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A small bike store in Fort Myers received some notoriety in cycling circles for sponsoring a team in one of the most grueling bike challenges in the nation.

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The RV industry is revving up, again, and Coach House, a south Sarasota County manufacturer of a niche line of motor homes, aims to get ahead of the competition.

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Entrepreneurs in Florida and nationwide who seek venture capital are going to have to shake the money tree a little harder.

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Kauffman Notches No. 15

When work begins in earnest on the Sabal Palm Plaza this summer, it will be the 15th ground-up building developed in Sarasota by retired physician Dr. Mark Kauffman, who began acquiring and redeveloping property in the city in the mid-1990s.

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After more than a generation at Cushman & Wakefield, Tim Callahan has joined competing commercial brokerage firm Avison-Young, in Tampa, as head of the firm's capital markets practice in Central and North Florida.

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