A year after Quantum Flow, Inc. took home Innovative Mississippi’s New Venture Challenge grand prize of $3,000 for operating capital, the company is finalizing its first, fully engineered product – the Momentum Dryer. Martin McCurtis got the idea for his revolutionary hooded hair dryer more than 10 years ago, when his wife’s…
Artists, especially of the literary ilk, are often accused of focusing too much on the inner world. Franz Kafka famously said, “Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.” Futurist dystopian novelist Philip K. Dick said, “The problem with introspection is that it has no end.”…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, CLARION LEDGER FEATURE, BUSINESS, January 13, 2017: Those of us who remember a time “BG” (Before Google) and before everyone had a cellphone still laugh as we remember what that was like. As we now near 10 years since the introduction of the iPhone, we are on…
By BECKY GILLETTE Italo Subbarao, DO, MBA, senior associate dean with the William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine, is an emergency physician with a specialty in disaster medicine and emergency response. The former director of the American Medical Association Public Health Readiness Office in Chicago is now using his…
Low income inventors in Mississippi and Alabama are now eligible for free legal assistance through the Pro Bono Patent Program (PBPP). The PBPP is run jointly by the Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program and the Intellectual Property Section of the Alabama Bar. If you have an idea that could be patented,…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, CLARION LEDGER FEATURE, BUSINESS, December 29, 2016: While there were many interesting things that happened in technology worldwide in 2016, there were also some pretty great things for Mississippi technology and innovation companies in 2016 that are worth a recap. With so many things both big and small,…
Brydge4Schools, an education technology startup, plans to close the gap between teachers and parents by providing parents the tools to create meaningful educational conversations with their children. Former Teach for America teacher Mehreen Butt began formulating the idea for the educational application while stationed in rural Mississippi schools. “I have…
Mississippi got the nation’s attention Sunday night – and it was all positive. CBS’ “60 Minutes” focused on the economic strides of the Golden Triangle, whose points are Starkville, Columbus and West Point. And it revolved around Joe Max Higgins, the colorful chief executive of LINK, the economic development agency for the…
HATTIESBURG — Prior to 2000, most hospitals in the U.S. had medical waste incinerators, often on site. That included Forrest General Hospital. Then the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruled that all hospital incinerators in the U.S. had to either be shut down or be upgraded — something that could cost millions of…
What is the best way for all of us in business to deal with the growing threat from hackers and cyber-terrorists? The short answer is to retain experts to hack into your system. Horne Cyber, a division of Horne LLP, is in business to do just that. In a recent…