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Entrepreneurs

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  • 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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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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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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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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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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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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  • May 4, 2007
A Tale of Two Floridas

Northeast Florida and Southwest Florida might as well be at opposite poles, one developer says.

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  • May 4, 2007
Dealing It Up, Dealing it Down

One real estate attorney's desk is stacked with deals, even though the Gulf Coast housing market has slowed to a crawl. He negotiates multimillion-dollar transactions for developers, lenders, landlords and investors.

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  • May 4, 2007
Success off the Field

If Lee Roy Selmon's exploits on the field are any indication, the restaurants that bear his name will likely do well, too. He's got strong backing from the founders of Outback Steakhouse.

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  • May 4, 2007
Top of the Game

While CB Richard Ellis Group is a public, multibillion global company, its Florida offices had gross revenue of more than $100 million in 2005 at the peak of the real estate boom.

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  • May 4, 2007
A Blossoming Business

The thought of getting bigger once scared Charlie Lenger to death. Guts combined with investments - $1.2 million on in-house, innovative pricing software, for instance - changed all that.

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  • April 27, 2007
Hands-off Buchanan becomes hands-on

Freshman Congressman Vern Buchanan has earned kudos for reaching out to constituents and is winning respect in Washington.

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  • April 27, 2007
A Bridge to Somewhere

A developer's response to the collapsing Gulf Coast condo market is to think big by building a two-lane bridge. Innovation, though, doesn't come cheap: The project is costing more than $3 million.

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Coming to America

A British-born construction guru now working on the Gulf Coast finds flaws in how American developers track a project's finances.

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Real Opportunities

Dennis Gilkey, who recently resigned as CEO of the Bonita Bay Group, says there are opportunities to make money in Southwest Florida real estate.

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