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Strategies

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2013
Corporate Report: January 25

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • January 25, 2013
Never give up

Jeremy Stakely, president of ITVantage, focused on changes in the health care law to revive his information technology business.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 25, 2013
On the upswing

Growth can be found in the golf business. One local company's success course is based on an all-out focus on planning.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 25, 2013
Motor Momentum

A local auto dealership with an international flair has grown rapidly in spite of the recession. More expansion is on the way.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Denise Kalette
  • January 17, 2013
Keeping Time

While many brick-and-mortar stores are closing in search of online sales, John Brozek took his Web store to a shop in St. Pete. So far, sales are up.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 17, 2013
Corporate Report: January 18

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 17, 2013
Sporting life

Soosie Lazenby has lived several business lives, including growing Adidas into a billion-dollar business.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 17, 2013
Bubble Wrap

Innovative pitches to generate customer leads in the financial planning business are rare. Dave Kennon hopes he latched onto a golden ticket.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Denise Kalette
  • January 17, 2013
Protecting Your Cubs

A Tampa company's MamaBear app is garnering fans and media attention.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 17, 2013
Neal 2.0

The luxury homebuilding market, in comeback mode in 2012, could be on the verge of a full-blown rebound in 2013. John Neal has a prime spot to capitalize on the surge.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Denise Kalette
  • January 17, 2013
Taking charge

PODS are sprouting in driveways across the country. New CEO John Koch tackles the logistics of growth, and may take the company public.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 17, 2013
The business of being Nik

An entrepreneur who signs his emails 'Never Give Up!' must have a good story. For Nik Wallenda, that story is all about scaling new heights.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 11, 2013
Corporate Report: January 11

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 11, 2013
Change Agent

Stories of retired executives discovering new passions later in life abound on the Gulf Coast. But a former federal prosecutor has a unique chronicle.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 11, 2013
Health care share

A former health care system insider is pushing his company as the answer to the electronic patient record free-for-all.

  • Strategies
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