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Entrepreneurs

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 21, 2003
Insider Buyout

Uniroyal Technology Corp.'s chairman led a group that bought the coated-fabrics division for $17.39 million, about $12.6 million less than the Sarasota company was asking for the division prior to bankruptcy.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 14, 2003
Thorns of Deception

In a tale of broken trusts, more than a dozen clients claim Bradenton attorney Richard Groner mishandled their money prior to his suicide.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 14, 2003
Construction Growth Continues

Multifamily development in Sarasota and Manatee counties fell this year. But single-family construction continued to grow.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 14, 2003
All in the Family

Sarasota's Atlas Insurance has been in business for 50 years, with a 287% increase in sales in the last 30 years. The company's secret: Focus on what they do best.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 14, 2003
Banks Market Share

Smaller fry gain on the big banks along the Gulf Coast.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2003
Kangaroo Court?

Sarasota's Nuisance Abatement Board puts local property owners on the hook for the actions of their tenants. Ignorance is no excuse.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2003
YP: Kirstin Severs

YP: Kirstin Severs Second Vice PresidentInvestments, Smith Barney - Sarasota

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2003
Baron of Collier

Paul Marinelli says the growth of the Barron Collier Co. is a result of 'we,' not 'I.' But his philosophy on partnerships has generated some extraordinary results.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2003
Rise and Fall

A Tampa company's venture into Internet kiosks at shopping malls failed during the dot-com bust. An Ohio mall operator wants at least $4 million in unpaid rent.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2003
Court Record Moratorium

The Florida Supreme Court is expected to close the door to online court records later this month. Proponents claim it's an issue of balancing privacy and easy access.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2003
A Fair Count

Two Clearwater entrepreneurs say they have come up with a smarter way for state fairs to get all the money coming to them.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2003
Newsmakers

× Mario Pezzella was appointed vice president and chief executive officer for Sarasota-based LandMark Bank of Florida. Pezzella joined LandMark Bank from First National Bank (formerly West Coast Guaranty Bank), where he was commercial lending vice preside

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2003
YP Tony Squitieri

Regional Vice PresidentU.S. Home Corp. - Charlotte, Manatee and Sarasota counties

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2003
Aberrant Attorney Fees (Sara/Mana)

The Sarasota city staff projection of the cost of hiring staff attorneys strikes public and private attorneys as fairly outrageous. Here's our independent analysis.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2003
Free Parking

All the talk about the city of Sarasota getting 300 public parking spaces at a bargain price at the Whole Foods development is just that - talk. Read the contract?

  • Entrepreneurs
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