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August Newsletter 2022







August 2022


August Newsletter 2022

SBA Deadlines for Disaster Relief

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Representing Mississippi in D.C.!

Judy Forester, Mississippi SBDC Associate State Director, attended the 11th Annual “U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Building Resiliency Through Public-Private Partnerships” event in Washington D.C.! This two-day event was sponsored in part by the Small Business Administration.

Pictured Left: Panelist Dan Stone, USNORTHCOM Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command & Chief of Supply Corps, Pictured Right:  Judy Forester Mississippi Associate State Director

Guiding Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow 

Derek Stephens, (seated middle) Mississippi SBDC Assistant Director, served as a panelist at an event for the Leadership Lafayette Class of 2022. Derek, along with Lucy Schultze with Red Window Communications (left) and Joseph Stinchcomb of Bar Muse Oxford (right), spoke about the experience of growing a business in Mississippi. 

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 Meet Our Counselors 

The Mississippi SBDC is staffed with counselors from a wide variety of backgrounds and unique expertise. Meet Patrice Harris, MS-SBDC North MS Center Director, and learn why she loves to help her clients. 

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Newest Team Members 

We love our Clients! 

MS-SBDC Client Story - Sippi' Sippin' Coffee

Hear from our clients, James and Linda Maxy, owners of “Sippi’ Sippin’ Coffee” in Tupelo, Mississippi.

The Main Street Tour is Headed to Mississippi

The Main Street Tour (Powered By Hootsuite) is heading to Mississippi! They are visiting more than 100 U.S. cities, and along the way are Hattiesburg, MS and Jackson, MS. Click on the blue link for more information. 

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