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Photo by Marc F. Henning Walmart's Open Call event on June 19, 2019, at the MLK building in Bentonville, Ark.

2020 Walmart Open Call Invites Mississippi Entrepreneurs

Walmart is currently accepting applications for its 7th Annual Open Call, which seeks U.S.-manufactured products that they can sell on Walmart shelves. This year, pitch meetings will be held virtually on October 1st with Walmart buyers. The deadline to apply is August 10th, with additional information and the online application…

Capture: 2019 Company & Investor Spotlight

This pitch from Capture is part of our series of videos from the Company and Investor Spotlight in November of 2019. Our goal is to showcase some of the companies and investors who were part of the event—and to give you some startup inspiration. Enjoy! In this video, Josh Frazier, founder…

SBA Supports Program to Assist Women and Minority Entrepreneurs with SBIR Grants

The U.S. Small Business Administration, or SBA, is supporting a new program to help women and minority entrepreneurs with SBIR grants. Federal SBIR grants are almost the only grants available for small businesses, and while Mississippi businesses are generally underserved in receiving these grants, women and minority-owned businesses are particularly…

Innovate Mississippi introduces Women and Minority Entrepreneur Development Program and LaunchFund

Innovate Mississippi, with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, announces the Minority and Women Entrepreneur Development Program. Minority and women founders will be invited to join a network of peers to participate in programs that further entrepreneurial education, provide mentor connections, and offer general development assistance. Beginning on July 21st,…

The Maxbit’s Journey From Idea to the ‘Today’ Show

Dr. Michele Morgan says it's fitting that her product, The MaxBit, appeared this month on The Today Show as a product offered under the Hammacher Schlemmer banner. After all, the 172-year-old catalog company gave The Maxbit its first "win" back in 2004. "When all I had was the prototype, and…

Sonido: 2019 Company & Investor Spotlight

This pitch from Sonido is part of our series of videos from the Company and Investor Spotlight in November of 2019. Our goal is to showcase some of the companies and investors who were part of the event—and to give you some startup inspiration. Enjoy! In this video, Brady Hoggard,…

Glo Pals Drive Growth Despite COVID: ‘They Don’t Teach This in Macroeconomics’

Hagan Walker and Anna Barker of Glo say they've been fortunate during the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn. The Starkville, Mississippi company, and frequent participant at Innovate Mississippi's Accelerate conference, has two major product lines—Glo Cubes and Glo Pals. Both are products that glow when put in contact with liquid.…

Cattlog: 2019 Company & Investor Spotlight

This pitch from Cattlog is part of our series of videos from the Company and Investor Spotlight in November of 2019. Our goal is to showcase some of the companies and investors who were part of the event—and to give you some startup inspiration. Enjoy! In this video, Loren Stark,…

MSU’s Eric Hill: Mississippi Could Be The Tech Capital of the Country

Eric Hill, executive director of the Center for Entrepreneur and Outreach at Mississippi State University, published a noteworthy piece on Medium this week, where he had a ton to say about the potential that he's seeing in Mississippi's entrepreneurial ecosystem—and what it'll take to make our state the best in…

CampusKnot: Pitch at 2019 Company & Investor Spotlight

This pitch from CampusKnot is part of our series of videos from the Company and Investor Spotlight in November of 2019. Our goal is to showcase some of the companies and investors who were part of the event—and to give you some startup inspiration. Enjoy! In this video, Rahul Gopal,…