By Josh Mabus, Mississippi Business Journal, Feature Article, June 16, 2016. Edward Teach, the pirate better known as Blackbeard, was one of the earliest and most successful designers and brand experts. Alice Rawsthorn, in her 2014 book Hello World, uses the legendary pirate as an example of taking great care in…
Let's Restore Together We are excited to welcome ClientRunner to the Next Gear Family! Next Gear Solutions, the developers of DASH, the market-leading restoration management software, signed an agreement to acquire ClientRunner. The acquisition will couple Next Gear’s expansive and powerful feature set with ClientRunner’s ease of use, creating a combination…
Posted by: Jack Weatherly, Mississippi Business Journal Feature, News, Technology, June 16, 2016. The Port of Gulfport is in talks with what would be its largest tenant in terms of leased space. SeaOne Gulfport LLC is proposing a $450 million liquified natural gas facility, according to port Executive Director Jonathan Daniels. The…
Consider yourself stylish? Those with good taste and a wardrobe to match could find themselves getting richer for it with a new peer-to-peer clothing rental platform from Y Combinator’s latest batch. Called Curtsy, the startup began when one University of Mississippi sorority sister realized she could earn a living by…
The University of Southern Mississippi is hoping to step up its place in marine education and research with the formation of a new school. The School of Ocean Science and Technology, housed within the College of Science and Technology, brings together marine-related research and education programs under one administration and…
By Josh Mabus, Mississippi Business Journal, Feature Article, June 9, 2016. In 1971, Stanford University psychology professors recruited 24 college-age men for an experimental study in how certain archetypes affect human behavior. The study was slated to take two weeks, and each participant received $15 per day. The groups were split…
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State President Mark E. Keenum recently has been named to the Feed the Future Evaluation Oversight Committee to help oversee the global performance evaluation of the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative. Led by the U.S. Agency for International Development, the initiative works in 19 focus…
Kiosks Provide Unprecedented Access Availability CANTON, Miss., June 8, 2016 ─In an effort to fill a critical need in healthcare accessibility throughout Mississippi, TelehealthONE announced a new program with fred’s Inc. to deliver walk-in telehealth kiosks to more fred’s Pharmacy locations. TelehealthONE is the state’s leading provider of comprehensive healthcare…
Posted by: Jack Weatherly, Mississippi Business Journal Feature, News, Technology, June 9, 2016. Toxey Haas knew there had to be a better way to hunt. So in 1986 he started a company whose name is now almost synonymous with hunting – Mossy Oak. The West Point company started with two patterns –…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, Clarion-Ledger, Business, June 9, 2016 Last week I talked about why ABC’s “Shark Tank” has brought investing in start-ups to the public stage in a dramatic way, and I explored a few ways that the show is different from real-world entrepreneurship. Among other things, I mentioned…