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Strategies

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  • August 5, 2011
On the Mark

Job growth at a Gulf Coast health and beauty products firm has come fast and furious. The company set ambitious goals to keep pace.

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  • August 5, 2011
A Renewable Gift

John Backe, the former president of CBS and a Gulf Coast resident, gave $1 million to Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers to jump-start a renewable-energy program and technology office park nearby. Will it pay off?

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  • July 29, 2011
Fantastic Finds

Jesse White built a successful retail business by selling lots of stuff others might call junk. To White, though, the store is 'like a dream.'

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Denim Divas

The market for a company that sells a $250 pair of jeans is tight. But an entrepreneur-designer duo will still try to squeeze in it.

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  • July 29, 2011
Huge Fun

Orlando becomes the first U.S. city to top 50 million visitors, thanks in part to Harry Potter and cheap flights. Those visitors are fueling expansion, and local businesses.

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  • July 29, 2011
Mobile Marketing

An Orlando company has developed software that allows merchants to quickly build a large database of customers for effective marketing campaigns. All you need is a customer's mobile number.

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Walter Energy ripe for takeover bids

The coal company could sell for a nearly 60% premium. Its CEO's recent resignation makes it more vulnerable.

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  • July 21, 2011
Gardening Gartner

How Fort Myers landed technology consulting firm Gartner is a lesson in how to recruit companies to the Gulf Coast. Now, the company is doubling its presence here.

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  • July 21, 2011
Power Packed

If battery-powered vehicles are to become practical for consumers, battery technology has to become smaller, cheaper and more powerful. Planar Energy believes it has created a technology to build it.

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  • July 21, 2011
Employers' New Edge

CareerEdge, a new job-training program in Manatee and Sarasota counties, shifts the model from employee to employer and from public to partnership.

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  • July 21, 2011
No Vacancy

The hotel market in the Naples area is the strongest on the Gulf Coast, but data show a lack of pricing power.

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  • July 21, 2011
Ready to Launch

Many Space Coast companies see gloom as the shuttle program comes to an end. Carol Craig sees opportunity as she starts a new venture.

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  • July 15, 2011
Good Times

A German restaurateur says the best way to sell more sausage is to make sure your customers have a great time. The proof is in his sales, which have grown 10 times his first year's revenues.

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  • July 8, 2011
Assessing the Damage

An Orlando company has developed technology to help local governments determine how to direct their resources following a disaster. The software also aids communities in filing for disaster relief funds.

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  • July 8, 2011
Play Ball

Titan Construction Services specializes in building athletic fields, including those for the new Boston Red Sox spring training facility. That business niche pulled the company through the recession.

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