Market Opportunity

Sarasota-Bradenton area decision makers usually head north, to Tampa, for high-level networking among fellow corner office occupants.

But the networking opportunities have begun to come to them.

Two groups in particular have led the charge: The Association for Corporate Growth and the Gulf Coast CEO Forum. ACG Tampa Bay expanded to Sarasota-Bradenton late last year, while the CEO Forum is an independent group modeled after the CEO Council of Tampa Bay. Matt Walsh, editor and publisher of the Business Review, helped launch the CEO Forum and is currently the group's president.