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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • May 15, 2015
Entrepreneur of the Year Hall of Fame

Every year we run the numbers, certain names keep topping our list of candidates. Here, we recognize past winners who continue to drive extraordinary growth.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • November 26, 2021
SCF goes all in on innovation and entrepreneur hub

A college enters the innovation hub space — with funky robots, drones and cool gear in tow.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 23, 2017
She's Got Mail

Shannon Kirsten Couch didn't set out to take the stationery world by storm. But now her designs are spreading quickly across the industry.

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  • By 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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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2022
Lakewood Ranch named one of Top 100 Planned Communities

This is the fourth year the community has been recognized by Ideal-Living magazine.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 27, 2020
St. Pete Pier wins top AIA award

Designers ASD | SKY and Rogers Partners and architect Robert Bitterli received honors at annual AIA Tampa Bay “Celebrate Design” awards.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2019
Community leads nation in housing starts for third quarter

Lakewood Ranch's 1,467 new home starts exceeded those of other top-selling communities in Florida, including The Villages.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2016
'Brilliant with the basics'

Wall Street analysts credit a sales resurgence at the Olive Garden — a new breadstick recipe helped — with being at the forefront of the so-far successful corporate turnaround at Darden Restaurants.

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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • November 13, 2025
Tampa among top cities in US for remote working

The study ranks Tampa as No. 17 in the nation and No. 3 in Florida for those working remotely.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Lou Lasday |
  • April 23, 2010
Dynamic 'REM' Databasing

It will tell you when a client is due, when he is overdue, or when he is done.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 21, 2013
Corporate Report: June 21

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 13, 2011
Corporate Report: May 13

The latest news from Coast Dental, Nicholas Financial, and other Gulf Coast firms.

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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • February 25, 2010
Innovation Wave

For the past 18 months, Tampa Bay's Web developer community has been gaining momentum. Linda Olson is part of the reason.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
Ruth Soukup, 36

CEO and Founder, Living Well Spending Less Inc.

  • Class of 2014
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 15, 2024
Fort Myers office park sells for record-'shattering' $92.5 million

LQ Commercial sold the 41-acre industrial property to a Pennsylvania REIT for what it says is a record amount.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 15, 2022
Minnesota buyer pays nearly $50 million for Fort Myers low-income units

Dominium, which specializes in affordable housing complexes, has bought a 320-unit complex in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 20, 2022
Organization connected to luxury Naples developer buys Sarasota condos for $9.4M

An LLC with ties to The Ronto Group has purchased almost 20 units in three adjacent buildings.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2013
Bed bugs and Hollywood

Being lost at sea wasn't a concern for the six entrepreneurs who appeared in the Bravo show “Below Deck.”

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2012
Sinus-clearing firm all clogged up, again

A once-promising homeopathic nasal spray company with a popular product — but a troubled past — faces difficult times once again.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 9, 2025
Decades-old Fort Myers Beach restaurant sells for $5.5 million

Bonita Bill's Waterfront Cafe was bought by a local Fort Myers restaurant group.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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