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Strategies

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  • June 22, 2012
Willis A. Smith Construction Inc.: 40 years

Willis A. Smith Construction's strategic shift in 2002 helped it respond to the recent recession's construction collapse.

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  • June 15, 2012
Corporate Report: June 15

Burger 21 expands, Brown & Brown promotes, Tech Data wins an award and Yippy buys a Canadian web company.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • June 15, 2012
Please, say thank you

Randall Kenneth Jones says there's money to be made by being courteous. You can thank him later.

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    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 7, 2012
All He Could Be

A high-ranking Army officer based on the Gulf Coast attacks leadership like an art — not a science.

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  • Jean Gruss
  • June 1, 2012
The Best GM

Marriott Hotels and Resorts named Rick Medwedeff the General Manager of the Year from the company's 500 resorts. The general manager of the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort, Golf Club & Spa shares some of his management insights.

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  • Jean Gruss
  • June 1, 2012
In Through the Cabidor

Luxury homebuilder Tim Tassin tinkered with an invention for five years. The Cabidor is winning awards, but will that translate to financial success?

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    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 1, 2012
Two Worlds

A leading nonprofit executive has embarked on an unusual career shift. She will enter the for-profit world - in a big way.

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    By
  • Denise Federer
  • May 25, 2012
The Time is Now

It might be mentally and emotionally taxing, but succession planning is the first step in preserving your legacy.

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  • Jean Gruss
  • May 25, 2012
On the Loading Dock

Tenants aren't vacating warehouses like they did during the economic downturn. In some areas, they're starting to fill space again. Could development be far behind?

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  • Mark Gordon
  • May 25, 2012
Tumble Up

Good times continue to pour in at Tervis Tumbler, a success story among recession tales of woe. But now, with a new CEO, the company has some lurking challenges.

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  • Mark Gordon
  • May 11, 2012
Tod's Town

Tod Leiweke has built a deep reservoir of goodwill in the two years he's run the Tampa Bay Lightning. His admirers are primed for more.

  • Strategies
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  • Mark Gordon
  • May 11, 2012
Fly Boys

The economy nearly wrecked the ambitious plans executives had for Rectrix, a private jet service. Four years later the center is a hub of aircraft activity.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 11, 2012
Strength in Numbers

In a world littered with regulations, a trio of Tampa wealth managers has joined forces with an investment giant to help solve their compliance conundrum.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 10, 2012
Corporate Report: May 11

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • Jean Gruss
  • May 9, 2012
Better Noobs

There's always a finite amount of time and money. Wise entrepreneurs like David Crisp Jr. understand this.

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