'The Accelerator' got some great press from the Hattiesburg American, which published an article of Thanksgiving weekend by Ellen Ciurczak. The article focused on the $28-million, 60,000-square-foot facility that is home to 14 different companies and three University of Southern Mississippi labs. The Accelerator is a project of USM, designed to…
Company builds a smarter energy future for homes and businesses JACKSON, Mississippi - In early 2019, Entergy Mississippi, Inc. will take yet another step toward building a smarter energy future for its customers when it begins installing advanced electric meters in its service area. Once complete, customers will have improved…
Wade H. Creekmore, Jr. and James H. Creekmore, Sr., founders of C Spire, the largest privately held wireless company in the country, headlined the honorees present at the 2018 Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame Awards Gala at the Country Club of Jackson on September 13, 2018. The Creekmore brothers received the…
Tech movement initiative helps firm support precision farming to boost crop yields, reduce water use Tchula, Miss. (Verbatim Release) – C Spire, on a mission to move Mississippi forward through technology, is teaming up with farmers and smart equipment manufacturers to test new automated irrigation techniques that promise to boost…
Natural gas-fired plant upgrades fleet, benefits customers and environment JACKSON, Mississippi (Verbatim Release) – Entergy Mississippi, Inc. has taken another step toward modernizing the electric grid and building the utility of the future. The company intends to purchase the Choctaw Energy Facility, a modern power plant in French Camp, Mississippi,…
Wendy Mullins, who serves in Innovate Mississippi's Mentor Network, on our Seed Fund board of directors and is a frequent judge for our pitch competitions, has added another feather to her cap—chairman of the Madison County Business League & Foundation Entrepreneurship Committee. Mullins is an attorney with Bradley Arant Boult…
JACKSON, Mississippi--In time for the height of hurricane season, Entergy Mississippi has opened its $20-million South Street building. The renovated property houses its high-tech, high-security electric distribution operations center. This marks a significant milestone in the company's effort to modernize the grid and build the utility of the future. The…
BidMoni co-CEO Stephen Daigle's experience as a financial advisor taught him something interesting about the world of retirement plans--and particularly 401k plans implemented by companies for their employees. The problem: It's nearly impossible for all but the biggest corporations to compare 401k plans and know they're getting the best deal…
Seventeen startup business teams from Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi—all part of the Delta Regional Authority's Delta I-Fund program—converged on the Innovation Hub in downtown Jackson for their Opening Weekend on June 9th and 10th. Sponsored by Innovate Mississippi, with support from TeamJXN and Coalesce Coworking, the Opening Weekend event saw…
This May, Starkville-based Camgian was named the Industrial IoT ("Internet of Things") Company of the Year in the 6th Annual Compass Intelligence awards. The awards, presented by the global analytics company Compass Intelligence, are voted on by an outside group of press, editors, journalists and thought leaders in the industry. “In…