Power Lunch

The Business Review recently met with six Tampa-area top executives, who either run or have founded successful businesses, from insurance to fitness to technology.

As members of the CEO Council of Tampa Bay, a leadership organization founded in 2002, they spoke with the Review over lunch about a variety of issues they face as business leaders. Here are some excerpts of what they had to say:

Economy
Most of the executives talk about the current economy in a fighting spirit kind of way, a place where enthusiasm meets reality.

To Chris Peifer, with Tice Financial Services Inc., the alternative would be too gloomy. Says Peifer: “Even if the economy, with all its excessive regulations and rules and interference, is bouncing along the bottom, our members still see opportunity for growth and success.”