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Strategies

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  • Carl Cronan
  • September 3, 2010
Get Back on Track

The Tampa Bay Partnership's latest Regional Economic Scorecard puts the area in last place among its metro peers. Will more transportation spending improve rankings?

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • September 3, 2010
Magic Tricks

A championship-winning sports executive shares his tips for how to win in any line of business.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • September 3, 2010
Habitat Restoration

Katherine 'Kitty' Green is bringing corporate discipline to Habitat for Humanity of Lee County. Nonprofits struggling in this recession could learn from her initiatives to turn the organization around.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Carl Cronan
  • August 27, 2010
Intelligent Growth

Celestar Corp., a low-profile defense contractor in Tampa, doesn't have to operate in the shadows to perform its best work.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Carl Cronan
  • August 27, 2010
No Rock Star-chitect

HOK's Yann Weymouth is building a signature through designs of unique structures along the Gulf Coast and around the world, but he has no desire to be famous. Other relatives have already done that.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Carl Cronan
  • August 27, 2010
Flying Farther

ExecuJet, a Tampa-based private air charter service, is advancing its elite status by bringing a larger Gulfstream IV into its fleet. Its CEO says clients can no longer afford to wait around for the big airlines to take off.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Carl Cronan
  • August 20, 2010
Bigger Wing Span

Ker's WingHouse is ready to expand beyond Florida as a regional sports restaurant chain. Its owner doesn't worry about getting knocked around: That's how he used to spend many of his Sundays.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Carl Cronan
  • August 20, 2010
Driving the Bus

Valerie Harwell, a former insurance manager, has taken on new duties as president and CEO of The Omnia Group. It's a company she has been familiar with from the start.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • August 13, 2010
Happy Campers

One of the largest sports-training facilities in the country is going through a self-induced transformation. It hopes its new leader can deliver quick results.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • August 13, 2010
GULF COAST 500: Pinching Pennies

The secret sauce to operating a successful restaurant is to control expenses. The Phelans are masters at this business.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Carl Cronan
  • August 13, 2010
GULF COAST 500: Small Cargo

Trinity's FreightCenter has found a way to help people, even one-time users, find the best pricing available on shipments that are too heavy for parcel drivers, but not enough for their own big rig.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • August 13, 2010
GULF COAST 500: Stay On Top

A federal government policy enforcement shift breathed life into a startup insurance services firm in 2001. Now another shift holds lucrative potential.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Carl Cronan
  • August 13, 2010
GULF COAST 500: Future Scan

Leslie Haywood and James Hanlon started eBridge Solutions with a paper scanner in an apartment closet. Now the Tampa company is on its way to taking on volumes more sensitive documents.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • August 13, 2010
GULF COAST 500: International Smart

Brian Rist didn't wait for the housing recession to decimate his hurricane-protection business. Instead, he went to Cozumel.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • August 13, 2010
GULF COAST 500: Capital Intensive

When the banking crisis subsides, the directors and executives of the Bank of Naples are betting their bank is one of the last standing. Capital is key.

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