Posted by: Contributing columnist, Clarion-Ledger, Business, March 1, 2016: If you walk around Monday saying, “Happy Alexander Graham Bell Day!” you are likely to get strange stares, but that’s just because people don’t know the historical significance of that date. March 7 is the 140th anniversary of the invention and patenting…
GoEntergy.com a powerful tool for site selectors and businesses NEW ORLEANS – With a goal of supporting and driving economic growth and prosperity in the rapidly expanding Gulf Coast region, Entergy has developed and launched a freestanding website designed to attract site selectors and companies looking to potentially expand in…
Founders of local podcasting company receive competitive grant for media innovation JACKSON, Miss. - Local entrepreneurs Beau York and Briar Bowser received national recognition this week for their company SATCHEL as the Knight Foundation released its first round of 2016 Prototype Fund winners. The Knight Prototype Fund, which was established in…
By Lisa Monti, Mississippi Business Journal, Feature Article, February 23, 2016. Raising capital for a startup is different for each entrepreneur and venture, but starting out on the right legal footing is a sure way to help smooth the process. Matthew McLaughlin, a shareholder and member of the Emerging Companies Team at…
Arkansas native has 35 years’ experience with Entergy JACKSON, Miss. – Entergy Corporation has named Charles Hall vice president, power plant operations for Mississippi. Previously, he served as power plant manager at Gerald Andrus plant in Greenville. “I am excited to see Charles in this important position. He is a…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, Clarion-Ledger, Business, February 17, 2016: Over a five-day period ending last week an amazing thing happened. Millions of people followed updates on Twitter and Periscope and waited in anticipation for daily podcasts about a legal hearing. This was a hearing that wasn’t televised, wasn’t about a celebrity, and was…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, Clarion-Ledger, Business, February 10, 2016: In case you’ve not been paying attention for the last 10 years, distracted driving is a problem that has reached epic proportions on America’s roadways. Sure, there have always been distractions to drivers. Believe it or not, I used to pass the same…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, Clarion-Ledger, Business, February 4, 2016: For a technology that is more than 30 years old, 3D printing is getting a lot of buzz lately and is now finally becoming truly transformative across a broad spectrum of industries. Perhaps the most revolutionary evolution of 3D printing is that it’s…
Posted by: Contributing Columnist, Mississippi Business Journal Feature, News, Opinion, Technology, January 28, 2016. As we look at what innovations we may expect to emerge across our state in 2016, I would like to share some of the topics which I encountered at the Rural Opportunity Investment Conference in Memphis and…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, Clarion-Ledger, Business, January 26, 2016: The popularity of the ABC show “Shark Tank” has made it a lot easier for us to explain what we do at Innovate Mississippi. We can now half-jokingly tell people, “We’re a lot like a ‘Shark Tank’ for Mississippi, except our entrepreneurs…