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EXPO marks 30-year milestone

Lisa Monti — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:56:28 +0000

The 2013 Mississippi Business and Technology EXPO, the state’s largest business-to-business networking event, will mark its 30th anniversary milestone April 4 at the Trade Mart Building in Jackson. Thousands of attendees are expected to take in more than 100 exhibits, attend free seminars and take part in several special events throughout the day. The EXPO [...]

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Catering is key at Business After Hours

Stephen McDill — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:01:58 +0000

Monique Davis, owner of Lumpkin’s BBQ in Jackson, is looking forward to doing business again at this year’s “Business After Hours” at the 2012 Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday and lasts until around 8 at the Mississippi Trade Mart. “We are hanging on,” Davis said. “We always [...]

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Food and music liven up MBJ’s 2012 Mississippi Business/Technology EXPO

Becky Gillette — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:01:56 +0000

The first order of business at the state’s largest business-to-business EXPO at the Mississippi Trade Mart is putting your best foot forward presenting your business and interacting with other business people who are current or potential customers or vendors. But there is no reason you can’t enjoy some excellent food, music and fun while you [...]

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Jeff Good to keynote EXPO breakfast

Becky Gillette — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:01:53 +0000

A good breakfast gives you the energy to be more productive throughout the day, and in the case of the Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO kickoff breakfast Thursday at 8:30 a.m. you also get breakfast with Jeff Good. The much admired Metro area business owner Good will be the featured speaker at the event that [...]

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Returning to EXPO pays off

Becky Gillette — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:01:50 +0000

Many businesses are taking advantage of Facebook to connect with customers. But you still can’t beat face-to-face interactions with customers, business associates and vendors like the opportunities provided by participating in the Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO April 5 at the Trade Mart in Jackson. Now in its 28th year, the EXPO has become a [...]

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Twenty years of Top 40 Under 40

Lynn Lofton — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:01:34 +0000

Always a well attended event at the EXPO, the Top 40 Under 40 luncheon will be held Thursday at 11:30 a.m. This popular program turns 20 this year and is the Mississippi Business Journal’s longest running recognition program. Since 1993, the program has honored 40 of Mississippi’s best and brightest leaders from a wide range [...]

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Acquiring leads and prospects at EXPO

Becky Gillette — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:01:26 +0000

The Mississippi Business & Technology Expo 2012 provides an opportunity for many different types of companies to present themselves to several thousand potential clients in a consolidated effort. “They acquire leads and prospects in a face-to-face setting, and that is hard to beat,” said Tami Jones, advertising director for the Mississippi Business Journal. “It could [...]

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Eagle Ridge offers helpful business seminars during today’s 2012 MBJ EXPO

Lynn Lofton — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:01:05 +0000

Want to get your hop on? Businesses of all sizes need to do that. Get Your Hop On is one of six seminars offered by Hinds Community College’s Eagle Ridge Conference Center on site at this year’s EXPO. These breakout sessions have catchy names but their business educational value is the real thing. “We use [...]

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GJCP volunteering at EXPO

Lynn Lofton — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:01:03 +0000

It’s hard to imagine the Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO without the army of volunteers from the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership. These long-time EXPO supporters, the Chamber’s Ambassadors, are a friendly army and they contribute many hours to make the event a success. Their involvement began when the EXPO was in its early days 29 [...]

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Companies look forward to networking at EXPO

Stephen McDill — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:01:00 +0000

If it weren’t for EXPO the staff at BCI might not have anything to wear. Maybe that’s a stretch, but according to BCI marketing director Wendi Garrison, clothes were one of her company’s many networking success stories to come right out of the Mississippi Business Journal’s Business & Technology EXPO. The event plus the power [...]

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