Author: Tong Meng

CIE Expands the MBA Consulting Program

By BECKY GILLETTE, from the Mississippi Business Journal After a successful Masters of Business Administration pilot project in 2015 at the University of Mississippi, beginning this fall the Ole Miss MBA program will partner with the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to give MBA students the opportunity to serve as consultants to North Mississippi businesses. The […]

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Student Business Consulting Program Reports its Most Successful Semester to Date

In its second academic year since its formation, the Student Business Consulting Program spring semester of 2016 was the most successful semester it had experienced so far in terms of number, complexity, and diversity of projects. The program was comprised of twenty student consultants- eight juniors, ten seniors, and two MBA candidates, this being the […]

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Student Business Consultants Assist Six Local Businesses in Fall of 2015

The Ole Miss Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s Student Business Consultants provided free assistance for six Oxford businesses and startups in the fall of 2015. During the beginning of the group’s second year of operation, the Student Business Consultants assisted the six Oxford businesses with a myriad of projects including social media campaigns, promotional campaigns, […]

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Zyn Careers’s New Technology Seeks to Make Employees Happier

After leaving a job he initially thought he would love, recent University of Mississippi graduate Alexander Ray decided there had to be a company that was a better fit for him. He then researched what it would take for job seekers to find the perfect company, and developed a job searching site that uses a […]

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Ole Miss Alumnus Develops Social Media Platform

Michael Davis, a senior management information systems major at the university, found his place in the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship through competing in the various competitions the center sponsors. Davis had an idea for a new social polling application where users could post their plans and choices, and others using the application can vote […]

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Student Business Consulting Program Reports its Most Successful Semester to Date

In its second academic year since its formation, the Student Business Consulting Program spring semester of 2016 was the most successful semester it had experienced so far in terms of number, complexity, and diversity of projects. The program was comprised of twenty student consultants- eight juniors, ten seniors, and two MBA candidates, this being the […]

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Zyn Careers’s New Technology Seeks to Make Employees Happier

After leaving a job he initially thought he would love, recent University of Mississippi graduate Alexander Ray decided there had to be a company that was a better fit for him. He then researched what it would take for job seekers to find the perfect company, and developed a job searching site that uses a […]

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Former Gillespie Winner Makes ‘Barkery’ A Success

When Janet McCarty enrolled at The University of Mississippi she set out to pursue her marketing degree, not become an entrepreneur. She would quickly learn that her path would change after she participated in the Gillespie Business Plan Competition. “For a while I had been making dog biscuits at home,” explained McCarty. “I knew they […]

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Student Business Consultants Assist Six Local Businesses in Fall of 2015

The Ole Miss Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s Student Business Consultants provided free assistance for six Oxford businesses and startups in the fall of 2015. During the beginning of the group’s second year of operation, the Student Business Consultants assisted the six Oxford businesses with a myriad of projects including social media campaigns, promotional campaigns, […]

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Ole Miss Alumnus Develops Social Media Platform

Michael Davis, a senior management information systems major at the university, found his place in the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship through competing in the various competitions the center sponsors. Davis had an idea for a new social polling application where users could post their plans and choices, and others using the application can vote […]

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