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Strategies

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  • January 13, 2006
VCs Rise Again

Alternative investors are returning to venture capital firms, which have been losing out to hedge funds and private equity shops since the tech bust.

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  • January 13, 2006
The Right Price

Don't look for get-rich-quick schemes at EDMP Inc. Charles Carnevale's strategy follows the old Benjamin Graham saw: 'To win you must not lose.' He searches hard for the undervalued large caps.

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  • January 13, 2006
A Stock Picker's Market

Money manager Keith Moored Jr. forecasts single-digit percentage growth for the stock market in 2006. Buyers should be extra selective. Go for the low price-to-sales ratios.

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  • January 13, 2006
Home Investor's Heyday

Nationally recognized real estate investor/teacher John Schaub sees a heyday coming from the housing-price correction.

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  • January 6, 2006
Love At First Bite

Business is sweet for chocalatier Norman Love. Godiva just can't get enough. Love's tasty treats have created a business dilemma - stay small or, as he says, become 'a monster company.'

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  • January 6, 2006
Rebuilding Momentum

Hillsboro Printing Co. CEO Dick Lange plans to triple revenue to $30 million in two years in the competitive, changing printing industry, looking for tuck-in''acquisitions.

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  • January 6, 2006
Mr. Channelside

A Miami native who has lived in Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and Buffalo is creating a buzz as the unofficial spokesman for Tampa's Channel District.

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  • Adam Hughes
  • January 6, 2006
Corporate Report

Read the latest briefs on companies in the Gulf Coast region for free.

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  • January 6, 2006
Stand Up Guy

Northern Trust economist Robert G. Dederick uses humor to make his predictions about 2006.

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  • Adam Hughes
  • January 6, 2006
A National Trust

Tampa's Members Trust Co. is expanding across the country, helping credit unions to offer trust services. Florida's bankers are not amused.

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  • Adam Hughes
  • December 30, 2005
'Leap of Faith'

Does your company need an IT guy? Don't hire one. Vertical IT Solutions Andrew Cohen has a different approach: Fix them before they break.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • Adam Hughes
  • December 30, 2005
30-Year Plan

Ricardo Espino was all set to be his own boss. Then he got an offer he couldn't refuse. In a year and a half, Universal Insurance's premiums have topped $130 million a year.

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  • Adam Hughes
  • December 30, 2005
Executive Session: Heidi Colgate-Tamblyn

The GCBR sat down with the president of SunTrust Bank of Lee County

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • December 30, 2005
Missionary CEO

How homebuilder Daniel Dodrill learned to delegate. 'I'm not going to Africa. I've got a business to run,' Dodrill told a Rwandan missionary. 'If I'm not around, it doesn't get done right.' But Dodrill went. And, guess what?Here's how Dodrill juggles his business, charity and family.

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  • December 30, 2005
Five Stars from 2005

Two Fort Myers companies' stock prices showed the biggest gains among the Gulf Coast's public companies.

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