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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 5, 2003
Biolife LLC (Innovation Awards)

A revolutionary product that instantly stops bleeding is just what the doctor ordered. It's only one of the innovative aspects of this Sarasota company.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 14, 2012
Shrinking Herd, Growing Profits

Banks headquartered on the Gulf Coast are making money again, but the number of community banks continues to shrink as the industry consolidates.

  • Finance
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 10, 2023
Florida's new environmentalists: The real estate industry?

More and more often, those leading the charge for the state to become more environmentally friendly are the people who were once seen as villains.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 20, 2022
As the clean up after Hurricane Ian continues, new building codes and new worries are in the forecast

In a post-Ian world, the focus turns to preparing for the next storm in the face of market constraints that could stifle growth in Florida.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2006
Cape Growth

Cape Coral is the fifth-fastest growing city in the nation. Developers have taken note.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2008
Happy Days, Again?

Three Gulf Coast banks raised a combined $55 million in start-up capital in less then three months - all from local investors. Didn't someone say something about a recession?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2008
Brand Builder

Colleen Chappell, the new CEO of Roberts Communications in Tampa, aims to strengthen companies through strategic partnerships.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 11, 2005
What's Wrong with Kansas

Gold Bank has done better in Florida than back home, where an aborted merger and dishonest CEO have slowed momentum.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2004
'The Black Hole

Nearly seven years ago Jeffrey Warren successfully represented Celotex through its bankruptcy reorganization. Now he is defending the Asbestos Settlement Trust.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 24, 2006
PATRICIA GONDOLFO

Chief Operating Officer, Radiation Therapy Services

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 4, 2008
Sustained Stubbornness

A simple warehouse expansion project has turned out to not be quite so simple. But the $1 million risk one entrepreneur took could be paying off soon.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2004
Tampa to Baghdad

Stanley L. Martin shipped out to Iraq in April. Heis now a sought after criminal defense attorney in the war-torn region.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 14, 2005
High-Rise Follwers

Coscan Homes, contract developer for Alinari at Rosemary Place, knows it pays to collaborate.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 30, 2013
Will to Win

From sawdust to sweaters, Judith Williams has an unbridled energy to sell it. She also has one of a business owners' most potent weapons: She's fearless.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2012
Survey: Executives say what they really think

In a recent quarterly Executive Business Climate Survey conducted by Florida Gulf Coast University, Lee County executives were asked for their insights on the area's business climate.

  • Strategies
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • February 11, 2022
Media company finds success by giving back to community

Finding, and then capturing, a growing audience in the rapidly changing broadcast radio business can be tricky. One enterprising couple has found a way.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 17, 2017
Economic Forecast 2018 - Sarasota and Manatee

After a good year, the area will continue to be strong

  • Industries
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • October 7, 2016
Tool time

From the company's humble beginnings in his garage, Michael Shaluly has built Pinellas County's Mastercut Tool Corp. into an international company with 100 employees.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 23, 2022
Sarasota architecture firm increases retention, grows into top workplace

The path to creating a top place to work at one architecture firm starts long before an employee’s first day.

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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • August 21, 2025
Despite closures, some community orchestras in region find ways to thrive

Musicians throughout Southwest Florida have had to take their final bow in recent months as their community orchestras ceased operations. But others are playing a different tune.

  • Florida
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