- Ole Miss School of Business
- Innovate.ms
- Mississippi Angel Network
- Miss. Small Business Development Center
- Transactional Law Clinic
- UM Foundation
- Insight Park
- Division of Technology Management
- Haley Barbour Center for Mfg. Excellence
- Mississippi Development Authority
- Mississippi Small Business Development Center
- Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce
- North Mississippi Enterprise Initiative (NMEI)
REDe Entrepreneurship Summit

REDe Entrepreneurship Summit is an annual speaker event the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) launched since 2018. Our goal for the REDe Summit is to inspire students with varied academic backgrounds, such as in the arts, engineering, pharmacy, or business, to engage in entrepreneurship.
This summit is created to encourage, celebrate, and enhance entrepreneurial endeavors among Ole Miss students across campus, with a different focus each year.
October 30th, 2025 | 9:30-11:00am
Jackson Avenue Center Main Event Center
Katherine Sharp
Owner of Farmstead Florals
Katherine Webb, owner of Farmstead Florals, has been raising cut flowers here in Oxford, Mississippi since 2016. Over the past nine seasons she has grown the farm from 3/4 of an acre to 8 acres in production and is fueled by her passion for flowers, being outside, and working with her hands. Farmstead Florals is best known for their Self Serve Flower Stands on the Oxford Square and Ole Miss’ campus as well as their booths at the local farmers markets but they also supply fresh blooms to florists and groceries in North Mississippi, Memphis, and Birmingham.
Addison Edmonds
Founder of GUNNER®
Addison Edmonds is the founder of GUNNER®, a premium dog products company built on the belief that Man’s Best Friend deserves Man’s Best Dog Gear. Since launching in 2015, GUNNER has become an award-winning brand that has helped save hundreds of dogs’ lives around the world—while redefining quality, durability, and safety in the pet space.
Past speakers
- Morgan Stanley | BrainTrust
- Tanner McCranney | Co-Founder of Roomie
- David Oates, Eli Allen, William Ault, Clara Agnes Ault | Founders of Curtsy
- Alexis Maybank | Creative Beauty Inc. and founding member of Girls who Code
- Marcus Bullock | Flikshop
- Joe Sanderson | Sanderson Farms
- Nashlie Sephus | The Bean Path
- Emmet Seibels | VeruStat
- William Ault | Curtsy
- Tereza Janatova | Ole Miss Women’s Tennis
- Lawrence Adams | 17 Enterprises Inc.
- Ashlee Ammons
- Jan Farrington
- Bella Gonzalez
- Edith Kelly-Green
- Benjamin Huston
- Elizabeth Lanford
- Liza Cirlot Looser
- Gail Pittman
- Bill Rayburn
- Leigh Reeves
- Shiza Shahid
For inquiries, please contact Ms. Tong Meng at tmeng@bus.olemiss.edu.
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