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Stock the fridge

Hotels on the Gulf Coast are counting on Florida visitors staying close to home to boost a lackluster year so far. Discounts for Floridians will abound to maintain occupancies.

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With a learn-to-delegate process nearly complete, an entrepreneur now hopes to continue growing her property management company.

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Engineer Thomas Osypka bought the cardiac medical products company his father started and has grown revenues with clients around the world.

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The Collector

John Osterweil has turned a childhood passion for memorabilia into a successful enterprise that helps charities.

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Now that US Metropolitan Telecom has put hundreds of miles of fiber-optic cable in the ground in Lee and Collier counties, it's planning to build even more.

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Uncaged

Tampa entrepreneur John Prisco is growing Xtreme Fighting Championships into an international brand.

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An Open Garage

A young construction entrepreneur hopes his way out of the recession will be by going down to a basement.

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Branching out

A tree entrepreneur looks to survive the market by relying on his strengths and size.

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Nick Friedman's junk-hauling business grew quickly at first, but he's had to adjust its operations because of the economy.

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Goal Oriented

Andrew Nestor and his fellow owners of the Tampa Bay Rowdies want to reignite the excitement the team generated years ago.

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Language Master

Calls come in from across the world to Day Translations in Tampa, which offers document translations and interpreters.

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Young Galaxy

Why bag groceries when you can net $1,000 a week? Kody Yates hasn't graduated high school yet and his technology import company grossed six figures in sales last year.

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Eye for Innovation

Charles Armstrong has taken a flair for design and created a new product development and design firm in Tampa.

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The Four Fs

A life-altering car crash forced Anand Pallegar to discover his passion: Building a business.

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Twenty somethings have an extra burden other entrepreneurs don't face: youth. Here's how Samantha and Derek Scott overcame that barrier.

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