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Entrepreneurs

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 9, 2008
Transition Time

Dave Cole leads the North American division for a company in Pinellas Park that makes coatings for eyeglass lensesthat transform them from clear to shaded in the sun.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 9, 2008
In Search of Angels

Entrepreneur Pam Kauten is taking the helm of the Tampa Bay Technology Forum, and focusing on finding angel investors.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 2, 2008
Saving the Jewels

Henricks Jewelers filed for bankruptcy reorganization in November.Despite intense pressures to liquidate the firm, its owners refused to walk away and emerged with a new plan this summer. It's a lesson in self-preservation.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 2, 2008
Two Cultures

Robert Banker is leading a group of trial attorneys away from the Fowler White law firm because of a difference in corporate cultures.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 2, 2008
Riding the Storm Out

Raymond James took a moreconservative path years ago when times were better and that has paid off.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 2, 2008
Calendar of Events

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 2, 2008
Deliverance

A Gulf Coast-based shipping company nearly doubled itsrevenues this year, from $15 million to a projected $28 million.Saudi princesses with nearly $500,000 worth of accounts helps.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 2, 2008
Sweet or unsweet?

Just as it was putting its house in order, Alico was hit with news that the state plans to buy U.S. Sugar, its biggest customer. It's just one of the challenges Dan Gunter faces as Alico's new chief executive.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 2, 2008
Paving the State

TriCircle Pavers' business is down, but that doesn't mean it's out. Its owners are plottingto pave the rest of the state.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 2, 2008
Adjudicated: Success

A court set up for small-scale business cases gets clogged with so much work that it has to call a timeout.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 2, 2008
Tumblers and Jewelry

Two Gulf Coast businesses are surviving the downturn in their narrowly focused markets.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 2, 2008
A Taxing Business

Partners Joe Cox and James Nici have built aboutique law firm in Naples specializing in estate planning.Business is brisk thanks to Congress' twisted laws.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2008
Ratings Services: F

Wall Street's crisis built as ratings services let loose subprime scourge.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2008
The Old Neighborhood

Greg Sembler took the helm of The Sembler Company at a tough timeand is steering it back to what it does well: neighborhood shopping centers.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2008
Venture capital club

Nir Sharon is already a successful entrepreneur at 35, but he discovered that his Naples night club is the perfect place to do deals.

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