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Entrepreneurs

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  • June 9, 2006
Shopping Mecca

The area between Fort Myers and Naples is no longer a no-man's land. Developers are planning enough shops, offices and warehouses that would fill 263 football fields.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 9, 2006
Executive Session: Tricia Fulton

The Review sat down with the CFO of Sun Hydraulics

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    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 9, 2006
Don't need an IT guy?

An intimate gathering of small business owners hears why consultants might be better than the old hope-for-the best theory when it comes to computers.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 2, 2006
Risk Killers

Finergy Development's Enzo Gagliardi seeks to eliminate doubts in an unstable market. His mantra: Be patient.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 2, 2006
'Mark of the Beast'

A former telecom investment banker and a techie with an eye for good finds prove that buying stuff on the cheap isn't always bad business.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 2, 2006
For the Love of Boats

The Eggebrecht family's passion for fishing and boating sparked the idea for a custom boat building business that focuses on Panga-style crafts known for their fuel efficiency and shallow draft.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 2, 2006
Bright Future

Two solar energy equipment distributors have survived lean times. They hope their resilience will be rewarded.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 2, 2006
Hooked on Florida

Window-maker PGT became a $333-million revenue company by riding the post-Hurricane Andrew construction changes. It wants to go public to pay down more than $350 million in long-term debt.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 29, 2006
Come Sail Away

Few lenders were willing to fund a new business designed to sell art via a yacht docking in wealthy cities. Support ultimately came when the company known for bulldozers and cranes climbed aboard.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 29, 2006
'Passion brings focus'

Fort Myers CPA Gail Markham built one of the largest firms in Southwest Florida. In the process, she has seenhow startups succeed and fail.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 29, 2006
Generation Flap

Corporate America values younger workers because they are more flexible than Baby Boomers who don't deal with upheaval like they used to.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 29, 2006
The Old & the Rested

An economist who studied the Tampa Bay area's appeal to 'the young and the restless' thinks the region could bring in more retiring Boomers.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 29, 2006
Immigration vs. Florida's Economy

Florida has recorded the third-biggest immigration wave in the country since 2000. The economic effects are mostly positive - especially if the immigrants are educated and highly trained; less positive when they're not.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 29, 2006
Good Business

Small businesses got two big wins during the legislative session. Look for health care insurance reform next year.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 18, 2006
Lee-Collier Regional Winner

Brian Stock, Owner, Stock Development, Naples: Almost all of Brian Stock's waking moments are spent thinking about Stock Development, the all-encompassing real estate and development industry firm that bears his family's name.

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