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Entrepreneurs

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2007
Busey Shopper

Busey Bank executives are scouting for acquisitions, hoping to buy local banks that are struggling due to the real estate downturn. But first, the bank plans to tidy its own house.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 29, 2007
Ports of Opportunity

Brokerage director Larry Richey is among a group of real estate professionals who foresee a surge in development connected to increased port activity.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 29, 2007
Florida Fantastic

The Sunshine State can, and will, shine, a commercial real estate executive says. He's betting big that it does.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 29, 2007
Survival Time

The homebuilding industry continues to suffer and struggle. In the Sarasota-Manatee area, a big company swallows its contingency plan, while a small one figures out how to grow.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 29, 2007
The Bravest Developer

Building a condo-hotel in Southwest Florida takes, well, fortitude. Robert Hensley's got plenty of it.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 29, 2007
A Dose of Fear

This year's gathering of commercial real estate executives at the Urban Land Institute's Emerging Trends in Real Estate conference in Bonita Springs was more somber than in years past. But there will be opportunities in 2008.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 23, 2007
Productivity Gain

Sean Walsh is leading Skyway Software into markets around the world with a product that cuts down software development time, saving resources.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 23, 2007
Listen to This

A small software company has perfected software that can analyze thousands of phone conversations.The CIA is listening, too.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 23, 2007
Sun Harvest

A walk on a golf course got an antsy retired executive thinking about the power of the sun. The rays hatched a new business.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 23, 2007
Fingering it out

Daniel Didrick put his special effects to work building new mechanical fingers for amputees. He's getting $10,000 a finger.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 23, 2007
Nano-Nano

Using the USF incubator, Tampa-based TransGenex Nanobiotech is developing drugs for the treatment of cancers and chronic lung diseases.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 23, 2007
Auctions Online

Former IBM executive Nancy Rabenold founded Auction Management Solutions to marry online communications and auctions.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 23, 2007
Thermometers & Touchdowns

A product originally designed for astronauts scores with football teams.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 23, 2007
Planet Prostate

High prices and high technology collide in this ultra-focused cancer treatment facility.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 23, 2007
OutFOX the Competition

Engineers at a secret Fox Electronics lab have figured out how to make the heart of computers beat faster and cost less.

  • Entrepreneurs
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