Innovate Mississippi announced the formation of the Central Mississippi Angel Fund during the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s 2nd Annual Health Innovation and Transformation (HIT) Forum on May 21, 2019 at the Norman C. Nelson Student Union on UMMC’s campus. The Central Mississippi Angel Fund will focus on investing in…
For a new virtual reality research project, the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) has selected Jackson-based Lobaki, Inc. The firm will develop what the two organizations are calling a "Sports Enhancement Virtual Reality Experience." Lobaki will build the software in support of ongoing UMMC-driven research. They hope to create…
Over 100 people in Mississippi's innovation ecosystem—entrepreneurs, economic developers, students and government officials—gathered in Jackson for the fifth annual Mississippi Entrepreneurship Forum, sponsored in part by the McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement. “The forum is designed to bring colleges and universities together in Mississippi to share about…
Two great friends of Innovate Mississippi, Dr. Nashlie Sephus and Dr. Julie Cwikla, were honored at the 4th Annual Ada Lovelace Awards. The Ada award was created to celebrate women from around the Southeastern U.S. for their achievements in technology fields. The award ceremony took place in New Orleans at…
Focusing on legislation designed to combat "brain drain" in Mississippi, WAPT interviewed two local startup CEOs: Bilal Qizilbash, co-founder and CEO of EasyKale Labs LLC in Jackson, and Josh Frazier, CEO of Torrus, based in Rankin County. The story by WAPT reporter Jade Bulecza asked the CEOs about a bill in…
The Mississippi Business Journal recently reported that Richard A. Sun, CFA, was named the AITP's Mississippian of the Year in 2018. The Jackson chapter or CompTIA's Association of Information Technology Award Professionals presented him with the award during a ceremony at Anjou Restaurant in Ridgeland. Sun is the former chairman…
The Columbus Dispatch had two great stories on the Golden Triangle Region (GTR) cohort of the Mississippi Coding Academies in January—one was an announcement of the graduation of nine coders, and the other was an editorial that focuses on the potential that the Coding Academies have for fighting brain drain in Mississippi.…
Of the 551 micropolitan areas around the country, Oxford, Miss., ranks #9 in overall economic strength according to Policom Corporation, an independent economic research firm out of Florida. The annual rankings measure the economic strength of areas that have a city of more than 10,000 people, and fewer than 50,000,…
JACKSON, Mississippi – The year 2019 will ring in new jobs and major investment in Mississippi as Entergy Nuclear continues to expand its operations and workforce. Entergy Corporation has created some 170 jobs at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station since 2017, increasing its workforce to more than 820 employees. Over the…
(Jackson, Miss.) The Mississippi Coding Academies are proud to announce the graduation of its first cohort of computer programmer developers. The Jackson cohort graduated 11 junior developers, and the Golden Triangle cohort graduated nine new junior developers after they successfully completed an 11-month, full stack curriculum which started in October…