Gulf Coast-Based ‘The Meeting Place’ Sends Three Startups to CoBuilders Mississippi
Summary
CoBuilders Mississippi partner The Meeting Place, based in Biloxi, sent three companies to the 2022 accelerator cohort: Hometown Workforce, The Magnolia Diner and Time-Touch-Take LLC. Funds are held in escrow until the work is approved, and the platform enables you to schedule the contractor since the time for each job is predetermined. Using online tools, students can learn a trade and work up to running their home services or contracting business with customers easily accessible through the Hometown Workforce marketplace.The Magnolia Diner, a Mississippi Gulf Coast restaurant, is famous for its collard-green egg rolls. Founder NaTonya Parish is ready to go big with those famous collard-green egg rolls, thinking through the ins and outs of producing them at scale.Barbara Coatney of Time-Touch-Take LLC developed her Internet of Things enabled medication dispenser when she was dealing with a relative who had lost most of his sight and had trouble keeping up with prescriptions. With a timer, alert and connection to caregivers, the dispenser makes it easier for the elderly and blind to keep up with essential medications.Pitch Day for CoBuilders Mississippi is July 28, 2022, in Jackson, Miss., at Fertile Ground Beer Co., 800 Manship Street.