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Train and retain

Mark Anderson is expanding the reach of eLogic Learning to companies across the globe.

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Ship Shape

Bill Michel's thriving boat parts company is stillgrowing in an industry that is rapidly doing the opposite. Accepting, not fighting, change has been a big key.

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Bloomin good business

Entrepreneur Ruth Doroslovac has started small but wants tomake Flowers to Eat a nationally franchised food products company.

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Against the flow

Building a residential real estate brokerage firm in this economic environment isnot for the faint of heart. But Art Darmanin is confident the market will come back.

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Disputing Septic Skeptics

More government regulation of the septic-tank businessmay overcome problems with the industry's reputation.One Gulf Coast company is leading the charge.

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State of Selling

Building a residential real estate brokerage firm in this economic environment isnot for the faint of heart. But Art Darmanin is confident the market will come back.

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Power Hitter

Michael Morizio did customized software development for various clients before carving a niche with Major League Baseball.

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  • July 10, 2008
Club Slippage

The "dockominium" boom appears to be suffering just as much as thecondominium market. Yacht Clubs of the Americas is counting on new President Jon Finstrom to keep the business going through the sales slump.

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Hoffman's return

Legendary Gulf Coast developer and investor Al Hoffman Jr. is backin the real estate game, scouting for deals in Florida. That's a good sign we're nearing a bottom in the residential real estate market.

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Signs of the time

With sales down 30%, a GulfCoast entrepreneur is getting creative - and contrarian - about makingit through the tough times. He'simposed a no-layoff rule, for instance. And he's tripled his marketing budget.

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Turning the Ship

When John Barnott first took his customer-first, private-business principles to county government, mostof the employees on his watch quit. Now he's got his hands on a Gulf Coast county building department.

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Still Truckin'

The risks in building on spec are heightened in a rough economy. A Gulf Coast manufacturing firm mitigates that risk by working with the U.S. Army.

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