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Jon Maynard encourages economic developers to chase "tropical fish" by focusing on livability in their communities.

Big Ideas: Economic Developers Should Chase ‘Tropical Fish,’ Not ‘Big Whales’

At the 2017 Conference on Technology Innovation, Jon Maynard spoke on how economic developers should target "tropical fish" in their growth strategies instead of "big whales." The goal—make your city a better place to live, and the jobs will follow. "In Oxford, Mississippi we've been doing 'tropical fish' development for…

The Myra Mirrors team at CES in Las Vegas.

Mississippi-Based Myra Mirrors On Display at CES 2018

Oxford, Miss. (January 17, 2018) – Oxford-based Myra Mirrors was on display at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nev., last week, where they introduce their “Reflective Assistant” to attendees at the world’s largest consumer technology conference. Myra Mirrors’ unique “Reflective Assistant,” created by co-founders Pontus Anderson, Sam Bertolet,…

Big Ideas: Keeping Millennials in Mississippi

Matt Bolian, project manager at C Spire, is a millennial who has returned home to Mississippi to work. But, in this talk at the Conference on Technology Innovation, he warns that he's among the few millennials who stay or return to Mississippi, and that once educated young adults move from…

CampusKnot: Overnight Success, Five Years in the Making

Like most "overnight success stories" CampusKnot’s is about five years running—although the company just began expanding to states neighboring Mississippi in late 2017, in December 2017 they closed $500,000 of startup funding, which took their total private investment raised as a company to $700,000. CampusKnot also has a STEP grant…

WJTV Covers Mississippi Coding Academies Expansion in Jackson

Innovate Mississippi is thrilled to get local coverage of our announcements, and this story by WJTV is a great one! With the announcement last week that the W.K. Kellogg Foundation will grant $1 million to the Mississippi Coding Academies for expansion in Jackson, the word is out about the exciting possibility for…

W. K. Kellogg Foundation Awards $1 Million to Mississippi Coding Academies

Jackson, Miss. (December 12, 2017) – The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded Innovate Mississippi a three-year, $1 million grant to help the newly formed Mississippi Coding Academies grow their current program in the city of Jackson from one academy to four academies over the next three years. The goal is to…

Virtual Reality Showcase Stop in At Innovate Mississippi

This past week the Innovate Mississippi staff and members of the Jackson cohort of the Mississippi Coding Academies took a break to try on VR headsets and spend time in virtual worlds created by students in Clarksdale, Mississippi. https://youtu.be/m0OIJ8nvESA Visiting the offices were Vince Jordan, CEO and president of a virtual…

Kopis Mobile makes smartphone and tablet-enabled apps for military and first-responders

Kopis Mobile Shapes High-Tech Solutions for Soldiers, First Responders

Mississippi-based Kopis Mobile hit a major milestone in 2017—it ranked #384 on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies. One of only two Mississippi companies to make the annual list, the honor cements Kopis Mobile as the fastest growing tech company in the state. Dr. Henry “Hank” Jones of…

USM Office of Technology Development Announces New Funding Opportunity

The Office of Technology Development at the University of Southern Mississippi has created a new funding opportunity to advance innovations within the community. The purpose of the fund is to further the commercial potential of early-stage “dual-use” (military/civilian) technologies or innovations. Those technologies/innovations that are submitted to the USM Office…

Entergy Launches Revamped Online ‘Site Selection’ Tool

Nationally recognized Site Selection Center further advances Mississippi’s economic development efforts, technology at the forefront JACKSON, Mississippi – In today’s competitive market for cultivating economic impact and job growth, Mississippi now has a boosted advantage when it comes to attracting companies and industries to the state. Entergy Mississippi has revamped…