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Entrepreneurs

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  • November 29, 2007
The Bravest Developer

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • November 23, 2007
Auctions Online

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

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  • November 23, 2007
Thermometers & Touchdowns

A product originally designed for astronauts scores with football teams.

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  • November 23, 2007
Planet Prostate

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

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  • 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.

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  • November 23, 2007
Market to Buyers

When real estate agent Michael Lissack couldn't find software to manage his Internet leads, he created his own.

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  • November 16, 2007
Up and Running

Terry Hedden started like many IT professionals, fixing things when they broke and charging by the hour. But now he's adopted a pricing and service model.

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  • November 16, 2007
A Shark Tale

Jim DePorre turned his personal adversityinto an American success story by balancing risks. He leans more toward taking them.

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  • November 16, 2007
Dating Problems? Just Ask April

April Masini wants to be the next Dear Abby. One lesson she learned: Don't confuse the search engines.

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