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A tech entrepreneur says he's found a way for fellow businesses to get out of the purgatory of 'please hold.'

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Home Sweet Homee

A home repair need led to a new smartphone app. Now software entrepreneur Doug Schaedler targets a national business.

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Bed Heads

A Tampa-based e-commerce 'bed-in-a-box' startup is armed with a patented mattress. It also has a dream-big mission.

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  • July 21, 2017
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Despite more than $2 million of losses in two years, a company hopes to turn its valued TV technology into a winning model.

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  • June 23, 2017
New World

Sarasota might never be the next Silicon Valley. Yet two tech-centric firms, with more than 100 combined employees, recently relocated to the area. What was the attraction?

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