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The Hotel Man

Lou Plasencia left brokerage Grubb & Ellis to start his own hotel advisory firm in Tampa in 1993. It now has several offices nationwide.

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Florida 'edupreneurs'

Donald Jones and his family have created and managed schools and career colleges all over Florida. Their formula for success has been based on this basic business tenet: Pay attention to the customer.

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Calendar

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Corporate Report

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e-Learning Entrepreneurs

Brent and Rachel Fisher have created a company that offers online education to businesses, non-profits and organizations, such as school systems.

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Gulf Coast Week in Review

Bush officials fight water warTampa Mayor pushes light railSembler to sell BayWalkPolicyholders face Poe tabTECO Energy gets out of shippingSarasota: Supermajority RulesSuper-sized community to growStoneridge closes Bradenton plantFirst Home fires 204 employeesLee building permits near lowParker Hannifin buys Shaw Aero

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School of Steel

Ralph George transferred his military-trained mind to his business. The result is a textbook-like training ground for building from within.

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Sign of the Times

Creative Mailboxes and Signs does more signs these days, preparing its workers for the transition.

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High-Tech Shield

I.D. Rank Security began offering a suite of software this year that protects clients from information theft.

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Signs of Hope

Lee County is widely considered ground zero for the state's housing bust. But there are finally some tentative signs of the market's recovery.

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Focus on Fuel

A national power company chief executive - whose livelihood depends on more energy usage - publicly supports power conservation.

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Corporate Report

PGT trims workforce, cites residential downturnMangrove Employer Service buys Las Vegas clientSarasota's Bonecrunch Fighting lands SunSports broadcast dealSirion Therapeuticsplans new drug filingFirst Advantage's DealerTracksells stock for $98 million

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Power Mower

Sarlo Power Mowers has slashed through Florida grass for decades. It's not afraid of cheap Chinese replicas.

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Corporate Report

Jabil leases manufacturing space from Nokia SiemensBiotech-material maker moving to NaplesGeoPharma, Dynamic Health merge, joint revenue $90 millionBank of Floridareceives non-compliance letter

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Beyond the Classroom

Rick Gallegos has found that training managers and employees about collaboration, leadership and selling is increasingly needed on site rather than bringing people to a training center.

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