My first impression of interning with North Florida Innovations Labs was priceless. The staff, Bob, Ron, and Kaiza, welcomed me with open arms. During my first week interning with North Florida, I’ve had a hands-on experience attending daily meetings and sitting in on extensive discussions, such as preparing for our Ground Breaking Ceremony to welcomeContinue reading “Diamond Scrivens: A Priceless First Week”
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Bianca Noland: Week One at StarterStudio
Moving to Orlando for my summer internship was a bittersweet experience for me. Ireally looked forward to working at StarterStudio with Bob Reed and Dawn Haynes, but was also really nervous about having to adapt to a new environment. With not having much familiarity with the Orlando area, it was definitely a shock to meContinue reading “Bianca Noland: Week One at StarterStudio”
Ezekiel Faulknor: Future UX Consulting Guru
My goals for my time at the incubator and with the internship are to learn more about design consulting, start my own LLC, network with everyone, descend more into UX & UI, and lastly acquire my CompTIA a+ certification. By focusing on these five goals, I believe I’ll be one step closer to being fullyContinue reading “Ezekiel Faulknor: Future UX Consulting Guru”
Sharlynn Hurtado-Mantilla: Understanding the Startup Experience
My initial goal I for my summer internship is to understand the process startups go through. How can I best achieve a successful startup and what tools and resources would I need for that? How can networking benefit me in the process of my startup? What is something to look for or research beforehand? WhatContinue reading “Sharlynn Hurtado-Mantilla: Understanding the Startup Experience”
Diamond Scrivens: Ready to Learn
I’m excited to be a Tech Fellow for the year of ’22, my name is Diamond Scrivens, and I’m from Tampa, Florida. When I was in high school, I was in a program called “B.E.T.A,” which is short for Business Economics Technology Academy. This program exposed me to a blend of business and technological skills.Continue reading “Diamond Scrivens: Ready to Learn”
Bianca Noland: The Lifelong Entrepreneur
Hello there! My name is Bianca Noland, and I am currently a junior at Florida State University majoring in Commercial Entrepreneurship. Since I was a child, I always found myself turning my hobbies into side hustles and was constantly on the lookout for new opportunities to make myself a little bit of money. As timeContinue reading “Bianca Noland: The Lifelong Entrepreneur”
Lapadre Proctor: Wrapping up the Summer
This has been such a great summer that I will always remember and I really enjoyed. I learned a lot of great things during my time as a Tech fellow and as an intern at Domi Station. This summer as a Tech fellow I have been working on blog posts weekly and having meetings toContinue reading “Lapadre Proctor: Wrapping up the Summer”
Lapadre Proctor: Future Automotive Innovator
Hello, I am Lapadre Proctor a proud member of the FSU Tech Fellows program. I am very excited to be a member of this program there are a couple things in particular that I am looking forward to but before that a little about myself. I grew up in Midway, Florida which is about 20Continue reading “Lapadre Proctor: Future Automotive Innovator”
Shemar Charles: Engineering Your Future
My name is Shemar Charles, I am a second-year first-generation undergraduate student at Florida State University majoring in Computer Engineering. I am born and raised originally in Broward County, South Florida and my hobbies consist of all things technology. I love playing games, reading books, reading stocks, and building things from time to time. IContinue reading “Shemar Charles: Engineering Your Future”
Alex: Self Discovery while Working from Home
Alex Jeannite is 2020 Tech Fellows majoring in computer science and interned at Tampa Bay Wave. The take-aways from my internship with Tampa Bay Wave are actually quite interesting. It has been a journey of internal struggle and professional development, honestly. I have learned quite a bit about myself and from a professional stand point.Continue reading “Alex: Self Discovery while Working from Home”
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