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Entrepreneurs

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  • Brian Hartz
  • December 7, 2018
Shape the future: Students bring a breakthrough product to market

Lauren Wright and Tram Pham have founded The Natural Nipple, a Tampa, Florida-based company that aims to improve the way newborn babies are fed.

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  • December 7, 2018
Poof! A new invention by a serial product designer

Therapouf inventor Judy Cutler-Teeven

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  • November 16, 2018
Marlissa Gardner, Founder/Owner, Emillions

Founder/Owner Emillions, Naples

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  • November 9, 2018
Pace maker: Entrepreneur gets back to basics

Doug Pace, CEO of Tampa-based Stonehill, a performance management consulting firm, suffered a massive stroke in 2016 right after he exited his previous company. The experience caused him to re-evaluate his business priorities.

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  • November 9, 2018
Businessman takes a leap of faith into restaurant business

Tony Leopardi, owner of Cornerstone Builders, opens Leopardi's Italian Restaurant

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  • November 2, 2018
Aviation veteran buys airline, aims to ramp up company's growth

After 40 years in commercial aviation, Sanford Rederer decided he wanted an airline of his own. How will he make this business take off?

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  • November 2, 2018
Ex-NFL star Vincent Jackson catches effective business principles

Two years into retirement after a dozen NFL seasons, five with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Vincent Jackson, 35, has a handful of business and philanthropic interests in the Tampa area. It ranges from private equity and real estate to military family housing

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  • November 2, 2018
Entrepreneur finds fuel for leasing success

Peter Wasmer reconstitutes Chrome Capital as Fuel Capital with plans to capture the pre-owned Harley-Davidson leasing market

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  • October 25, 2018
Dan Bavaro, 39

Dan Bavaro, 39, is the founder of Bavaro Foods in Tampa, Florida.

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  • October 25, 2018
Thomas Paterek, 32

Thomas Paterek, 32, is the co-founder and co-owner of Stevie & Fern, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based marketing agency.

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  • October 19, 2018
Senior adviser

Bruce Rosenblatt Senior Housing Solutions

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  • September 7, 2018
After early hurdles, rockstar entrepreneur finds her way

Memberships — the recurring revenue stream that’s the lifeblood of her business model — have increased from 100 in 2016 to 315 today. Jenny Townsend expects to be around 400 members by the end of 2018, and plans to expand into more adult lessons later thi

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  • August 24, 2018
Big call: Local companies receive retail giant's blessing

Walmart's fifth annual open call competition was a success for three Gulf Coast companies that will soon find their products on the retail giant's shelves.

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  • Grier Ferguson
  • August 17, 2018
Entrepreneur's journey takes him from night clerk to store owner

John Nguyen worked his way up from a 7-Eleven night clerk to a franchisee with three stores. Success, he says, stems from systems — and a willingness to take out the trash.

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  • August 10, 2018
Roast of the town: Iraq war vet wows Publix with expanding business

Mulberry High School graduate and Marine Corps Iraq War veteran Chris McArthur has hit the jackpot with grocery giant Publix, which began to sell Patriot Coffee in 350 stores statewide in June.

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