We were thrilled to be honored by the Mississippi Business Journal this year during the Top Mississippi Nonprofits awards. The ceremony, which took place on December 16, 2021 at the Old Capitol Inn in downtown Jackson, featured a number of nonprofits that had been nominated by their constituents and supporters…
Entrepreneurs, economic developers, innovators and future business owners are set to gather April 6-7, 2022 in Vicksburg to learn about the climate and future of entrepreneurship in Mississippi. The seventh annual Mississippi Entrepreneurship Forum is sponsored by the Mississippi Development Authority and the University of Mississippi‘s McLean Institute for Public Service and…
In the second year of the Women and Minority Entrepreneurial Development Program, Innovate Mississippi grew the cohort to 18 startup companies, putting their founders through a 12-week educational sprint. The program, funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, seeks to introduce people from historically underserved communities to early-stage capital, professional…
In the past decade, over 100 percent of job growth has come from companies less than five years old, said J.F. Gauthier, founder of Startup Genome and keynote speaker for Accelerate 2021. As legacy corporations automate more jobs and streamline their workforces, startup companies create the jobs that fill those…
November 2021 isn't just the month when our successful Accelerate 2021 conference took place—it's also the month that Site Selection magazine chose to interview Innovate Mississippi's President and CEO Tony Jeff. Tony spoke with the magazine to tell them more about what Innovate Mississippi does and paint the picture of…
We wanted to let our readers know about a great WLBT story this past week focused, in part, on the growth of entrepreneurship during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated challenges to conducting "business as usual." WLBT's Roslyn Anderson reported the story, headlined "During the Pandemic, Mississippians Left Their Day Job…
The Mississippi Development Authority is accepting grant applications for the 2021 Mississippi Industrial Energy Efficiency Program, which is made possible through approximately $400,000 in State Energy Program funds from the U.S. Department of Energy. MIEEP assists industrial manufacturers with making energy efficiency upgrades to their facilities, which reduces energy consumption…
Mississippi Development Authority and Startup Genome publish 2021 Global Startup Ecosystem Report Mississippi featured in world’s only preeminent report on advancing startup ecosystems – ranking as a Top 20 Global Ecosystem in Startup Experience Jackson, Miss. (Sept. 22, 2021) – The 2021 Global Startup Ecosystem Report by Startup Genome and…
BloomBridge, a service for delivering flowers to gravesites, launched in seven Southeastern states this summer. The Mississippi-based company grew out of a startup that CEO Allen initially named "Flowers to the Grave," which applied a gig-economy model to the task of decorating the gravesites of loved ones with attractive artificial…
Ocean Aero develops and manufactures high-tech, autonomous vehicles for nautical observation and data collection. Its signature vehicle, the Triton, is wind- and solar-powered, using a uniquely deployed sail for surface operations and stored battery power to travel underwater. Starting later this year, the Triton will be manufactured in GulfPort, Miss.,…