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Strategies

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 18, 2022
Car wash chain continues aggressive growth strategy with three acquisitions

Woodie’s Wash Shack buys NASCAR Car Wash locations in Largo, Seminole and St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Andrick and Associates
  • May 13, 2022
One-to-One Marketing

Finding the Right Prospect List is the First Step in One-to-One Marketing.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2022
Prominent Palm Harbor commercial cleaning firm names new CEO

Josh Weis succeeds Todd Hopkins at fast-growing Office Pride, which has 148 franchise locations in 25 states.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 7, 2022
Gulf Coast counties see surge of GDP growth, business formation

Hillsborough, Lee, Pinellas and Sarasota counties are among the state's top 10 in terms of economic activity.

  • News
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • May 5, 2022
Local leaders rethink how to train, recruit workers

The prolonged and profound labor shortage runs deeper, many companies have discovered, than boosting pay and benefits. Two organizations have seen that dynamic, with some innovative solutions at the ready.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 29, 2022
Tampa tech firm nets $75M in private equity capital

Coherent, a global software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider headquartered in Tampa, Florida, has raised $75 million in its Series B funding round.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • April 28, 2022
Tampa bakery, amid rapid growth, rises to the occasion

Thanks to an unsolicited celebrity endorsement, Tampa bakery The Cake Girl has been on a wild ride. Some frosty obstacles to more growth include inflation and staffing issues.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • April 15, 2022
Health care firm pushes the boundaries on technology in the industry

A $25 million capital investment provided a massive boost for an upstart health care technology firm.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • April 12, 2022
Young real estate company makes a splash in the market

Leaving behind the comfort of a well-known real estate brand — while nerve-wracking at first — has proved to be a prescient move for a longtime entrepreneur.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • April 7, 2022
Construction company crafts blueprint for succession

Robert Bandes is preparing to hand over control of the company he founded 35 years ago, Bandes Construction in Dunedin, Fla., to his daughter Jillian Bandes, 36, and son Zack Bandes, 29.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • April 7, 2022
Next-gen accountants forge new identity for merged firm

St. Petersburg, Florida-based accounting firm Spoor Bunch Franz offers a unique spin on the family business culture.

  • Strategies
  • By Andrick & Associates
  • April 1, 2022
There Can Only Be One No. 1!

As we start the March Madness basketball tournaments, teams know that the goal is to win and move on to the crowning of a Champion. At the end, there can only be One #1!

  • Strategies
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  • Brian Hartz
  • March 30, 2022
No cane, no gain: Niche fashion company sticks it to the competition

Largo, Florida-based Fashionable Inc.’s Fashionable Canes brand offers more than 1,000 styles of canes, many of them custom-designed.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • March 24, 2022
Local movie shoots on the rise despite lack of political support

Local movie shoots in Pinellas County, Florida, are on the rise despite lack of political support from state legislators in Tallahassee.

  • Travel-Tourism
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • March 24, 2022
Shuffle the deck: Millennial couple cue up a new career

Josh Dulabaum and Stephanie Swain left safe, stable careers to buy a venerable shuffleboard equipment company based in Seminole, Fla., but is there enough growth potential in the market to make the move worth the risk?

  • Entrepreneurs
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