
by Ted Carter Published: April 15,2011
Tags: Andy Piner, Anna Oberhousen, Bebe Garrison, Becky White, Eubank Bette Hirn Wood, Lashanda Alexander, Leslie H. Poole, Lisa Chisum, Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO, Shane Brown, Tammy Taylor, Tom Massey
April 7 came 10 days before the IRS tax filing deadline. CPA firms need all hands on deck as that annual deadline approaches. So why was Becky White of the Eubank, Bette, Hirn, Wood CPA firm spending the day at the Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO?
Mostly to make sure Eubank, Bette, Hirn, Wood is even [...] [...]
April 4th EXPO Pullout Section
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Mississippi’s Patrick House, who won big as a loser, will be featured speaker at EXPO kickoff breakfast
Patrick House doesn’t display a “Born to Lose” tattoo to boast of his new status as one of America’s Biggest Losers.
He instead lets his 6-foot-2, 230-pound frame attest to what he accomplished in the last six months of 2010.
As [...] [...]
Are you an executive who is having trouble communicating with your younger employees?
FGDAI.
If that text-speak acronym escapes you, it means “forget about it,” or more accurately, “fuhgeddaboutit.” Still confused? Then you should make it a point to attend “FGDAI — Working with Generation Y” Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Trade Mart. The seminar is [...] [...]

Brandon native Patrick House is a turnaround specialist who will share his inspirational story with Mississippi’s business and civic leaders at the 7:30 a.m. kickoff breakfast of the Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO April 7 at the Jackson Trade Mart on the State Fair Grounds.
House will detail how he turned around a life that had [...] [...]

EXPO welcomes new band, and new caterers
There will be a few new faces at Business After Hours for this year’s Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO.
The early evening event is held annually at the Mississippi Trade Mart in Jackson, EXPO’s home for more than 20 years.
“Mississippi is well-known for its music and cuisine,” said Alan Turner, [...] [...]

Opportunities, networking abound at 28th MBJ Expo
Dan Modisett, general manager for WLBT TV-3 in Jackson, calls the 28th-annual Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO, a “great opportunity” for businesses to build relationships and reach out and touch potential advertisers.
“It’s one of the better networking opportunities we have during the course of the year,” he said. “You [...] [...]

EXPO’s oldest awards program honors young leaders
The Top 40 Under 40 Luncheon returns to the Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO with this year’s award ceremony to be held April 7 beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Mississippi Trade Mart in Jackson.
Easily the Mississippi Business Journal’s longest-running recognition event, Top 40 Under 40 honors young leaders [...] [...]

Chamber’s Ambassadors lend many hands
Over its 28-year history the Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO has grown from an event offering a few booths to the largest affair of its kind in Mississippi providing hundreds of exhibits, awards programs, seminars, business-after-hours networking and Cyber Cafe.
As the EXPO has grown, so has the number of volunteers from [...] [...]

The renewal that spring brings is not just about the weather and the return of green lawns and flower-covered hillsides.
This year spring offers an opportunity for businesses to renew old acquaintances and make new contacts. That’s why returning to the Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO is important to organizations such as the U.S. Small Business [...] [...]