By TED CARTER, Mississippi Business Journal, November 12, 2015 Every so often someone walks into the Innovate Mississippi office certain he has devised a surefire perpetual motion machine. Tony Jeff will probably be the one hearing the claim. The market indeed needs a machine that outputs more energy than it…
Posted by: Ted Carter in Economic Development, MBJ FEATURE, NEWS, Technology, Tourism November 12, 2015 By TED CARTER Every so often someone walks into the Innovate Mississippi office certain he has devised a surefire perpetual motion machine. Tony Jeff will probably be the one hearing the claim. The market indeed needs a machine that outputs more energy than…
By Hu Meena Few people noticed the lightbulb. The innovation that has come to be the very symbol of, well, a great idea. No one was against it, but few saw the potential. And who could blame them? This was a disruptive innovation that seemed out of context and excessive…
By LISA MONTI The founders of Trensek, a new technology, mobile game and app development company in Jackson, will roll out its first game next month, and they are hoping it will be the first of many trendsetting products. The 10 entrepreneurs also want their new startup to give hope to…
(Ridgeland, MS) -Innovate Mississippi will host the 16th Annual Conference on Technology Innovation November 10-11 at the downtown Jackson Marriott, as a keystone event of November again being declared by Governor Phil Bryant as Innovation Month in Mississippi. “For the last 15 years, we have gathered the innovation community together…
By: Ted Carter, Mississippi Business Journal Feature, Business October 28, 2015 SCORE, formerly the Service Corps of Retired Executives, has returned to mentoring small business owners and entrepreneurs in metro Jackson after a 12-year absence. SCORE of Metro Jackson will operate from an office at the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership, 201…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, CLARION LEDGER FEATURE, BUSINESS, October 28, 2015: The recent authentication of only the second photograph of Billy the Kid really got me thinking about how much our world has changed in the 150 years since that photo was taken. The ability to perfectly record a human being’s…
Posted by: Contributing Columnist, Mississippi Business Journal Feature, News, Economic Development, October 23, 2015: So what is in a Twitter hashtag anyway? A lot, when you take a close look at the nine characters in “#MsInNov8” that were specifically chosen to promote the concept of innovation in Mississippi during November. …
STARKVILLE, MS – Today Camgian announced that it has been recognized as one of the “Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America” by Entrepreneur magazine’s Entrepreneur360™ Performance Index, a premier study delivering the most comprehensive analysis of private companies in America. See full article.
Posted by: Contributing columnist, CLARION LEDGER FEATURE, BUSINESS, October 21, 2015: For the third year in a row, Gov. Phil Bryant has declared November as “Innovation Month” to highlight the significant innovation activity in the state and challenge individuals and organizations to do more to promote and grow the innovation economy…