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Strategies

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  • December 12, 2003
The Cable Guy

Steve Dvoskin took a risky career leap when he came to Comcast. Now he's helping solidify the cable giant's spot in the pole position.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 12, 2003
From Eyesore to Hilton Brand

Sarasota's Merca Real Estate plans to transform one of the area's most unsightly buildings into an upscale extended-stay hotel.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 12, 2003
Young and Hungry

Two Sarasota men, in their 30s, took their home building company, Vision Homes of Southwest Florida, from $45,000 in sales to $14 million in just four years.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 12, 2003
Colonial Battle

A purported whistleblower at Colonial Bank has the tables turned on him.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 12, 2003
DrugMax Goes for the Max

The stock of Clearwater-based DrugMax lnc. languishes outside of Wall Street's radar. COO William LaGamba says becoming a $1 billion company should take care of that.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 12, 2003
Ordinary Loss or Fraud? (Tampa edition)

A former stockbroker who sold to Tampa's business elite says large losses should be blamed on the market, not him.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 5, 2003
Innovation Awards Other Finalists

Other Finalists of the Review's Innovation Awards contest, which includes: CallMiner, The Gemesis Corp., Highwall Technologies, Shepherd Systems and Viking Technology

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 5, 2003
Runner-Up xG Technology LLC

xG's radio wave-based technology promises faster, cheaper and geographically broader data transmission than any current method.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 5, 2003
Runner-Up PPM Technologies LLC

At first glance, it sounds like a Biolife copycat, but it's not. PPM is in the same business as Biolife - finding innovative, faster ways to stop bleeding and close wounds - but with a very different product.Biolife's product, QR, absorbs the blood and

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 5, 2003
Biolife LLC (Innovation Awards)

A revolutionary product that instantly stops bleeding is just what the doctor ordered. It's only one of the innovative aspects of this Sarasota company.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 5, 2003
Speed and Security (Innovation overview)

We want it fast. We want it now. But we also want to be safe. Gulf Coast innovators are capitalizing on the market demands for secure forms of instant gratification. The nominees for the 2003 Innovation Awards exemplify the meeting of those market demand

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 5, 2003
2004: The Year of the Arenas

The Sarasota chamber is taking the lead on a new push for a downtown conference center. It's looking for an up or down vote by spring.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 5, 2003
Innovation Nominees (Sara/Mana edition)

Companies nominated for the innovation awards such as Akuwa Solutions Group Inc. in Sarasota.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 5, 2003
Sizzling Insights (Sara/Mana edition)

A founder of Outback Steakhouse speaks to University of Tampa business students. It's 'no rules, just right' for the chain.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 5, 2003
Stock Games (Sara/Mana edition)

Did an insider at Sarasota's Uniroyal Technology Corp. manipulate the stock price before the company filed for bankruptcy protection?

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