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Entrepreneurs

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 8, 2006
Poultry Prosperity

Dan Cathy, president and chief operating officer of Chick-fil-A, gives a candid look at how his unique fast-food chain doubled its revenues in five years without borrowing a penny - and the strategy that makes it family-friendly to run a franchise.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 8, 2006
Detour Direct

An aspiring star chef took a colossal risk 20 years ago when he took over a tiny Asian-style furniture business. The payoff has been as big as the risk, both in multimillion-dollar revenues and in the introduction to his business partner and future wife.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 1, 2006
A wonderful day in the neighborhood

Want to complain to transportation officials about that clogged interstate or talk back to a news anchor? Neighborhood America creates and manages sophisticated Web sites that let you do just that.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 1, 2006
Building Blocks

A builder with 20 years experience in both Sarasota and Naples takes his views to Tallahassee.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 1, 2006
Match Up

Jula, 34, never thought his business calling would be using the Internet and technology as a way of connecting the right businesses with each other - a sort of a behind-the-scenes matchmaker. Jula prefers the term "networking evangelist."Still, there's Jula, telling a recent visitor to his Sarasota office that his startup operation is "all about creating something that allows you to be found."

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 1, 2006
Numbers Woman

A question and answer session with Julie Kline, chief financial officer for Stock Development.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 1, 2006
Wanted Geek Culture

Skip the business card exchanges and formal networking events, says Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. Focus on events for geeks to "talk tech" if the Tampa Bay area wants to become part of the newer Web 2.0 community.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 24, 2006
Innovation Continuation

Past winners of the Reviews' annual Technology Award continue to innovate and, in many cases, that has led to more employees and higher revenues.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 24, 2006
Snuffing Out Attacks

Possibilities appear endless for BlastWrap, a film used in products such as bomb-resistant trash cans. Paul Bremer III, the former presidential envoy to Iraq, is now a company director.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 24, 2006
A safer ride

PWC Industries is putting the brakes on watercraft dangers.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 24, 2006
Burnin' Rubber

Recycling old tires by freeze-drying and pulverizing them into reusable powder could make Lehigh Technologies a global player.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 24, 2006
Dream Tiny

A neuroscientist seeks large-scale change by using tiny technology.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 24, 2006
Copy That

Anne Mulcahy rescued American business icon Xerox Corp. from near bankruptcy. Her insights could help Gulf Coast businesses grow.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 24, 2006
Profitable Environmentalism

For every ounce of gold that Creative Recycling Systems recycles from discarded electronics, it saves the world 20 tons of mine waste.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 24, 2006
Turning Point

Entrepreneur Happy Rideout founded ReadyAlert Services after seeing the chaos caused when phones went down after the 9/11 attacks. Text messaging works when calls can't be made. Next year will be a big one for the company.

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