The MSU Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach empowers students and Mississippi residents to plan, launch and grow successful local and global companies based on new ideas or MSU invented technology. […]

As a partner in the CoBuilders Accelerator, WBC at JSU will collaborate with The Bean Path to provide assistance to companies.

Black-owned Mississippi businesses should complete the membership application by April 17th. A pitch event will be held on May 17th.

The Mississippi Polymer Institute cultivates business growth and participation in advanced materials markets.  As the industrial outreach component of the University of Southern Mississippi’s 500-acre Innovation and Commercialization Park, we […]

The Community Development Foundation (CDF) is a membership-based organization serving to advance the community through partnerships and growth initiatives for more than 75 years. We are the local Chamber of […]

Startup Weekend is now Startup Expedition! MSU's Startup Weekend is now a 3-part journey—Startup Expedition—designed to take ideas from spark to showcase. Startup Basecamp (Jan 30–31, 2026 @ MCITy, Vicksburg): A […]

Applications Open: Monday, February 23 Applications Close: Friday, March 6 at 8:00 AM Program Kickoff: Wednesday, March 11 at 6:00 PM FoundersPlus will meet each Wednesday virtually at 6:00 PM from March […]

Got a startup idea—or ready to take your business to scale? Applications are now open for the Spring 2026 IDEAinstitute cohort at The Idea Village. IDEAinstitute is a 12-week hybrid accelerator for early-stage […]