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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2013
Sean Dotson, 39

President, RND Automation & Engineering

  • Class of 2013
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2014
In Memoriam: Bill Halfacre 1925-2014

Construction executive Bill Halfacre was more than ready back in the 1970s when he heard a few Sarasota officials wanted to impose a building moratorium.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 14, 2014
Entrepreneur battles city's bureaucracy

Sarasota restaurateur Christian Hershman expected some hassles when he embarked on a $500,000 expansion project at State Street Eating House in downtown Sarasota.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 24, 2014
Fresh air

A medical manufacturer's expansion in Lee County is more evidence that Florida can grow companies in this sector.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 11, 2015
Twist and shout

Pam Oakes may have sold her automotive repair shop in Fort Myers, but that hasn't stopped the well-known mechanic from more entrepreneurial ventures.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • October 2, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for Sept. 5-11 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A North Manatee County vacant land deal for nearly $22 million highlights the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 30, 2024
Florida preserves 28,000 acres, including land slated for 1,900 homes

The purchase of tens of thousands of acres protects natural lands and links existing conservation areas, the state says.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 13, 2025
Hoffmann to buy Naples Fifth Avenue property from famed local hotelier

The family-owned business empire is under contract for the five-retailer property in the city's swanky shopping district.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 2, 2025
Sarasota cybersecurity company to open office in Europe

Tenex will create an international headquarters as it enters the market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 18, 2025
RV dealership to lay off 76, shutter Tampa headquarters

Lazydays made the job announcement along with announcing a Jacksonville firm has signed a letter of intent to acquire most of the firm's assets for $30 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2017
After the Storm

From Tampa to Naples, area businesses faced challenges big and small from Hurricane Irma. Here's how some companies are meeting those challenges.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2008
Coffee Talk

+ I'll take the Obama girl dress: It's called the Tank Leaf Print dress, but Chico's FAS should rename it The Michelle Obama dress. Or come next year, maybe the White House dress.+ Quick I-75 relief comes from hard work, luck: Thousands of commuters and drivers in northern Manatee County were happy, relatively speaking, to be back on the road heading southbound on Interstate 75 to start the workweek June 23.+ Infinity acquisition comes through the Review pages: Dale Ott decided about 10 months ago that his Sarasota-based technology-consulting firm, Vitil Solutions, was getting too big and unwieldy.+ WCI Communities: An Icahn transaction?: In a recent filing for Bonita Springs-based WCI Communities, Carl Icahn says he may enter into a "transaction" with the builder.+ Accountant fights in Washington D.C.: It might only have been five minutes, but Bradenton accountant Byron Shinn didn't hold anything back when he got a chance to speak before a U.S Congressional committee about challenges facing small businesses.+ Getting 245 mpg electric in Clearwater: Gulf Coast residents have heard a lot about electric cars, but they haven't been easy to find.Going green in St. Pete: Part environmental, part marketing, whatever the motivation, the green trend seems here to say.GULF COAST UNEMPLOYMENT RATEFort Myers area sees no foreclosure letup: The Cape Coral-Fort Myers area registered the nation's second-highest foreclosure

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

Lee Health, senior director of foundation marketing

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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 Adam Hughes |
  • January 14, 2005
Just Do It

Federal judges have less patience these days for lawyers who donit electronically file court documents.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 14, 2011
No Flipping

Father-and-son team Jack and Anthony Solomon are positioning their real estate development company for the recovery. Timing is everything.

  • Industries
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 30, 2010
Land Bust

This is the state of the Gulf Coast land market: Buyers aren't buying and sellers aren't selling. But that may be about to change as banks start unloading large tracts of distressed property.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By George Rauch |
  • November 11, 2011
Socialism is the lord of envious people

Government indebtedness is socialism's ally, and ruination of the economy is always the result.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 3, 2012
Clear View

A poised and ambitious inventor, armed with both a potentially powerful product and the lessons of a past mistake, now sits on the cusp of a big-time breakthrough. Still, risk cuts into the opportunity.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • May 20, 2021
Urn artist stays focused on the product at hand

This philosophy has led Andrea Bogard to increase revenue 68%

  • Entrepreneurs
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