Entrepreneurs from across the state, including Ricky Romanek with Claimtra (left) and Lena Horne, engagement manager with the Beanpath, share a light moment while attending an Innovate Mississippi incubator event held at the Capital Club to promote startup companies, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025 in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Helping entrepreneurs in the the tech sector could play a role in addressing Mississippi’s brain drain problem.
Mississippi has bemoaned its lack of technology startups and venture capital since the first dot-com boom in the mid 1990s.
