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Strategies

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2015
Corporate report

BayCare reaches agreement to use Clarifire technology; Clarke Advertising, Public Relations renames itself C•Suite Communications; BluePearl Veterinary Partners plans $1 million headquarters expansion; First Watch Restaurants opens new Largo location; Florida Agency Network hires new CFO; Neal Communities' 2014 breaks sales records

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 23, 2015
Sustained vision

The sustainable food industry has few national firms with large scale and a known brand. Some ambitious entrepreneurs plan to change that.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Denise Federer
  • January 16, 2015
Prepare your successor to succeed

The more valuable a leader is to a business, the less valuable the firm becomes to potential purchasers. Make sure you're doing the right things to prepare someone to run your business successfully.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 16, 2015
Corporate report

Tampa Bay Federal Credit Union CEO to retire in July; Harbour Group's Onicon buys Greyline Instruments; TECO Energy extends contract to sell subsidiary to Cambrian Coal; WellCare Health promotes regional president to head several states, product development; Health Insurance Innovations introduces 10% share buyback; AlphaPoint Technology buys Minneapolis IT firm

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • January 16, 2015
Reef builders

A group of volunteers created to boost the Collier County economy celebrates the start of construction on the largest artificial reef system in the western hemisphere.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 16, 2015
Change up

The workers' comp insurance sector hasn't always embraced technology. One entrepreneur aims to alter that dynamic.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Traci McMillan Beach
  • January 9, 2015
Overhead smash

For Healthesystems CFO Stephanie Narvades, tennis is more than a game. It can also be great networking.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Traci McMillan Beach
  • January 9, 2015
Grand slam

ConnectWise CEO Arnie Bellini is a big believer in goals. Completing the grand slam of open-water swimming was just one goal on his list.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2015
Corporate report

Tampa's Viralstyle.com wins contest for hour with Mark Cuban; HNTB Corp. names Tampa exec Florida district leader, senior VP; Lakewood-Amedex files application for topical drug to treat infections and more corporate news.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Traci McMillan Beach
  • January 9, 2015
Not tapped out

Though Bobby Harris has been choked out in his sport of choice, it doesn't stop him from going back.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 9, 2015
Dynamic duo

An attorney shed his practical side for two weeks to race around the Midwest with his dad — pumpkin toss and fool chase included.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • January 2, 2015
Florida first

First Florida Integrity Bank recently reached $1 billion in assets, but it's not done growing. Chairman Gary Tice says it could triple in size through acquisitions.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Traci McMillan Beach
  • January 2, 2015
Recipe for success

Locale Market, a gourmet grocery store, is pegged to be the focal point of Bill Edwards' Sundial development. Its goal is to be one of a kind.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 2, 2015
Powder play

Biolife has a unique product, a big marketplace and a revamped sales strategy. The missing piece: big-time sales growth.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • January 2, 2015
Land squeeze

A group of New York-based private equity investors is turning Alico into the largest citrus producer in the country, speeding up consolidation in the struggling industry.

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