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Entrepreneurs

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A Young ASsist

A young couple, newly married, is in the business of helping the elderly. It's a perfect fit.

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  • September 27, 2013
Act Now!

Pioneering pitchman Kevin Harrington oozes success in selling stuff through infomercials. One key: Promote yourself and your product early and often.

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  • September 20, 2013
Positive Changes

Don Abbott builds and sells businesses. He's had plenty of successes and learned from failures along the way.

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Keep the news alive

Newspapers contain rich content that genealogists, historians and academics value. Naples-based NewsBank archives newspaper stories dating back hundreds of years.

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  • August 30, 2013
Will to Win

From sawdust to sweaters, Judith Williams has an unbridled energy to sell it. She also has one of a business owners' most potent weapons: She's fearless.

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  • August 30, 2013
Quick Churn

The delicate business of dying has turned into a fast-growth opportunity for a local entrepreneur. Her challenge is to harness it.

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  • August 23, 2013
Living the Dream

The spend-money-to-make-money philosophy is perfect for a local businessman behind a package delivery operation. He has extra-large growth goals.

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  • August 23, 2013
Fish Tails

When it comes to mermaids and the underwater world, Eric Ducharme, founder of Mertailor LLC, is charmed. It appears his customers are, too.

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  • July 26, 2013
Dream catcher

The owner of the Columbia Restaurant expects a new concept in Tampa Heights to spark redevelopment of the blighted area, where nearly half the residents live in poverty.

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  • July 19, 2013
Betting on Bob

Outback Steakhouse's story is legendary in Tampa: Three friends, with a hunger for success and loans from relatives, grew one restaurant into a multibillion-dollar company. Will one of the founders work his magic again?

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  • July 19, 2013
Patriotic part

Selling stuff only made in America sounds like a surefire business concept. A gung-ho entrepreneur will test the theory.

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  • July 12, 2013
Toilet Travails

Going from invention to market success can be one of the most difficult tasks in business. One local company injects humor into the process.

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  • July 5, 2013
Show me the door

Entrepreneurs whose companies survived the recession are now thinking about retirement. George Ebel highlights the succession issues they face.

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  • June 28, 2013
Leader of the pack

A specialty veterinary business started by brothers has grown to 31 clinics in 12 states. Revenues surpassed $100 million last year.

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  • June 14, 2013
Art of deal

Tampa investor and entrepreneur Bob Gries scored a $75 million payday recently on one transaction. His mission, though, remains the same: To swell the portfolios of his eclectic client list.

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