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  • December 10, 2019
Manufacturer adds business line with $92M deal

Tampa-based NewSouth Window Solutions grew to nearly $80 million in annual sales in less than a decade.

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  • December 10, 2019
Cross-Bay Ferry ridership jumps by 25%

The Cross-Bay Ferry, a seasonal transportation service that links downtown Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida, saw a 25% ridership increase in November.

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  • December 10, 2019
Retailer with more than 550 stores names new CEO

Matt Beall joined the family business in 2004 as a buyer for Beall’s Outlet.

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  • December 9, 2019
Nonprofit names Broadway producer artistic director and CEO

Andy Sandberg succeeds Bruce Rodgers, who is retiring.

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  • December 9, 2019
Luxury resort promotes official to top marketing role

Tracy Tirrell began her career at Marriott at the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort in January 1997.

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  • December 9, 2019
Area law firm hires cybersecurity expert as partner

Cybersecurity expert Kevin Mekler has been named partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Tampa, Florida.

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  • December 9, 2019
Construction begins on luxury boutique condo project

850 Central in Naples is near Fifth Avenue and the beach.

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  • December 7, 2019
Downtown restaurant to open second location

Selva Grill is known for dishes inspired by Peruvian cuisine.

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  • December 6, 2019
Tech company, with 135% sales growth, expands HQ

A-LIGN is also celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2019.

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  • December 6, 2019
Area gym creates app to train users in boxing

Billy Lyell, a boxer and owner of Sweet Science gym, and Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik, a former world champion boxer, co-founded and developed the app.

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  • December 6, 2019
Company recognized as Facebook Marketing Partner

Sarasota-based Dealers United is also a Facebook Marketplace Inventory Partner.

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  • December 6, 2019
Area biotech firm leaps to new creation: synthetic frogs

The SynDaver Synthetic Frog made its debut at J.W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey in November.

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  • December 6, 2019
Entrepreneur goes from debt to $37M business to now Hall of Fame

Kyle Taylor launched The Penny Hoarder in 2010.

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  • December 6, 2019
Florida manufacturers seek increased output — and clout

State officials turn to manufacturing for economic diversity.

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  • December 6, 2019
Defined exit plan eases transition at $34 million business

Exiting a business after decades building it up requires lots of planning, an entrepreneur recently learned.

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