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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2014
Global consulting firm expands to Bradenton

Bosi Global seeks to help second-stage companies boost revenues.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 5, 2014
Ventas buys land near The Carlisle Naples

BUYER: Ventas Naples LLC (principals: T. Richard Riney, Richard Schweinhart and Brian Wood), Louisville, Ky.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2013
Lee and Collier get cozy

Creating a regional economic development effort isn't easy.

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  • August 31, 2016
Recession-era image for Cape Coral endures

Region is one of 10 metro areas nationwide to have recovered the least from its housing peak.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2014
The pleasure of being prepared

Publix executives see what's happened to other big-box chains in regards to data breach blowouts, from Target to Home Depot, and they want to play a game of what-if.

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  • July 22, 2015
Mortgage rates look sweet in Manatee, Sarasota

Lee County also has one of the best mortgage approval rates in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2015
Loan brokers sentenced to prison

A judge sentenced two Collier County loan brokers to prison after they pleaded guilty to violating loan broker laws.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 6, 2016
Massachusetts investor buys apartment complex for $70.5M

The Yacht Club at Heritage Harbour is a 392-unit apartment complex in east Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 14, 2015
Zynga founder joins food purveyor

Tom Bollich, one of the founders of game maker Zynga, has been named chief information officer at The Fresh Diet.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 20, 2026
Port Charlotte industrial portfolio gets nearly $4 million refinancing

The Charlotte County properties were about 95% leased at the time the financing package closed.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 2, 2022
Federal agency opens recovery center to help businesses with disaster aid

SBA’s Business Recovery Center in Tampa will help companies apply for emergency loans in wake of Hurricane Ian.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • October 10, 2014
Ruth Soukup, 36

CEO and Founder, Living Well Spending Less Inc.

  • Class of 2014
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 18, 2015
'Feet on the Street'

Marketing can be challenging in any field. One company does it without a website, or even social media.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • 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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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 12, 2025
Sarasota advertising, marketing firm owner dies at 65

Joe Grano’s Next-Mark LLC celebrated 20 years in business earlier this year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Sharon Hillstrom |
  • June 27, 2025
Bradenton action plan seeks to galvanize the city's economy and livability

City leaders aim to capitalize on Bradenton's momentum.

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  • October 21, 2020
COO of botanical gardens signs 10-year contract

Wendy Deming was instrumental in the adoption and integration of Historic Spanish Point as a companion campus to Selby Gardens’ Downtown Sarasota campus.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 5, 2020
Bioscience company receives $15 million in funding

The funding will support the international commercial expansion of the FebriDx rapid point-of-care test.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 25, 2024
Bradenton sustainable builder makes magazine's global innovation list

Pearl Homes, working on several environmentally friendly real estate and development projects, has been named to Fast Company magazine’s 2024 World’s Most Innovative Companies list.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2023
Tampa fintech firm with top-level clients raises $20 million

The funds will "accelerate further development of Mad Mobile's technology platform."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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