STATE OF MISSISSIPPI Office of the Governor PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, the State of Mississippi recognizes innovation is a powerful engine for economic growth and is committed to promoting the successes and global competitiveness of Mississippi innovators; and WHEREAS, innovation has the power to transform lives and comes in all shapes, sizes…
The message that is sent is never the message that is received. Two things about the history of communication are clear: The methods of communicating have evolved and the rate of change has accelerated. The methods have run the gamut from grunts and hand signals to email and texting. In…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, CLARION LEDGER FEATURE, BUSINESS, October 27, 2016: As the Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame only inducts a new class every couple of years, I’d like to continue the discussing around the inductees and the tremendous contributions they have each made to Mississippi and our business climate. In…
Like many other successful Mississippi entrepreneurs I’ve known through the years, Bert Rubinski, CEO of Enviro-Linen, as built, sold, and started a number of successful businesses. This is one thing that seems to characterize the successful entrepreneur….namely, a fundamental enthusiasm for starting and building new enterprises. After growing up in…
Gary Butler spent less than two years at Vanderbilt – earning a master’s in mechanical engineering in 1994 before setting off for the University of Cambridge for his Ph.D. But Vanderbilt played a significant role in shaping his path into entrepreneurship, so, last week, Butler made the trip from his…
(Ridgeland, Miss.) – Innovate Mississippi, in partnership with Baker Donelson, Bradley, Fuse.cloud,and UPS, will present the 9th Annual Mississippi New Venture Challenge Pitch Competition Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at the downtown Jackson Marriott, as a keystone event of November again being declared by Governor Phil Bryant as Innovation Month in…
(Ridgeland, Miss.) – Innovate Mississippi will host the 17th Annual Conference on Technology Innovation November 2 at the downtown Jackson Marriott, as a keystone event of November again being declared Innovation Month in Mississippi by Governor Phil Bryant. “Each year we gather the innovation community in Mississippi together to explore…
Innovate Mississippi recently hosted the Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame Awards Gala on September 15 at the Country Club of Jackson. This year, Joe F. Sanderson, Jr., chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Sanderson Farms, Inc. in Laurel, was honored as the recipient of the…
STARKVILLE, Miss.— The Geosystems Research Institute (GRI) at Mississippi State University has released a new web application, “GeoDawg,” that gives Mississippians the ability to easily use the capabilities of a powerful geographic information system (GIS). GeoDawg is a simple, yet sophisticated, geographic information system that allows users to view high-resolution…
Women-owned businesses continue to increase in Mississippi, keeping pace with a national trend that now shows that 38 percent of all U.S. businesses are owned by women. “Women-owned businesses in Mississippi continue to be a force to be reckoned with,” says Janita R. Stewart, SBA District Director in Mississippi. “They…