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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 17, 2020
From managing to selling

LandQwest Commercial Real Estate Service's Brett Low's career has had twists and turns, but he appears to have hit a stride with Southwest Florida land deals

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • February 7, 2020
New brokerage president aims to sharpen firm's focus

Nancy Nagy's leadership mantra is to genuinely care, then ‘it’s pretty hard to fail.’

  • Leadership
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 5, 2020
Scoring position: Ex-Rays player sets the stage for career transition

Miami Marlins outfielder Matt Joyce, a Tampa native, is opening five F45 Training franchises in the Tampa Bay region.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 17, 2019
Entrepreneur cleaning up with skin care stores

Chronic skin conditions led Deanna Wallin into a career change. Her Naples Soap Company founded 10 years ago is now a $10 million retailer and wholesaler.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 25, 2019
A "Forgotten Land" No More

Midtown Tampa, a $500 million, mixed-use development at Interstate 275 and Dale Mabry Highway, has the potential to link downtown Tampa and the Westshore Business District

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 28, 2019
Real estate 'chameleon' can adapt company on the fly

A primary factor for Andrew Saluan’s commercial real estate success: a nifty ability to hyperfocus while remaining flexible.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 25, 2022
2022 Top 50 Contractors in Southwest Florida

More than half the companies in the Top 50 posted double-digit percentage gains in revenue.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 20, 2022
Ownership change at major real estate company

LSI Cos.' founder Randy Thibaut has stepped aside, son Justin has taken over

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 13, 2022
Fight club: Tech company leader roughs up the competition

Most sporty executives tend to gravitate toward golf and tennis. Tampa, Florida, tech firm CEO Stan Liberatore competes in mixed martial arts fights.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 4, 2018
Insurance agency leader moves forward with focus on growth

An unexpected leadership shift could ruffle a small business. One area executive aims to bring a steady hand to the insurance firm he now helms.

  • Leadership
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 9, 2018
Insurance guru turns bad experience into thriving business

Steve Herrig followed an unmet need for five years, when he bought a niche insurance business. Now he has new challenges to meet.

  • Insurance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 28, 2018
Smitten startup aims to seize the right growth opportunities

Pip & Grow, a cause-based, for-profit company that makes and sells a bassinet designed to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome,

  • Strategies
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • January 11, 2019
Business owner's 500-mile hike was challenge, life-changing experience

Eleni Sokos hiked 500 miles of the Camino de Santiago trail in Spain.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 13, 2019
Innovative insurance firm competes, partners with government on flood coverage

Wright National Flood Insurance Services, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based subsidiary of Daytona Beach-based Brown & Brown, has launched an innovative private option for flood insurance.

  • Insurance
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 8, 2019
Case work: Duo target insurers' legal costs with new venture

Carly Todd, along with her husband, Wesley Todd, founded St. Petersburg, Florida-based CaseGlide in 2015 as a way for insurers to cut down on their legal defense spending.

  • Insurance
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 11, 2019
Law firm leader exudes passion for the pour

Lori Rabinowitz, director of marketing and business development at Trenam Law in Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida, has become a certified sommelier.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 25, 2019
A passion play for plasma-rich platelet treatment

EmCyte in Fort Myers is a global industry leader in manufacturing regenerative treatment kits

  • Healthcare
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 22, 2019
Package deal: Long-vacant former post office given new lease on life

In December, Plant City, Florida, officials finalized the city's acquisition of the former downtown post office, a building on the prime corner of Reynolds and Wheeler streets that sat vacant and dilapidated for more than a decade.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 8, 2019
Scheme team: Attorneys share lessons learned from Bernie Madoff scandal

Mark Kornfeld has joined Tampa, Florida-based Quarles & Brady LLP,  where he and his new colleague, commercial litigator Jordan Maglich — who founded and runs Ponzitracker, an award-winning business law blog — have created something of an anti-Ponzi schem

  • Law
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 15, 2019
Seeing growth, construction firm puts more resources into Florida's west coast

Pompano Beach-based Current Builders has opened an office in St. Petersburg.

  • Construction-Development
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