Jackson, Mississippi, March 15, 2017 – Coalesce, in partnership with Innovate Mississippi, will soon offer CO.STARTERS, an internationally renowned platform that helps communities grow local business. The nine-week program equips aspiring entrepreneurs with the insights, education, relationships, and tools needed to turn business ideas into action by applying the lean business modeling…
Friday April 7 - Saturday April 8 University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi The first-ever iD 8 Hackathon and STEM innovation conference is designed to promote coding and computer science education among African-American high school girls. The hackathon is a competition open to teams of five (including four students and…
Jackson, Mississippi, April 1, 2017 – Coalesce, in partnership with Innovate Mississippi, will soon offer CO.STARTERS, an internationally renowned platform that helps communities grow local business. The nine-week program, set to kickoff May 2017, will equip aspiring entrepreneurs with the insights, education, relationships, and tools needed to turn business ideas…
The Entrepreneur Center @ Mississippi Development Authority continues its 2017 Spring Webinar Series on Tuesday, April 11 at noon with a presentation on “Customer Acquisition” by the Entrepreneur Center’s Nash Nunnery. The webinar series is designed to help both aspiring and existing entrepreneurs boost their business profile in communities around…
Mortgage industry expert Dr. Bill Rayburn will be honored by The University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business as its 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year during a special luncheon set for Friday, April 7. The luncheon will be held at the Trent Lott Center on the Hattiesburg campus. Rayburn, USM…
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Building on its robust cyber security research and education programs, Mississippi State University is launching a master’s program in cyber security and operations. The new master of science degree was recently approved by the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees. The program will be administered by the…
JACKSON, Mississippi – New employees of Entergy Corporation’s transmission organization are gaining valuable knowledge and experience in maintaining substations at the new Arthur “Dub” Barfield Training Substation in Clinton, Mississippi. “This is the only training facility of its kind in Entergy’s four-state utility service territory,” said Jim Schott, vice president…
What started as a fundraising tool for schools to sell website advertisements to local businesses has now evolved into a full-blown streaming network. WSN Live provides customer schools with a turnkey broadcast and streaming product that allows them to stream their sporting events online with speed and ease. All a…
BankPlus recently announced the launch of The Source, an initiative designed to provide Mississippi women in business with access to capital, mentoring support and networking opportunities to succeed in business. The Source will launch with the goal to loan $50 million from BankPlus to women seeking to start a business,…