Webinars aimed at entrepreneurs

A series of webinars to help fledgling and seasoned entrepreneurs across Mississippi improve their business profiles is hosted this fall by the University of Mississippi’s McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement and The Entrepreneur Center of the Mississippi Development Authority.

The webinars continue Oct. 9 and 23, and Nov. 6. J.R. Love, project manager of the Catalyzing Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, or CEED, Initiative at the McLean Institute, works with students to create actionable partnerships that promote entrepreneurship and economic development.

Nash Nunnery, development specialist at Mississippi Development Authority, has partnered with the McLean Institute for the past three years to host the webinar series.

“Both entrepreneurs in Oxford and on the Ole Miss campus, as well as those across Mississippi, can benefit greatly from the information disseminated from the webinars,” Nunnery said. “

The 2018 fall webinar series schedule, with registration links, includes:

Oct. 9 – “Legal Matters: IP, Copyright and Patents,” with Jeremy Smith, Bradley Arant – https://bit.ly/2PuoVed

Oct. 23 – “Attracting Investment in Your Business,” with Dean Didato, InnovaMemphis – https://bit.ly/2OZluL8

Nov. 6 – “Business Model Canvas,” with Michael Harris, The Entrepreneur Center –

https://bit.ly/2wgUejI

For more information, visit www.mississippi.org.

 

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