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October 23, 2008

Brave Change

The real estate sales business model has changed littleover the years, maintaining an all-out focus on commissions.A Gulf Coast entrepreneur is out for change.

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October 23, 2008

There are pundits, ivory tower profs and media purveyors of doom, then there are those entrepreneurs and businessmen in the trenches of everyday business warfare. Here is their boots-on-the-ground outlook.

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October 23, 2008

Organic growth

The biggest challenge for Mindshare Technology has been taking on only as much business as it can handle by offering custom software for companies.

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October 23, 2008

Time to Buy - Apartments

A Tampa couple sees a solid future in apartmentsand has bought three complexes in three months.

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October 23, 2008

Fall Forward

For-profit companies aren't the only entities that look to autumn as the economic forecasting season. Nonprofits on the Gulf coast are peering into the next year, too.

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October 23, 2008

'09 Economic Forecast

The financial crisis added another challenge to business owners trying to guess what 2009 will bring. Everyone agrees the economy won't come roaring back.

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October 23, 2008

The Outplacer

Daniel Farrar says Gulf Coast business owners are too negative. Anyplace in Florida looks better when you move from the Midwest.

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October 23, 2008

A Business Haven

An entrepreneur new to the wonders of Longboat Key wantsto see the island grow into a business hub. It's a big challenge.

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October 23, 2008

Encore Performance

Jerry Campbell founded one of Michigan's largest banks before selling it. He has started HomeBanc on the Gulf Coast with statewide visions

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October 23, 2008

Back in Black

Chocolatier Norman Love kept a lid on expansionduring the boom years, preferring to spend his energies creating new products instead. It's paying off today.

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October 23, 2008

Still Fighting

Two surveys show that small business owners,both in the Gulf Coast and nationwide, are bulking up on one intangible asset for 2009: Hope.

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October 23, 2008

By The Numbers

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October 16, 2008

Tapping Technology

Scott Riley has successfully focused Fintech.com on one activity: Helping clients pay liquor vendors electronically.

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October 16, 2008

Health Navigators

Delphi, a St. Petersburg company, helps employers and their staffs get the best value in health care coverage.

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October 16, 2008

Blades of platinum

A new cultivar of grass with roots in the slave ships from Africa may prove lucrative for a Gulf Coast turf company, especially if it ends up on your front lawn.

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Brave Change

From the Trenches

Organic growth

Time to Buy - Apartments

Fall Forward

'09 Economic Forecast

The Outplacer

A Business Haven

Encore Performance

Back in Black

Still Fighting

By The Numbers

Tapping Technology

Health Navigators

Blades of platinum

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Orlando investor pays $2.6 million for Manatee building

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Largo industrial buildings sell for $23.5 million

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