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Family values

Punit Shah continues his father's legacy, turning average hotels into profit centers.

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Thomas Harrison's pay-for-performance model at Discovery Senior Living helps create happy customers in the apartment communities it operates.

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Virtual mentality

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Unfriendly fraud

Online retailers lose nearly $12 billion annually in credit card chargebacks. A Clearwater firm found a solution, and turned it into a fast-growth business.

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A Bradenton firm that helps businesses set up offices overseas has latched onto something big.

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The chief operating officer of Scott Fischer Enterprises, one of the largest Harley-Davidson dealers in the country, started at the bottom.

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