Mississippi State-led partnership wins innovation honor

STARKVILLE, Miss.--A Mississippi State University-led partnership has been honored with statewide recognition for its work to create jobs, strengthen communities and foster innovation among entrepreneurs and manufacturers. Innovate Mississippi presented MSU's Rural Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Program with the John I. Rucker Community Innovation Leadership Award earlier this month at…

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FREE FROM APRON STRINGS — Brush with disaster leads Monroe Jackson to build a better apron

Monroe Jackson wants a business with no strings attached. The Jackson doughnut entrepreneur and survivor of a near-fatal workplace accident has added “innovator” to his life accomplishments. Next up is a marketing role for the inventor and winner of a design patent for a string-free apron he says will make…

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Startup Weekend Starkville to take place Nov. 14-16

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- In partnership with Mississippi State University's Entrepreneurship Center, the first Startup Weekend Starkville, an intense 54-hour crash course in entrepreneurship, will take place Nov. 14-16. The event, which concludes the 2014 Startup Weekend Mississippi statewide tour organized by Innovate Mississippi, will bring together entrepreneurs, programmers, developers, graphic…

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John I. Rucker Community Innovation Leadership Award presented to the Mississippi State University Rural Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Program

Innovate Mississippi’s 2014 John I. Rucker Community Innovation Leadership Award was presented to the Mississippi State University (MSU) Rural Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Program. Innovate Mississippi presents this award to recognize outstanding efforts that have been formed in partnership with academia, government and the private sector with the mission to…

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Global Entrepreneurship Week

Jackson State University will host a conference in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nov. 17-19, 2014. The JSU Department of Entrepreneurship in the College of Business is sponsoring the event in partnership with the Kauffman Foundation. Themed "Unleashing the Entrepreneur Within," the conference will provide workshops covering topics on global…

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13th Annual Southern BioProducts and Renewable Energy Conference to be held in Hattiesburg

The Mississippi Biomass and Renewable Energy Council (MBREC) will hold the 13th Annual Southern BioProducts and Renewable Energy Conference Thursday, November 13, 2014, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Trent Lott Center on the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) campus in Hattiesburg. The theme of this year’s conference…

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