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Strategies

    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 14, 2011
Express Success

The fragmented business of urgent health care has a new player on the Gulf Coast. It's a big bet on the ability to alter patient's habits.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Carl Cronan
  • January 14, 2011
Striking a Match

Business brokers serve as intermediaries between willing buyers and sellers. In some instances, they help save enterprises that have been around for generations.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Carl Cronan
  • January 14, 2011
Out of the Blue

Greg Bicket retires as president of Cox Target Media as Valpak expands its traditional coupons into the digital realm. He believes paper and online versions can coexist.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Carl Cronan
  • January 7, 2011
Silver Bowl

College football's Outback Bowl celebrated its 25th anniversary with another marquee matchup. Local sponsors still appreciate the national exposure the game brings to start a new year.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Carl Cronan
  • December 17, 2010
'Chase everything'

Rojo Architecture, a Tampa design firm, is out to prove a point that good building design can be handled more affordably. It's how the principals keep their own lights on.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • December 10, 2010
Medical Momentum

The medical billing industry is on the cusp of colossal shift. Susan Coles, who built a 25-employee firm from her bedroom in less than a decade, wants in on the action.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Carl Cronan
  • December 10, 2010
Beef's New Cuts

Tampa-based family sports pub chain Beef 'O' Brady's is introducing a new type of restaurant and menu aimed at casual diners.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Carl Cronan
  • December 3, 2010
Damage Control

Dais Analytic, a small Pasco County nanotech firm, looks to get bigger by marketing processes aimed at cleaning up the earth. It's growing rapidly with deals to China, but still looking to be profitable.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • December 3, 2010
Reversed Course

A Gulf Coast ad firm discovered a partnership with a larger firm wasn't as stellar as it hoped. It has found new life in being independent, again.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Carl Cronan
  • December 3, 2010
...And Burger Makes Three

The Johnston Bros., who already operate two successful restaurant concepts, have introduced Burger 21.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • December 3, 2010
Gym Strategy

Gail Markham is a partner at Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Co., P.A., in Fort Myers and Naples.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • November 29, 2010
Go Global

The recession that forced real estate developers to find a new way has a devotee in Allen Heise.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Carl Cronan
  • November 26, 2010
Truck Stop

The trucking business isn't sexy, admits Gulf Coast entrepreneur Paul Henley. Still, Henley says the fragmented industry could sure use a $250 million national force. He hopes to give it one.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • November 26, 2010
China Bound

International trade is a two-way street, though you wouldn't know it from all the China-bashing by politicians lately. One Bonita Springs-based company is benefiting from the export boom to China and other developing countries.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • November 26, 2010
Dreams With Teeth

A bold group of entrepreneurs hopes to take a big bite out of an even bigger market. Plans include going from 20 to 280 employees in five years.

  • Strategies
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