Like many other successful Mississippi entrepreneurs I’ve known through the years, Bert Rubinski, CEO of Enviro-Linen, as built, sold, and started a number of successful businesses. This is one thing that seems to characterize the successful entrepreneur….namely, a fundamental enthusiasm for starting and building new enterprises. After growing up in…
Gary Butler spent less than two years at Vanderbilt – earning a master’s in mechanical engineering in 1994 before setting off for the University of Cambridge for his Ph.D. But Vanderbilt played a significant role in shaping his path into entrepreneurship, so, last week, Butler made the trip from his…
(Ridgeland, Miss.) – Innovate Mississippi, in partnership with Baker Donelson, Bradley, Fuse.cloud,and UPS, will present the 9th Annual Mississippi New Venture Challenge Pitch Competition Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at the downtown Jackson Marriott, as a keystone event of November again being declared by Governor Phil Bryant as Innovation Month in…
(Ridgeland, Miss.) – Innovate Mississippi will host the 17th Annual Conference on Technology Innovation November 2 at the downtown Jackson Marriott, as a keystone event of November again being declared Innovation Month in Mississippi by Governor Phil Bryant. “Each year we gather the innovation community in Mississippi together to explore…
Innovate Mississippi recently hosted the Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame Awards Gala on September 15 at the Country Club of Jackson. This year, Joe F. Sanderson, Jr., chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Sanderson Farms, Inc. in Laurel, was honored as the recipient of the…
STARKVILLE, Miss.— The Geosystems Research Institute (GRI) at Mississippi State University has released a new web application, “GeoDawg,” that gives Mississippians the ability to easily use the capabilities of a powerful geographic information system (GIS). GeoDawg is a simple, yet sophisticated, geographic information system that allows users to view high-resolution…
Women-owned businesses continue to increase in Mississippi, keeping pace with a national trend that now shows that 38 percent of all U.S. businesses are owned by women. “Women-owned businesses in Mississippi continue to be a force to be reckoned with,” says Janita R. Stewart, SBA District Director in Mississippi. “They…
Egburt™ industrial Internet of Things platform powering new intelligent infrastructure on the Ohio River. STARKVILLE, MS – 18 October 2016 – Camgian announced today that it has completed the successful field deployment of a new intelligent infrastructure system powered by its award winning Egburt™ software platform. The Intelligent Decision Support or…
Jobs in the metro regions of Jackson and Nashville relating to the automotive industry grew faster than anywhere in the country the past two years, a Brookings Institution analysis of advanced manufacturing found. Metro Jackson’s strong growth in auto-related manufacturing was enough to place it third nationally for growth in…
JACKSON, Miss. – As the University of Mississippi Medical Center's heralded pilot program to remotely monitor Delta diabetes patients wraps up, lessons learned already have improved care for hundreds enrolled in UMMC's telehealth network. The same model used to bring care to patients in the Diabetes Telehealth Network is now…