Resilient bar owner celebrates 25 years of success — and grit

Two-plus decades running bars and nightclubs have taught Joanna Olsen a lot about resilience and persistence. “Never quit," she says. "Just get back in there and conquer."

Joanna Olsen has been the bar and nightclub industry for 25 years.
Joanna Olsen has been the bar and nightclub industry for 25 years.
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Longtime Tampa Bay and Florida entrepreneur and bar owner Joanna Olsen has two remote-drop movies in her life, the flicks she will stop whatever she’s doing to watch.

 

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