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2022 Top Entrepreneur: Erin Meagher, Beneficial Blends founder and CEO, Tampa

Erin Meagher leads the company through the pandemic and into new facility and products.

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2022 Top Entrepreneur: Brandon Duke, Juniper Landscaping CEO, Fort Myers

Juniper Landscaping under Brandon Duke has quickly grown into a statewide landscaping force. But challenges, from inflation to hiring, linger.

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2022 Top Entrepreneur: Willy Nunn, Homes By Westbay president and CEO, Riverview

With Willy Nunn at the helm, Riverview-based Homes By Westbay has become one of the fastest-growing homebuilders in Tampa Bay over the past decade.

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2022 Top Entrepreneur: Cammie Chatterton, Bay Food Brokerage founder, president and CEO, Tampa

Cammie Chatterton blazed a trail for female entrepreneurs when she founded Bay Food Brokerage in 1993.

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2022 Top Entrepreneur: Jim Miller, JMX Brands CEO, Sarasota

On the other side of a crisis, Jim Miller is learning how important pacing is when it comes to growth. “I like to drive fast. But if you don’t have the resources to support the growth, then all of a sudden you’re speeding along the cliff.'

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  • March 30, 2022
No cane, no gain: Niche fashion company sticks it to the competition

Largo, Florida-based Fashionable Inc.’s Fashionable Canes brand offers more than 1,000 styles of canes, many of them custom-designed.

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  • March 24, 2022
Shuffle the deck: Millennial couple cue up a new career

Josh Dulabaum and Stephanie Swain left safe, stable careers to buy a venerable shuffleboard equipment company based in Seminole, Fla., but is there enough growth potential in the market to make the move worth the risk?

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Business owner helps employees stock up for the future

Symbiont Service Corp, amid managing an all-time high in revenue growth during a supply chain crisis, finds succession doesn’t have to be a drama-filled Hollywood story.

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Split decision: New app aims to ease group travel planning, payments

A new app created by a Tampa, Florida, entrepreneur aims to ease group travel planning and payments.

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Lakeland software firm embraces $324M valuation, new contracts

Wind Talker Innovations, after early stumble by thinking too small, aims to ride its new think-big attitude into new markets.

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So cool: Tampa sewing entrepreneur takes a star turn on YouTube

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