A business two Madison County natives launched in Mississippi State’s Entrepreneurship Center is receiving $250,000 and widespread recognition as one of only 24 companies across North America selected for the award from the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund.
In 2018, all Calvin Waddy and Shelby Baldwin wanted to do was launch a successful startup business at Mississippi State University’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach.
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One Mississippi tech startup has been awarded $250,000 from the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund, joining 23 other companies selected from across the nation to receive the grant funding. Buzzbassador’s CEO and co-founder Calvin Waddy, a 2018 MSU College of Business alumnus from Madison, has been identified by Google.