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Strategies

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  • 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
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • January 11, 2013
Target: Tampa

Many Southwest Florida contractors stay away from Tampa. Not Mark Stevens.

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

A Ponzi scheme wiped out a once prominent wealth manager's career. The comeback is going slow. 'This is still us digging our way out,' says Chuck Vollmer.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 11, 2013
The Show Goes On

The complicated and sometimes chaotic business behind the circus is about to get bigger on the Gulf Coast. There's no time to clown around.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • January 9, 2013
Fresh Start

When a large architecture firm pulled out of Fort Myers, two architects left behind started their own business. It's never too late to begin.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 4, 2013
Corporate Report: January 4

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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