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Entrepreneurs

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Cat Keeps Climbing

Caterpillar Inc.'s net profit climbs 34% on the strength of Asian sales.

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Glass Ceiling Breakers

Gulf Coast womenbusiness leaders makea showing on a list of Florida's top executives.

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Market Focused

Christoph Trina wants to take innovations from university labs, government facilities and private industry and get them into the marketplace.

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Broken Faith

Many entrepreneurs struggle with entrusting others, even top employees, with company secrets. Jordan Fishman is one who did trust, only to suffer disastrous consequences.

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Sarasota/Manatee 40 under 40

A look at the best an brightest under 40 in Sarasota and Manatee Counties.

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  • July 18, 2008
Lee/ Collier 40 under 40

A look at the best of Lee and Collier County's best and brightest under 40.

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  • July 18, 2008
Tampa 40 under 40

A look at Tampa Bay's best and brightest under 40.

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  • July 14, 2008
Composite Deposit

An ambitious Gulf Coast entrepreneur had asurprisingly tough time securing a headquarters for his high-tech, high salary startup aerospace company.

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  • July 14, 2008
Train and retain

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

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  • July 14, 2008
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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  • July 14, 2008
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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  • July 14, 2008
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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  • July 14, 2008
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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  • July 14, 2008
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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