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Strategies

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  • March 25, 2020
CPA firm reacts to coronavirus in midst of tax season

Cavanaugh & Co. is offering clients and employees tax prep options.

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  • Grier Ferguson
  • March 25, 2020
Nonprofit works to keep delivering meals during coronavirus crisis

Meals on Wheels of Sarasota has changed some procedures to keep volunteers and clients safe during coronavirus.

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  • Beth Luberecki
  • March 23, 2020
Firm helps nonprofits shift in the face of the coronavirus pandemic

VeraData shifts along with its clients.

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    By
  • Beth Luberecki
  • March 21, 2020
Gulfshore Playhouse cuts season short

With theater shuttered, it focuses on preparing for the future.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Beth Luberecki
  • March 20, 2020
Future considerations: Exec, mindful of long-term continuity, makes bold move

Fort Myers-based Midland Financial Corp. has changed its ownership structure, transitioning to an employee-owned company.

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  • Mark Gordon
  • March 13, 2020
Couple's grit, creativity leads to tasty company

Angie and Dan Bastian's secret sauce for a thriving business — and lucrative exit — lies in a underutilized principle: Go forward, with gusto, but without all the answers.

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  • Beth Luberecki
  • March 12, 2020
Digital marketing firm primed for growth — even in pandemic

Vectra Digital CEO Matt Bernhardt says now is the not time to slow down.

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  • Grier Ferguson
  • March 6, 2020
Producer, former television network head shares keys to success

Nely Galán was president of entertainment for Telemundo. The producer of over 700 television episodes spoke in Sarasota recently.

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    By
  • Beth Luberecki
  • March 6, 2020
Baseball team flexes marketing strength

Fort Myers baseball team moves forward with a new name and logo. It seeks to avoid mistakes other name-changers have made.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • February 28, 2020
Bankruptcies teach valuable lesson: Publix is king

A pair of new, upstart entries to the Florida grocery market entered the state in a flurry. They left fast, too.

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  • Brian Hartz
  • February 28, 2020
Insurer makes bold moves to stay ahead of systemic change

AmeriLife, a health insurance, benefits and retirement planning firm based in Clearwater, has won major investment backing from Thomas H. Lee Partners, a private equity firm.

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  • Mark Gordon
  • February 21, 2020
Side hustle entrepreneurs chase dreams — with little downtime

For a handful of enterprising, aspirational business owners, the phrase leave work at work is blurry: they are constantly on.

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  • Beth Luberecki
  • February 21, 2020
Entrepreneur creates surprise-and-delight shirt business

Sara O’Brien’s yearn for creativity led to a trendy business making and selling shirts with funky phrases. One mantra: Never quit. ‘If you just keep going,’ she says, ‘the energy eventually shifts.’

  • Strategies
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  • Beth Luberecki
  • February 21, 2020
Business owner enhances career with voice-over work

On-the-rise entrepreneur — with buzzy a manufacturing business — makes time for a second, and profitable, passion outside of work.

  • Strategies
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  • Grier Ferguson
  • February 14, 2020
How to spend less time answering emails

Set up email filters and use a tool to manage internal communication outside of email.

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