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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 19, 2016
Daymond John is more than a shark

Just before Shark Tank star and FUBU founder Daymond John emerged from the green room at Sarasota's Ritz-Carlton for his speech Feb. 15, the audience of 500 attendees was instructed: No flash photography, no videos, no recordings ... You know the routine of the big media celebs.

  • News
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  • By Kat Wingert |
  • October 17, 2014
Economic forecast

More work, more problems

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 11, 2024
Food service company names Walmart e-commerce exec CFO

Innovative Food Holdings, a Bonita Springs publicly traded company that caters to professional and home chefs, named Gary Schubert CFO.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 13, 2025
Sarasota company acquires two dental practices

Parkview Dental Partners acquired Lifetime Smiles Dental Care offices in Sarasota and St. Petersburg.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 24, 2025
Port Charlotte boat dealer to acquire Longboat Key marina

Ingman Marine plans to purchase Cannons Marina.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 9, 2026
Saks to lay off 66 workers from UTC-Sarasota store

When Saks Fifth Avenue closes its store in The Mall at UTC, dozens of jobs will be eliminated.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Loyd Robbins |
  • March 27, 2026
Thinking About Building a Commercial Project?

Developing a commercial project—whether retail, industrial, office, or multifamily—comes with many moving parts. Before anyone puts a shovel in the ground, there are numerous factors that need to be carefully evaluated.

  • Loyd Robbins & Co.
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 17, 2026
Stationery boutique coming to Tampa's Hyde Park Village

The Winter Park-based stationery, home and gifts brand will open its second brick-and-mortar location in Hyde Park Village this fall.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 22, 2026
Fort Myers airport has busiest month in its history

Southwest Florida International Airport had a record March and is seeing an uptick in passenger traffic year-over-year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2026
Fort Myers, Sarasota and Tampa hospitals gain Forbes' recognition

The magazine's 2026 Top Hospitals list includes three in the region with five stars.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 6, 2026
Second Hulk Hogan home on Clearwater Beach up for sale

A cottage adjacent to the main Hogan home has been listed for $4.5 million and being sold separately by the famed wrestler’s estate.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2008
WALSH: Why voters should say 'no' Jan. 29

Amendment 1 stinks. It's shameful, lousy, embarrassing policy that is bad for Florida and bad for Floridians.

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 15, 2014
Tasty Transition

Failure to embrace change can sink a multigenerational business. The clan behind a prominent restaurant and produce company hopes to avoid the traps.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 19, 2023
Ex-attorney successfully ventures into winemaking

A happenstance discovery of historical documents led attorney Desiree Noisette to quit her job and go full on into a new career: winemaking. The high-risk move is paying off.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 24, 2024
What an effective president does

Senate President Kathleen Passidomo took her term to confront two threatening issues: workforce housing and doctor shortages. Time will tell whether she will be a goat or a GOAT.

  • Opinion
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 25, 2011
Siren Song

The Baby Boom generation currently nearing retirement may be one key to the Gulf Coast's economic recovery as they seek to buy businesses in the Sunshine State.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 17, 2020
Long-stalled Murdock Village to get new life as Westport

Kolter Group aims to build hundreds of homes and Private Equity Group apartments, hotel rooms at long-stalled Murdock Village property in Charlotte County

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 8, 2020
Flood insurance firm grows 366%, hits $7M in sales

An opportunity to build a startup insurance firm into a national brand, shortly after leading a bank to a lucrative sale, is the just-right fit for this move-fast entrepreneur.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2006
Mayor of Main Street

Pat Westerhouse brings years of experience from Tampa's Old Hyde Park Village to Lakewood Ranch's Main Street.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2003
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Farewell to Hough?Builder of the yearLawyer: Gonzalez was loyal to ColonialCounty governments rank among the highest techs

  • News
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