Eric Hill, director of the MSU Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach, speaks to the crowd gathered in downtown Starkville to celebrate the grand opening of the MSU Idea Shop on Thursday [March 7]. The Idea Shop is a 2,000-square-foot facility that contains the Turner A. Wingo Maker Studio and the MSU Retail Product Accelerator, helping entrepreneurship thrive among MSU students and in the Starkville community. Pictured behind Hill are, from left, Starkville Mayor Lynn Spruill, MSU President Mark E. Keenum and College of Business Dean Sharon Oswald.