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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 19, 2017
Best dressed

The fickle fashion industry can be tough on startups. Yet Camilyn Beth Leavitt has persevered — and prospered. 'Sales are your oxygen,' she says.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2007
School of Steel

Ralph George transferred his military-trained mind to his business. The result is a textbook-like training ground for building from within.

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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • May 8, 2015
Redress code

Gr8code, like so many startups, began with great promise. A host of problems derailed its potential.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 9, 2006
Corporate Report

Look at business briefs from Gulf Coast companies for free.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Kevin Greenwell, 37

Agency principal, East & Greenwell Insurance

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 9, 2014
Served in the Cloud

The days of bulky point-of-sale machines in restaurants may be numbered as eateries turn to mobile cloud-based systems like the one being designed by Benseron Information Technology in Naples.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 14, 2022
Christi Scherer Bock, 37

TDS Construction Inc., CEO

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 6, 2019
What They're Saying: CoStar Group, JLL

Florida's retail sector, especially in areas like Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota, Naples and Orlando, has shown strong rental rate and occupancy growth over the past year, despite advances from online shopping that have prompted store closings, according

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 30, 2022
Final Harbour Isle property listed for $35.75 million

The 18.9 acres is expected to house 275 condominium units.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 31, 2022
Apartment developers pay $32.6 million for Estero property

Developers are planning a mixed-used development on a large piece of property across from Coconut Point Mall.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2012
Bradenton's Centre Point Commons on U.S. 41 sells for $25.63 million

The price equated to $215 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 16, 2023
St. Pete apartment complex gets $40.6 million in financing

A Boston-area lender provided the loan to Vantage St. Pete, the EDGE district apartment complex.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • July 21, 2023
Clearwater tech executive and once-famed hacker dies at 59

Kevin Mitnick was once a hacker. Then he helped run Clearwater's KnowBe4.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 31, 2023
Raising Cane's opens Clearwater restaurant as it expands into Florida

The popular Louisiana chicken finger chain is opening the doors at its first Tampa Bay area restaurant, the first of five.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 22, 2021
Shopping, dining destination adds eight new merchants

St. Armands Circle has about 140 existing establishments.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2020
Teachable moment: Cybersecurity pioneer victimized by identity theft scheme

A scammer applied for a loan and unemployment benefits under the name of Stu Sjouwerman, the founder and CEO of Clearwater, Florida, cybersecurity firm KnowBe4.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2020
Marketing adviser offers companies tips for marketing during crisis

Ryan Dohrn shared strategies during a webinar hosted by the Observer Media Group.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 26, 2019
WellCare boss aces performance review

Employees at Tampa, Florida-based WellCare Health Plans Inc. seem to like their CEO, even when they have the chance to anonymously share their thoughts about him.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 24, 2022
Layoffs hit home health care provider in Tampa and surrounding area; nearly 700 lose jobs

Bayada Home Health Care is closing its Florida facilities and will cut 682 jobs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 12, 2018
Banyan Street to buy Tampa City Center?

Banyan Street Capital is poised to acquire the 39-story Tampa City Center skyscraper, which would be the largest transaction in Tampa's downtown in the past three years

  • Commercial Real Estate
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