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Entrepreneurs

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  • May 25, 2007
It's Easy Being Green

Building an environmentally sound office for his new headquarters was nice for one architect, but not enough. It had to save him money, too.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2007
A New Pitch

A top New York Yankees draft pick now dispenses financial advice, not fastballs.

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  • May 21, 2007
Revenue Rescue

Cliff Carothers grounded his corporate career to invest $500,000 in life savings - plus $1.5 million in loans - into a flying ambulance firm. The results have been sky-high success, with more expansion on the horizon.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2007
Fire up the Pit

A father-and-son team plans to grow the Rib City Grill barbecue chain to 100 restaurants in five years. They promise franchisees tasty profits.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2007
Family Timing

With the help of an investor on the other side of the Atlantic, Tom Hanway started a business that his two sons now help run. A cash infusion from a brother helped the company turn the corner.

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  • May 21, 2007
Re-Creating the Bern's Experience

From the wine cellars to SideBerns to an "epicurean hotel," David Laxer builds on what his father, Bern Laxer, started five decades ago in a strip center.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2007
Tax the Builders (again)

Lee and Collier elected officials mull new taxes on builders even as the economy slows. Their mission is to fix the latest social crisis: lack of affordable housing.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2007
Ace Bankers

With the largest community bank capitalization in state history, American Momentum plans to become "Florida's Bank." With money and experience, it might be big sooner than later.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2007
The Hotel Conundrum

Guests at hotels along Florida's Gulf Coast have been paying more for lodging but occupancy rates have declined. How long can this last?

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2007
Moving Up The Coast

D.T. Minich, a veteran of tourism promotion on the Gulf Coast, has moved from the Lee County position to Pinellas County, a community with a different set of challenges.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2007
Built-Inn Challenge

Kristen and Tim Beury had lots of reasons to not turn their home into a bed and breakfast. A few near-missed mortgage payments and $175,000 in expenses haven't stopped them, though.

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  • May 11, 2007
Concrete Growth

A passion for power tools and a mind for inventing have led a father-son business team to the cusp of $10 million in annual revenues.

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  • May 11, 2007
The Real Numbers

The Naples Area Board of Realtors wants to change the way existing-home sales are reported statewide. The group faces an uphill battle in light of the residential downturn.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2007
Laser Fast Growth

The No. 1 procedure at Ideal Image continues to be the removal of facial hair for women under 30. As the CEO says, beards haven't been fashionable on women since before biblical times. Hairy men also make Ideal customers.

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  • May 11, 2007
The 'Fishingest' Hotel

How do you market a nine-room hotel that's off the beaten path? It helps to be nestled next to the world's most fishingest bridge.

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