Business Observer celebrates six top entrepreneurs

Mark Thompson; Allison Evanitz with the Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County; Cindy Hesterman with Vistage.

Jim Tollerton and Michael Tollerton.

Stacy Rosenberg with Coldwell Commercial Banker Realty; Keith Pandeloglou with Lakewood Ranch Community Activities; Blake Frey with the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance.

Emily Golden with Priority Marketing; Charlie Murphy with Bank of Tampa; Melissa Mitchell with Priority Marketing.

Kari Wolfe with My Undercover Agent and Jolyn Covelli with Biosweep.

Will Cromie with Synovus Bank; Dan Sidler with the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce; Lauren Tominelli with Sarasota County.

Brock laramee with Tampa's Young Entrepreneur Networking Group and Quint Bodine with Heartland, part of Global Payments Inc.

Top Entrepreneur winners spanned a host of industries.

The Business Observer held Top Entrepreneur luncheons in 2019 and 2022.

The panel talked about how to build a strong corporate culture. From left, Mark Gordon, Jesse Biter, Teri Hansen and Brad Oleshansky.