C Spire Wirelss, formerly Cellular South, recipient of the 2008 Innovate Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame Excellence Award, was cofounded by brothers Wade H. Creekmore Jr. and James H. Creekmore Sr. and has grown to become one of the nation's largest privately-held wireless companies and an award-winning wireless industry leader.
4:53The 2018 Legend awards celebrates the careers of two men who have made an enormous different in technology and innovation in Mississippi as the founders of C Spire, the largest privately held wireless
3:08Leo Seal Jr. was inducted into the Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame by Innovate Mississippi on September 13, 2018.
3:15Gail Pittman was inducted into the 2018 Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame on September 13, 2018 by Innovate Mississippi.
3:12The co-founders of Triton Systems were inducted into the Mississippi Innnovator's Hall of Fame on September 13, 2018 by Innovate Mississippi.
2:16Nashlie Sephus, who as a principal in PartPic, a startup that was sold to Amazon, gave a talk to the Mississippi Coding Academy's Jackson cohorts in August 2018.
3:36Innovate Mississippi proudly inducted Linda & Billy Howard into the Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame during an Awards Gala held at the Country Club of Jackson in September, 2016.
3:41Joe Sanderson, jr., Sanderson Farms, was inducted as the Legend Award winner during Innovate Mississippi's 2016 MS Innovators Hall of Fame, held at the Country Club of Jackson.
5:15News coverage of the Golden Triangle classes of the Mississippi Coding Academies. Thanks to WCBI and Aundrea Self!
2:36The Mississippi Coding Academies introduction video shows some local news coverage the the Academies have received along with quick interviews with some of the principals to help you understand the pu
2:16With Startup Weekend right around the corner we talked to J.J. Townsend about how Startup Weekend help him get his non-profit crowdsourcing platform Citizenville (citizenjxn.org) up and running. Visit
11:29Professor Christiane Surbeck talks about how to encourage girls into STEM careers—and keep women in STEM and engineering careers long-term.
17:02As a rural state, Mississippi has ground to make up when it comes to broadband availability and adoption. But right now is the perfect time to work on that, as flexible work, telehealth and other cutt
10:01Tracci Schultz speaks at the Conference on Technology Innovation in Jackson, Miss., on diversity and encouraging women into technology careers and fields.
16:00Dr. Philip Hickman offers his suggestions for introducing computer science, coding and creative classroom environments to schools in Mississippi. Part of the "Big Ideas" series at the Conference on Te
11:40Tim Mask, president of Maris, West and Baker and part of the Fast Forward Mississippi (fastforward.ms) initiative presents model legislation that could encourage more college graduates to stay and/or
10:43Matthew Bolian gave this talk at the Innovate Mississippi Conference on Technology Innovation in 2017. His focus—attracting and keeping well-education Millennials in Mississippi.
13:01Jon Maynard, president and CEO of Oxford/Lafayette Economic Development Foundation, presents his ideas for improving economic development in Mississippi by focusing on quality of life instead of tryin
0:35Vince Jordan, CEO of Lobaki, Inc., stopped by the Innovate Mississippi offices to demonstrate the technology being taught to students in Clarksdale at the Virtual Reality Center and Academy.
2:30Learn about how Innovate Mississippi helps emerging technology startups grow their ideas into companies and the positive impact this work has on the state's economy.
