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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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InNOLEvation® Mindset, powered by the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship, Host Mark McNees interviews Isabella “Izzy” Levine, founder and CEO of Modern Mat Method, a nationwide college-centered Pilates experience focused on accessible large-scale events rooted in classical Pilates. Izzy shares her background, how Pilates began for her during recovery from breast reduction surgery, and how a TikTok post at FSU sparked demand that led to free classes, paid sorority and campus events, and rapid expansion. Active at four colleges and expanding to six, the company trains student instructors, partners with Classical Pilates Education on a Zoom-based certification, and is launching a streaming platform with multiple class formats. Izzy explains the event-based revenue split (45% company/55% instructor), growth goals, operational challenges of managing college teams, and unexpected brand collaborations, while Mark discusses mindset, movement, and entrepreneurship.
00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro
00:53 What Modern Mat Method Is
01:26 Izzy’s Background and Influences
02:54 Finding Pilates and Getting Certified
04:29 TikTok Spark and First Events
06:30 Switching Majors to Entrepreneurship
07:33 Host’s Pilates Stories and Benefits
13:23 Scaling the Business Nationwide
16:57 Rapid Growth Challenges and Support
18:50 Instructor Onboarding and Training
20:39 Live Event Examples and Pricing
21:31 Men in Pilates and Social Trends
23:13 Humility in Pilates
23:54 Future Vision and Role
24:21 Revenue Model Breakdown
25:06 Scaling to Campuses
26:23 Streaming Class Formats
27:25 KPIs and Retention
29:09 Unexpected Brand Partnerships
32:04 Founder Connections and Community
39:12 Mindset and Using Claude
41:56 Feedback Loop AI Story
45:22 Advice and Closing