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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2017
W.T. Pearson, 28

Owner and broker, Pearson Commercial Real Estate Services LLC

  • Class of 2017
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 1, 2017
Going Strong

A lot has changed since the early 1990s. Florida Gulfcoast Commercial Association of Realtors' focus on clients and unity hasn't.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • December 22, 2017
No More What Ifs

For one successful attorney and executive, mentoring is a way to pay back those who helped her. She's also paying it forward.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Anita Todd |
  • July 31, 2015
Be excellent

Dean Saunders, who has brokered billions in dollars of real estate sales, is constantly in relentless pursuit of improving things around him.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 15, 2023
OfficeMax founder: From childhood poverty to building a $5B business

Witty sayings? Check. Gutty business experiences turned into integral lessons learned? Check. Starting a $5 billion company from an idea and $20,000? Check. OfficeMax founder Michael Feuer has it all.

  • Leadership
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 19, 2023
Strategy shift pays off for locally based homebuilder

No longer one of the little guys, Fort Myers-based Christopher Alan Homes — a $142M business — keeps expanding in Southwest Florida and statewide.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2006
The Golden Ticket

The son of an Italian immigrant turned lottery winnings into a variety of businesses, from large-scale real estate projects in three Gulf Coast counties to cable advertising.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2007
Woz's World

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer and entrepreneur, believes there is plenty of opportunity to humanize technology for businesses and consumers.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 4, 2006
Matt Walsh: Save Our Homes should be repealed

Sometime in the next two weeks, a Gov. Bush-appointed committee will begin meeting to figure out what, if anything, should be done to change Florida's infamously discriminatory Save Our Homes amendment - the amendment that is driving property taxes beyond tolerance for so many of Florida's part-time property owners and the amendment that, a decade after its adoption, has become a spreading cancer across Florida's economy.The conclusion and recommendations should be clear: It should be repealed.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2008
Two Cultures

Robert Banker is leading a group of trial attorneys away from the Fowler White law firm because of a difference in corporate cultures.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2008
School's In

Competing against the $33.5 billion Florida public schools system is a Herculean task. One national charter school company is doing some heavy lifting on the Gulf Coast.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Janelle Makowski |
  • January 9, 2004
Fun Again

Merger and acquisition activity picked up in 2003 after a bad year in 2002. Some predict 2004 will be even better.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2003
Cyber Sarasota

Bob Hanson brings an entrepreneurial approach to Sarasota County's information technology department. And taxpayers could benefit.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By John Haughey |
  • August 17, 2018
College uses business best practices to grow

Florida Poly 2.0 launches Aug. 22 when the university begins its fifth fall semester. If Avent’s Florida Poly 2.0 vision comes together, the I-4 corridor, the surging area between Orlando and Tampa, could evolve into a high-tech nexus within a decade. Are

  • Education
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 13, 2015
Here comes the sun

Florida isn't among the top 10 states for solar installations. One company, though, sees a brilliant future in the industry.

  • Strategies
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 14, 2022
Tiffany Whitaker, 36

Lee Health, senior director of foundation marketing

  • Class of 2022
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2004
A Transplanted Volunteer

Pinellas clerk candidate Carrie Wadlinger says she's so into systems management that she'd rather shop at Office Depot than Dillard's.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • June 12, 2015
Reworking restructuring

Don't betray employees when big changes are forthcoming. Here's a guide to avoiding that kind of trouble.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Naples investors develop Holiday InnWolf & Pravato moves, acquires Colonial locationNaples' Classroom Plus moves to GoodletteSt. Louis hotelier buys Fort Myers hotelSMG buys Lemon, Lime apartmentsPalmetto Real Estate firm buys Bradenton flex buildingSarasota investors buy up Cove CleanersJES Properties buys Ashley Glen landSeminole developers buy Hudson storage facilityAdult business owner buys Holiday building

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • March 11, 2011
Mandatory Proof

Florida lawmakers are joining the E-verification wave, hoping to require all employers to use an imperfect federal system of tracking new hires. Expect a fight.

  • Florida
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