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Strategies

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  • July 13, 2012
Universal Growth

A Gulf Coast window firm hopes a new headquarters and larger showroom will yield oversized results. The shift is the culmination of several smaller growth moves.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 6, 2012
Corporate Report: July 6

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Lindsay Downey
  • July 6, 2012
Guns Blazing

A Lebanese immigrant recently relocated his business from Connecticut to the Gulf Coast. Despite several hurdles, the move is working.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • July 6, 2012
Good Vizibility

Sometimes, it takes years for a business idea to reach perfection. Patience often pays when the right technology comes along.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Rod Thomson
  • July 6, 2012
Work Harder

Sometimes the only way to outlast a long-term market downturn is to just work harder. That simple strategy has paid off for a northern Tampa Bay commercial real estate firm.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 29, 2012
Corporate Report: June 29

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 29, 2012
It Takes a Village

An urban planner and an attorney stuck to their vision of an eclectic commercial real estate community. It's taken a while, but the strategy has begun to pay off.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Denise Federer
  • June 29, 2012
All in the Family?

Managing conflict in the family business isn't always easy, but it's key to a strong family and a strong company.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 29, 2012
Murky Middle

A new business consulting firm seeks to help companies in so-called no man's land. Those are the ones that are 'too big to be small, and too small to be big.'

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 22, 2012
Corporate Report: June 22

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • 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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  • Business Observer Staff
  • 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.

  • Strategies
    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.

  • Strategies
    By
  • 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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