by MBJ Staff Published: February 26,2013
Tags: award, bank, banker, banking, business loan, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, finance, financial institution, honor, lending, loan, recognition, small business, startup
GULFPORT — Hancock Bank and Whitney Bank have received a combined eight national and regional Greenwich Excellence Awards in Small Business and Middle Market Banking for 2012. According to a news release, the two Gulf South financial institutions were among the top six percent of eligible organizations to earn the coveted Greenwich Associates recognition, which [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 25,2013
Tags: aid, assistance, bank, banker, banking, disaster recovery, emergency, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, federal agency, finance, financila institution, loan, natiral disaster, small business
DESOTO COUNTY and MARSHALL COUNTY — The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes that March 18 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans available in DeSoto and Marshall counties as a result of the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 18,2013
Tags: agency, assistance, damage, destruction, disaster recovery, emergency, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, federal government, loan, loss, natural disaster, small business
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — U.S. Small Business Administration assistance is now available after the Presidential disaster declaration due to severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that began Feb. 10 in South Mississippi. The disaster declaration covers Forrest and Lamar counties in Mississippi, which are eligible for both Physical and Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the SBA. Small [...] [...]
Chase Kasper will become the director of the University of Southern Mississippi’s Office of Technology Development, effective Feb. 1. Before accepting the Southern Miss post, Kasper served as associate director of the Office of Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer at Mississippi State University. He has been involved with technology licensing, intellectual property management and technology transfer [...] [...]
Aspiring technology entrepreneurs and their more established counterparts are starting the New Year with a “Startup Weekend” Jan. 18-20 at Millsaps College in Jackson. Innovate Mississippi, formerly the Mississippi Technology Alliance, hopes the 54 hours of entrepreneurial brainstorming and mentoring builds on the success of last year’s Startup Weekend. February’s Start-up event drew 73 participants [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 12,2012
Tags: agency, electricity, energy, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, natural gas, power, small business, state, utility
JACKSON — Electric and natural gas utility companies doing business in Mississippi have submitted extensions of their Small Business Rate Incentive Plans, according to a release from Public Service Commissioner Leonard Bentz. Bentz originally put these plans into place in 2011. Incentive plans filed by Mississippi Power Company, Entergy Mississippi, Atmos Energy Corporation, CenterPoint Energy [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 13,2012
Tags: air condition, air conditioning, electricity, energy, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, heating, incentive, light, lighting, natural gas, power, small business, utility
JACKSON — Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley is encouraging four of Mississippi’s major electric and gas utilities to extend small business rate incentives for another year. Incentives provided by Entergy Mississippi, Mississippi Power Company, CenterPoint Energy Resources and Wilmut Gas & Oil Company are set to expire Dec. 31. Atmos Energy Corporation has a similar [...] [...]
Thank you for your business. You could have gone anywhere, and yet you chose us. We appreciate that!” I took note of this heartfelt statement by a recent vendor that I was dealing with. He was right. I could have gone anywhere, but I chose to do business with his company. Consumers in today’s world [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 22,2012
Tags: damage, disaster, disaster recovery, drought, dry, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, hot, loan, loss, natural disaster, severe weather, small business, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration is making available federal economic injury disaster loans to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes located in Mississippi as a result of the drought. This SBA’s disaster declaration includes the following counties: Bolivar, Calhoun, Coahoma, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 8,2012
Tags: business ownership, college, education, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, federal government, grasnt, higher education, small business, university
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University’s College of Business is receiving an additional $650,000 grant to leverage university resources for economic development. The award from the federal Economic Development Administration will enable the university to continue housing a University Center, an entity designed as a resource for entrepreneurs in rural areas. This grant comes on the [...] [...]
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