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Strategies

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 24, 2012
Survey: Executives say what they really think

In a recent quarterly Executive Business Climate Survey conducted by Florida Gulf Coast University, Lee County executives were asked for their insights on the area's business climate.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • August 24, 2012
The Right Mix

Alliance Financial Group is expanding throughout the state, boosted by strong growth in its home market of Fort Myers.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • August 24, 2012
Market shift

Survivors of the real estate collapse like Irina Prell were nimble and shifted their business to new opportunities.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • August 17, 2012
Paul Roessler

Paul Roessler, the chief scientific officer at Algenol Biofuels, talks with the Business Review about his job and quest to find a competitive alternative to oil.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2012
Corporate Report: August 17

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • August 17, 2012
Institutional knowledge

Education software companies load all kinds of charges for extras, making accounting difficult. One company charges a flat fee, and it's winning new customers.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Rod Thomson
  • August 17, 2012
Value Dependent

Tampa Prep responded to the recession with a plan to add value for its students and their parents by mixing in more hard sciences while retaining liberal arts for a combined education.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Rod Thomson
  • August 17, 2012
College Branding

The University of South Florida's College of Business needs an image makeover. Its new globe-trotting dean may be just the one to give it.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • August 17, 2012
Panning for patents

Making money off patents isn't for the impatient. Officials at USF, however, are hopeful good things will soon come their way.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • August 17, 2012
New Connections

A group of young techies escaped Cuba to realize their dream of becoming American entrepreneurs. Getting to the U.S. was the hardest part.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 10, 2012
Corporate Report: August 10

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • August 10, 2012
Land Rush

Two major land deals are further confirmation that a housing recovery is under way. This winter's selling season will confirm builders' optimism.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • August 10, 2012
Grocery Gamble

The grip Publix has on the Gulf Coast grocery industry has shown few cracks. But a competitor — an afterthought for years — has an aggressive strategy to chip away at the leader.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • August 10, 2012
Digital docs

A California private equity firm backed its belief in a Gulf Coast medical software firm with nearly $350 million — no small risk considering the hyper-competitive industry.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • August 10, 2012
Small town, big tech

Technology companies sometimes spring up in the most unlikely places. But how do you find employees in rural places like LaBelle?

  • Strategies
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