Mississippians are known for their creativity, but taking and idea, turning it into a product and making a profit in the process can be daunting.
Mississippi’s public universities provide the know-how and assistance that can help students, businesses, and community members turn an entrepreneur’s dreams into reality.
Delta State’s Business Assistance Center (BAC) provides high-quality services for entrepreneurial startups and women-owned businesses, including business planning, financial literacy and grant assistance.
In addition, Delta State’s new Women Minority Business Development Center (WMBDC), the largest single expansion of business development for women entrepreneurs across the state of Mississippi, provides minority women entrepreneurs with professional business support, financial counseling, mentorship and a variety of technical assistance services.
The College of Business at Mississippi State University offers an Entrepreneurship Minor, providing a path for students from any major to supplement their education with the skills needed to start their own business.
This minor offers interdisciplinary coursework in management, marketing/branding, entrepreneurial finance, and the legal aspects of entrepreneurship. Each course in the minor goes beyond traditional business courses by focusing on entrepreneurial applications.
MSU’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach helps entrepreneurs launch new companies.
The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at the University of Mississippi inspires students to create innovative businesses through excellent teaching, exceptional service and world-class research. They have established more than 50 student ventures since 2018.
