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Welcome to Florida State University's official entrepreneurship and innovation podcast, The InNOLEvation® Mindset! Hosted by Mark McNees and powered by the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship. This podcast features audio and video versions of our podcast, which highlights student and alumni entrepreneurs and innovators from FSU.
Get inspired by the next generation of young business leaders and hear their inside stories. Learn from faculty who teach entrepreneurship and innovation courses at FSU as they share key insights.
On this channel, you'll find:
-Full video episodes of our podcast conversations with founders of startups born at FSU
-Business advice and thought leadership from FSU professors focused on entrepreneurship
-Fireside chats and interviews recorded live with enterprising alumni making their mark
-Special segments and speaker events at FSU focused on innovation
Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a current business owner, or you just love hearing success stories - subscribe now to see inspiring individuals daring to turn ideas into reality. With new episodic content added regularly, The Innovation Mindset podcast tells tales of vision, grit, failure, and triumph straight from the FSU community.
This channel visually brings the podcast to life with photos, graphics, and video. Join us by subscribing if you bleed garnet and gold!
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Sunday Nov 02, 2025
Sunday Nov 02, 2025
Sunday Nov 02, 2025
Saturday Nov 01, 2025
Saturday Nov 01, 2025
In this episode of the InNOLEvation® Mindset, powered by the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship, host Mark McNees sits down with Ivelices Thomas, and we dive into her journey as a first-generation American whose parents immigrated from the Dominican Republic. Growing up with a strong emphasis on education, she never envisioned becoming an entrepreneur. She pursued a career in law, focusing on labor and employment, but later transitioned into human resources. Her experiences working in large corporations and her passion for helping smaller organizations led to the creation of HR and Beyond, a consultancy that provides affordable HR support to small and medium-sized businesses. She shares her challenges, her educational endeavors, and her aspirations for the future, all while emphasizing the importance of balancing professional ambition with family life.
00:00 Introduction and Background
01:23 Early Life and Education
03:48 Career Beginnings in Law
06:06 Transition to Human Resources
07:19 Founding HR and Beyond
15:03 Challenges and Growth
26:41 Future Goals and Aspirations
29:17 Personal Reflections and Advice
Sunday Oct 26, 2025
Sunday Oct 26, 2025
Sunday Oct 26, 2025
Sunday Oct 26, 2025
Sunday Oct 26, 2025
Sunday Oct 26, 2025