- December 4, 2025
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This was the Business Observer's first Top Entrprnuer event since May 2019. (Photos by Lori Sax)
The Business Observer looked at and considered more than 50 companies to the 2022 class of six Top Entrepreneurs
The panel included Brandon Duke, Erin Meagher and Willy Nunn.
Brittany Burrows and Dominique Hernandez with Westbay Homes.
Sarah Tar with Truist, Greg Smogard with USF and Richeal Bair with the Sarasota Observer
Tracy Knight with Knight Strategic Communications, Jim Tollerton, Taylor Collins, Stevan Collins with Professional Benefits.
Top Entrepreneur Brandon Duke with Michael Calamaras with NW Mutual.
Will Cromie with SouthState Bank and Lucienne Pears with Babcock Ranch.
Jag Grewal with Ian Black Real Estate and Elliot West with Valley Bank.
Lisa Krouse with the EDC of Sarasota County, Sharon Hillstrom with the Bradenton Area EDC, Byron Shinn with Carr, Riggs & Ingram, Karen Holbrook with USF and Elizabeth Cordes with the Bradenton Area EDC.
Dan Sidller and Janeth Gonzalez with the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance.
The Business Observer held its 2022 Top Entrepreneurs luncheon May 12. The event was held at Grove in Lakewood Ranch. The event included three panelists, moderated by Business Observer Managing Editor Mark Gordon, with three videos of the other honorees.
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