I’ve worked with a lot of incredible creatives. Once I work with a fellow who stands out as a verbal processor. We’ll call him Stephen. “Stephen, the client needs to include their e-commerce store in their new website,” I’ll say. “Is that something you can do relatively easily? Click here…
The Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame celebrates the success and advancements its members have made in their fields. Each member’s story bears telling and retelling as they inspire new and established entrepreneurs, said Tony Jeff, president and CEO of Innovate Mississippi, which sponsors the Innovators Hall of Fame. S.L. Sethi,…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, CLARION LEDGER FEATURE, BUSINESS, September 16, 2016: Thursday night was the 2016 Mississippi Innovator’s Hall of Fame, and I’m going to spend the next few weeks talking about some of the honorees and inductees from the event. One of the great things about the Mississippi Innovator’s Hall…
The latest chapter in Mississippi's health story has a name - The John D. Bower School of Population Health. At a ceremony Monday, Sept. 19, university and health-care leaders celebrated the newest health science school at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. “Population health resides at the intersection of clinical…
Tripping.com is the world’s largest website for researching vacation homes and short-term rentals. It aggregates vacation rentals for users to compare from dozens of sites including HomeAway, VRBO, HouseTrip, FlipKey, Interhome, Booking.com and more. Vacationers can use the platform to search through more than five million properties across 150,000 destinations.…
Kiln, MS — Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company just completed the installation of a state-of-the-art packaging line. This is an investment in our promise to our fans: to take the best possible care of the beer they love. The new packaging line will improve our customers’ experience with our packaged beers…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, CLARION LEDGER FEATURE, BUSINESS, September 8, 2016: For some reason I have a vivid memory of a conversation I had just before the 2010 Mississippi Innovator’s Hall of Fame. The conversation was memorable because I was being quizzed about the inductees for that night and questioned about…
(Ridgeland, Miss.) – Innovate Mississippi announced today that they have been awarded a Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program grant by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in the amount of $125,000. FAST funding provides support for awardees to offer direct funding of Phase 0 grants up to $2,000…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, CLARION LEDGER FEATURE, BUSINESS, August 31, 2016: This is my final of several articles talking about “innovation deployment” or the process of taking inventions or other technologies to market through existing manufacturers, distributors or other existing businesses. As a part of that process, Innovate Mississippi assisted and…
JOSH MABUS — You’re no Picasso and he was no entrepreneur - Mississippi Business Journal A new client invited my staff and me to New York for a week of meetings this summer. Some of the guys had never spent significant time in the city. We stuck around an extra day…