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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 31, 2022
Nuclear option: High-tech medical diagnostic firm launches in region

Tampa, Florida, has been chosen as the location for a recently launched biotech company that specializes in treatments for conditions such as blood clots, tuberculosis and respiratory problems brought on by climate change.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2017
Jacksonville firm acquires $10M Sarasota branding agency

C-Suite Communications will maintain its office in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Alicia Ceccarelli |
  • February 10, 2017
How to ... Maximize social media in five minutes a day

Social Connect CEO Batya Maman has helped more than 300 clients maximize their social media presence, including a large group of dental practices.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2017
Big gets bigger: QVC buys HSN in $2.1B deal

Region is on the verge of losing a major headquarters company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2017
Bring back the joy

The end game has to be a better-together model, QVC exec says.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • February 9, 2018
How to unretire

Sometimes, you're not ready for a life of leisure every single day.

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  • October 4, 2013
Marty Bielecki, 38

President, Southwest Direct

  • Class of 2013
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2013
Angels in the field

Steve Morris, a onetime Atlanta investment banker who ran a $300 million mergers and acquisitions division at Bank South, believes the term angel investor is something of a misnomer.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 18, 2014
Bank capitalizes on fast growth

Longtime Manatee County banker Bill Sedgeman's anxiety was at an apex when he sat down for lunch at the Polo Grill in east Manatee County one day in April 2009.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 7, 2014
Holmes Beach developer creating new Longboat community

The price equated to $1.84 million per acre.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2014
Source runs dry at firm

It appears time has run out on an effort at magazine distribution firm Source Interlink to save itself from industry forces and the steep decline in publishing.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2013
Warren Buffett's firm smiles on Gulf Coast

Prominent residential real estate broker Helen Sosso says a key lesson she learned in the downturn was the power of a brand name to sell a home.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 2, 2013
Entrepreneurial booster

Fusion Pointe plans to help young startups through the valley of death.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2016
King of the (Harley) World

Texas and Arizona auto dealer Bert King bought a Charlotte County Harley-Davidson dealership last summer and quickly infused it with a strategy to make it a club-like destination. Strategy components, for what he renamed Bert's Black Widow, include kegs of free beer and bikini-clad girls.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2016
Tampa-St. Pete market gets ready for the ferry

An inaugural launch trip is planned for early November for the Cross-Bay Ferry.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • February 4, 2016
Three multitasking myths that can derail a career

Baylor University professor researches promotes “excellence in outcomes” over doing a lot at once.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 14, 2015
Crew rows on

The women's commercial real estate group has made inroads in a male-dominated industry.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 20, 2015
Call the nurse

Lee Memorial Health System pays as much as $5,000 cash to employees for each experienced nurse they can help recruit.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 13, 2015
No more guessing, hoping

Sarasota-based wealth manager Alin David Lozada has spent the bulk of his career in search of a solution to a serious issue: How to track a diverse portfolio's potential losses in real time, every day, to avoid large drops.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2015
Local company makes smart move

Economic development officials in the Tampa Bay region love to talk up regional cooperation. A win for Clearwater, for example, is also a win for Bradenton, the line goes, because a job is a job.

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