Posted by: Contributing Columnist, Mississippi Business Journal Feature, News, Technology, April 28, 2016. The standard ‘glass half-full or half-empty’ saying is commonly used to emphasize the difference between positive and negative thinking, or optimism and pessimism, respectively. Positive thinking is generally associated with the glass being half-full, and negative thinking with…
Today’s society will be remembered as the first wave of instant access culture. Need proof? There are ghosts of companies wandering the corporate graveyard, howling at the moon because they couldn’t keep up with our thirst for immediacy. “I went to Blockbuster” is now a primitive expression, akin to “Hand…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, Clarion-Ledger, Business, April 28, 2016: In one of Innovate Mississippi’s training sessions, we ask this question to participants: “Which is more likely to be successful? An extraordinary idea with ordinary execution or extraordinary execution of an ordinary idea?” Since all we focus on at Innovate Mississippi…
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Beginning this fall, 34 public school districts will be participating in a yearlong pilot program called Computer Science for Mississippi. Beyond introducing state students to the CS profession, the training initiative is designed to equip them to be technologically literate citizens who are prepared for CS-related careers. Announcement of…
New Corporate Identity Reflects Decade of Company Growth and Extended Product Offering JACKSON, Miss – April 26, 2016 – Broadband Voice, the longest-standing provider of hosted voice over IP solutions in the state of Mississippi, announced today that it is changing its name to Fuse.Cloud (pronounced fuse dot cloud). Since…
(Ridgeland, Miss.) – Innovate Mississippi announces that the next Startup Weekend will be held April 29 – May 1 at the Coalesce Cooperative Working Environment located in Downtown Jackson. Innovate Mississippi has partnered with Coalesce to host its fifth Startup Weekend Jackson event. Powered by Google for Entrepreneurs, Startup Weekends…
At Innovate Mississippi, we spend every day coaching startup companies to be the best they can be. In doing this, we follow one very simple rule that ensures civility, but can sometimes make our jobs difficult: We never tell anyone their baby is ugly. So despite the occasional plans from clients…
2016 Nissan Innovation Conference May 4 - 5, 2016 Nissan Plant - Canton, MS http://www.cavse.msstate.edu/InnovationConference/ - Open to the public We would like to invite you to the 2016 Innovation Conference at the Nissan Plant in Canton, Mississippi. This annual event focuses on showcasing the latest technologies for improving quality within…
STARKVILLE, Miss.—The College of Business at Mississippi State will hold a grand opening for its new Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation next week. Part of the college’s annual E-Week schedule celebrating entrepreneurship, the grand opening will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday [April 19] in the McCool Hall atrium. The event…
“Bright Future” pilot project includes three locations in Magnolia state BROOKHAVEN, Mississippi–City, county and state representatives, community and business leaders and Entergy Mississippi, Inc. gathered on Wednesday for the company’s dedication of its Brookhaven solar site—one of three in Mississippi that make up Entergy’s “Bright Future” pilot solar system. The…