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Strategies

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  • Randi Donahue
  • February 10, 2017
How to... Bring your children into the family business

Although it is often a sensitive process, bringing children into the family business doesn't have to be contentious.

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  • Traci McMillan Beach
  • February 10, 2017
How to ... Write a standout company manual

Sunshine Bank CEO Andrew Samuel believes a company manual is much more than a standard employee handbook.

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  • Mark Gordon
  • February 10, 2017
How to ... create core values that are timeless

Brothers Chadd and Keegan Hodges first looked to add services when they took on leadership roles in the family electrician business in 2010. That included plumbing and air conditioning work.

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  • Beth Luberecki
  • February 10, 2017
How to ... Create effective internships

Samantha Scott wanted to help the next generation of public-relations professionals. So the president of Pushing the Envelope Inc., a Fort Myers-based marketing communications firm, began to offer internships at her company.

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  • Beth Luberecki
  • February 10, 2017
How to ... Network effectively

Whether it comes easily to you or makes you break out into a cold sweat, networking is vital to growing your business.

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  • February 10, 2017
How to ... Start a podcast

There are a number of ways to start and strategically use a podcast, says Katie Krimitsos, host of the Biz Women Rock podcast.

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  • February 3, 2017
Bright eyes

TerraSmart does solar work competitors can't — or won't — do. One key: Its internal policies foster and encourage innovation.

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  • Traci McMillan Beach
  • February 3, 2017
Expanding emails

Safety Harbor's Happy Grasshopper is expected to grow 300% in 2017. The email content development and software company is considering outside investment.

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  • February 3, 2017
Corporate report

Storm Smart licenses first Florida distributor; Economic development agency names chief administration executive; Travel insurance firm up for customer service award; Regional pest service adds to executive, training ranks

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  • Steven Benna
  • January 27, 2017
Corporate report

Landscape company wins national recognition; Fast-growing builder brings on more managers; Community bank adds Fort Myers location; Multifamily redevelopment project gets underway; Mortgage firm finds buyer for insurance unit

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  • Mark Gordon
  • January 27, 2017
'Fix it'

A Sarasota high-tech company is poised for a giant leap. The current and former CEO, working closely together, will see to it.

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  • Ted Carter
  • January 20, 2017
Smart buyers

What's changed in homebuilding in Southwest Florida the past 20 years?

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  • Traci McMillan Beach
  • January 20, 2017
Visitors' paradise

The tourism industry could be the industry with the most dramatic shifts in the past 20 years.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2017
Blast from the past

The Business Observer has always been about the people behind the companies. Do you recognize some of these faces from our archives?

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  • January 20, 2017
Advanced outcomes

There's no doubt health care is a lot more high-tech today than it was 20 years ago. To start, both patients and doctors have a lot more information at their fingertips.

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