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Strategies

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  • Mark Gordon
  • August 21, 2015
How to ... Be a better negotiator

Sarasota attorney Jennifer Compton learned a lot about the secrets of being a stellar negotiator early in her career.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • August 21, 2015
How to ... Stop legislation that hurts your business

Dudley Goodlette has had his fair share of late-night calls from worried business owners.

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    By
  • Barry Friedman
  • August 15, 2015
So not boring

Despite a moniker that suggests otherwise, a Polk entrepreneur says business has never been more exciting.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • August 15, 2015
Hang tough

Jeff Charlotte refused to let the recession squash his business. Now the payoff: Sales are up nearly 90% since 2012.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • August 15, 2015
Master scribe

Speech-recognition software and talented U.S.-based employees give MedScribe Information Systems an edge in the medical transcription business.

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    By
  • Traci McMillan Beach
  • August 15, 2015
Trader Mac

A Tampa e-commerce business with an outsized commitment to advertising and marketing competes against industry giants Craigslist and eBay.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 15, 2015
Fly smart

Storm Smart has always moved ahead of the economic ups and downs of construction in Florida. Revenues for the hurricane-protection manufacturer last year jumped 25%.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 15, 2015
Building big

Highland Homes seized an opportunity, born in the recession, to expand beyond Polk County.

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    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • August 14, 2015
Trading places

Bond manager John Milne has found a creative way to protect investors from rising interest rates: perishable commodities.

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    By
  • Traci McMillan Beach
  • August 14, 2015
Betting on Vets

A Tampa firm with offices on five continents has found success in helping military veterans find work.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • August 14, 2015
Count it

The accounting industry is going through a phase of consolidation, but a Gulf Coast firm has other ideas.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 14, 2015
Corporate report

Silicon Valley Data Science buys piece of Health Integrated; Tampa Electric solar plant planned for Apollo Beach; Residential Acoustics moves to Cypress manufacturing building; Gateway Bank CEO receives Distinguished Alumni award; Nicopure Labs hires Philip Morris exec as chief compliance officer

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • August 14, 2015
Anchors away

How do you battle giant competitors? With a gung-ho, non-defeatist attitude toward getting business anytime, anywhere.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • August 7, 2015
Brand Reboot

Sales plummeted in 2011 at Jim Miller's e-commerce business. His solution: Find, then tell everyone, about the why.

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  • Michael Hinman
  • August 7, 2015
Steel deal

P.J. Callaghan has built relationships, and projects, in the steel building industry since World War II. But even older companies need to reinvent.

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