, Miss.--A Mississippi State University-led partnership has been honored with statewide recognition for its work to create jobs, strengthen communities and foster innovation among entrepreneurs and manufacturers. Innovate Mississippi presented MSU's Rural Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Program with the John I. Rucker Community Innovation Leadership Award earlier this month at…
Monroe Jackson wants a business with no strings attached. The Jackson doughnut entrepreneur and survivor of a near-fatal workplace accident has added “innovator” to his life accomplishments. Next up is a marketing role for the inventor and winner of a design patent for a string-free apron he says will make…
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- In partnership with Mississippi State University's Entrepreneurship Center, the first Startup Weekend Starkville, an intense 54-hour crash course in entrepreneurship, will take place Nov. 14-16. The event, which concludes the 2014 Startup Weekend Mississippi statewide tour organized by Innovate Mississippi, will bring together entrepreneurs, programmers, developers, graphic…
Innovate Mississippi’s 2014 John I. Rucker Community Innovation Leadership Award was presented to the Mississippi State University (MSU) Rural Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Program. Innovate Mississippi presents this award to recognize outstanding efforts that have been formed in partnership with academia, government and the private sector with the mission to…
Jackson State University will host a conference in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nov. 17-19, 2014. The JSU Department of Entrepreneurship in the College of Business is sponsoring the event in partnership with the Kauffman Foundation. Themed "Unleashing the Entrepreneur Within," the conference will provide workshops covering topics on global…
The Mississippi Biomass and Renewable Energy Council (MBREC) will hold the 13th Annual Southern BioProducts and Renewable Energy Conference Thursday, November 13, 2014, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Trent Lott Center on the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) campus in Hattiesburg. The theme of this year’s conference…
Have you ever used an ATM outside of a bank? You have a Mississippi company to thank for that. Triton Systems, on the Gulf Coast, was the first to develop an “outside of the bank” ATM. But you’ve probably never heard of them. “We have some big companies in Mississippi…