By Josh Mabus, Mississippi Business Journal, Feature Article, June 23, 2016. A few months ago, two of the world’s most successful lifestyle brands joined forces when Red Bull announced that GoPro was going to begin following and filming its Formula 1 racing team. The announcement reminded me of a conversation I…
(Ridgeland, Miss.) – Innovate Mississippi announced today that six Mississippi startup companies were accepted as product suppliers for Walmart.com at the 2016 U.S. Manufacturing Supplier Summit hosted by Walmart June 28 in Bentonville, Ark. The summit’s theme, “Investing in American Jobs,” exemplifies Walmart’s commitment to continue accelerating the U.S. manufacturing…
Posted by: Ashby Foote, Guest columnist, Clarion-Ledger, Business, June 23, 2016. If you are not a beer drinker you may have missed a profound shift in the adult beverage marketplace: Business for the big beer brands has gone flat. Overall beer sales are doing fine, but all the excitement and growth is…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, Clarion-Ledger, Business, June 24, 2016 You’ve probably noticed the peer-to-peer revolution going on even if you aren’t familiar with the term “peer-to-peer." Companies like Uber, Lyft, Airbnb and others are all part of the revolution. All of these companies and many others are all built on…
More Rural Customers in Mississippi to Enjoy High-Speed Internet over 100% Fiber Network Posted by AT&T Mississippi Team on June 23, 2016. Many homes and small businesses in the Taylor area will be able to access ultra-fast internet speeds up to 1 gigabit per second¹ over AT&T’s 100% fiber AT&T…
A massive rocket booster that never made it to space instead made its way Tuesday to Mississippi’s Infinity Science Center after a carefully orchestrated days-long move over land and water from New Orleans. The rocket booster was part of the Saturn V rocket used to support the Apollo moon program.…
The Pascagoula - Gautier School District is committed to Career Technical Education. The CCTI (College & Career Technical Institute) currently has 14 programs and is adding 2 to 3 new programs in upcoming years. Next year, they are piloting the Computer Engineering class, which will partner with the City of…
Two University of Southern Mississippi faculty members have been working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to learn more about the impact and effectiveness of technology designed to help individuals stay safe in an emergency. David Cochran and Bandana Kar, associate professors in the USM Department of Geography and…
Back in 2013, Katie Boody and Carrie Markel realized that Kansas City schools were dying — and they decided to do something about it. Every summer since then, The Lean Lab has hosted its core program, The Incubator Fellowship, to support and coach early-stage startups focused on reimagining public education through entrepreneurship.…
By Josh Mabus, Mississippi Business Journal, Feature Article, June 16, 2016. Edward Teach, the pirate better known as Blackbeard, was one of the earliest and most successful designers and brand experts. Alice Rawsthorn, in her 2014 book Hello World, uses the legendary pirate as an example of taking great care in…