Helping founders find community and connections
Whether you need assistance with business planning, financial analysis, marketing strategies, or any other aspect of entrepreneurship, these confidential one-on-one counseling sessions are a valuable resource to help you navigate the complexities of the business world with confidence and success.
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SBDC Mississippi
Take advantage of our comprehensive business plan development services designed to empower entrepreneurs and business owners. Our expert advisors work closely with clients to craft well-structured and strategically sound business plans that serve as roadmaps for success.
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SBDC Mississippi
Our coaching is based on a rigorous entrepreneurial assessment tool. It contains evaluations to measure a startup’s product, market and financial risk. We work with each startup to develop strategies to mitigate risk and fill gaps. A large part of setting up a startup for success is connecting its team to the right resources. As startups are guided along the path to growing successful businesses, resources like the Mississippi Seed Fund, Regional Angel Funds & Networks, the Mentor & Entrepreneurial Service Provider networks are engaged along the way.
Coaching/Consulting
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Jackson
Innovate Mississippi
12-week intensive and structured program designed to accelerate the growth of qualifying startup companies in the state of Mississippi. Up to 10 companies will be selected to enter our upcoming third cohort and each will receive investment in the form of a SAFE Agreement to increase their capacity and motivation to participate.
Accelerator
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Jackson
Innovate Mississippi
Nine-month executive leadership development program. Six sessions are held in different cities throughout the eight-state region, which focus on areas such as transportation infrastructure, government relations, and regional collaboration.
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Clarksdale
Delta Regional Authority
The program educates US-based local/regional economic development practitioners to raise the standard of living for their communities through business development, talent management, and quality-of-place creation. The program, known as the best in the nation is unique due to its outreach focus using data analytics.
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The University of Southern Mississippi
Identifies and prepares the community’s existing and future leadership resources. Our mission is to support current and emerging leaders by helping them develop skills, creating community awareness and building understanding of the impact of global events.
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Bay St. Louis
Hancock Chamber
Eight-month program, running annually from January through August, that features a series of monthly training sessions and activities, designed to create active and engaged community leaders. The Leadership Lafayette program introduces participants to a wide variety of assets within our Lafayette County area, exposes them to current community needs, and strategic leadership skills training.
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Oxford
Oxford Lafayette Chamber of Commerce
Provides participants an opportunity to enhance their civic knowledge and network. For more than 15 years, this program has helped participants better understand how our community works, build relationships with the area's current and future leaders, and become inspired to serve our community.
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Meridian
East Mississippi Business Development Corporation
Through strategic partnerships, MCITy bridges the gap between innovation and industry. Whether you’re an entrepreneur seeking technology or an innovator with a market-ready idea, our network opens doors to unparalleled opportunities.
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Vicksburg
Thad Cochran Mississippi Center for Innovation and Technology (MCITy)
Business incubator that promotes economic development throughout the state of Mississippi by helping entrepreneurs grow and prosper in our 30,000 sq. ft. facility. The MBIC supports new businesses under one roof, offering a wide range of business training, support programs, flexible leases, and shared equipment in a professional working environment.
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Jackson
Mississippi e-Center
Non-profit, public/private regional partnership for entrepreneurial growth. NMEI manages 3 business incubators - Oxford, Batesville, and Grenada - and provides leadership in entrepreneurship within the region.
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North Mississippi Enterprise Initiative (NMEI)
The mission of NMCPC is to enhance national defense and economic development of the state of Mississippi by assisting existing Mississippi businesses in obtaining federal, state, and local government contracts. The services of NMCPC are provided to Mississippi businesses at no charge.
Coaching/Consulting
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Tupelo
Community Development Foundation
open to all students, faculty, researchers and staff at the university. We work with teams of researchers interested in bringing their research innovations to market. Topics for I-Corps Teams originate from research — both sponsored and unsponsored. The E-Center provides infrastructure, advice, resources, networking opportunities, training, and modest funding to enable I-Corps teams to do early customer evaluation in preparation for the national I-Corps Teams program.
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Mississippi State University
Leverage the expertise of Ole Miss to fuel innovation, entrepreneurship, and job creation. Find available technologies, connect with top researchers, and stay updated on the latest news and partnerships that can help your organization grow.
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University of Mississippi
Houses the Turner A. Wingo Maker Studio and the MSU Retail Product Accelerator. The Maker Studio contains a myriad of wood, polymer, and metal prototyping equipment, as well as an electronics workbench and design suite. The Retail Product Accelerator helps entrepreneurs test market products in a fully-working retail store and gives students experience operating a business.
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Mississippi State University
The Accelerator serves business as an innovation center for accelerated technologies development, scale-up, validation, pilot manufacturing, and commercialization--all under the same roof. The Accelerator’s innovative approach involves a unique combination of a full-service 60,000-square-foot facility, including private offices and laboratories; testing, validation, and pilot production capabilities; along with world-class expertise in complete product development and commercialization. Clients have access to state-of-the-art equipment and amenities without tremendous overhead.
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The University of Southern Mississippi
The Mississippi Small Business Development Center offers pivotal training and consulting to entrepreneurs and small business owners. Through workshops, courses, and personalized consulting, participants gain essential business skills and insights. Workshops include topics such as business basics, cash flow management, marketing and sales, intellectual property and cybersecurity.
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SBDC Mississippi
Comprehensive, co-curricular program for MSU’s students and faculty who are interested in starting a successful, investor-backed company. The program includes a proven checklist, up to $7,500 in funding, dedicated mentorship, and tactical training workshops. It is open to all majors, self-paced, and can be completed in as little as 3-months. Successful exit from the program is met when the team has built a company that has raised sufficient capital for 18-months of operation or is self-sustaining on its own earnings.
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Mississippi State University
Innovate Mississippi has asked some of the members of our Mentor Network to present topics on a variety of issues that affect entrepreneurs and business professionals in Mississippi. We hope you find many takeaways for your own success.
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Jackson
Innovate Mississippi
Enhancing women in economic development’s resources and peer network through professional development, while raising awareness of the profession to emerging females in the workforce. A place to grow and give support to others; to make a positive impact not just in their professional lives but within their personal life as well.
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Mississippi Economic Development Council