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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 9, 2006
Shopping Mecca

The area between Fort Myers and Naples is no longer a no-man's land. Developers are planning enough shops, offices and warehouses that would fill 263 football fields.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 21, 2005
Young but Tested

Successful startup financial institutions along the Gulf Coast have one thing in common: They hire people who've done it before.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 15, 2005
Downtown Center vs. Fairgrounds? By: Matt Walsh

It's not either or. Do them both. Listen to Paddy Kelly. Let's also take a vote.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2008
No More Passwords

Ceelox Corp. offers a way for CEOs to secure sensitive information in computers by using fingerprint identification technology.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 28, 2010
Reset for Recovery

Gulf Coast office buildings now offering cheap rents and plentiful space will eventually attract new businesses.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 30, 2021
Human resource outsourcing firm stays constantly busy

Integrity Employee Leasing is preparing itself for another busy year in 2022.

  • Strategies
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 2, 2022
Shrewd moves early in the pandemic pay off for interior designer

More growth, including a new 60-employee location, is forthcoming for Clive Daniel Home.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 19, 2019
Free to thrive: Bank relishes its one-of-a-kind status

Cathy Swanson, CEO of fast-growing St. Petersburg, Florida-based Freedom Bank, sees consolidation within the state's community banking sector as a huge opportunity for locally owned financial institution.

  • Finance
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  • By Ted Carter |
  • July 7, 2017
Ready to Roll

Charlotte County business leaders and officials have big expectations for a new higher education partnership with a Michigan college. Will the hopes come to fruition?

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 25, 2013
Big Smile

A Fort Myers dentist hopes a new office with a theme-park atmosphere will keep kids and their parents coming back.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 20, 2013
Staff up

The temporary staffing industry is on the rise. A savvy Gulf Coast entrepreneur capitalized on the rebound.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 17, 2024
Sarasota brewery readies third location and second in Lakewood Ranch

With a "nothing ordinary" kind of menu and a customer-first beer selection, Big Top Brewery has big plans for location No. 3.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 29, 2025
Hospitality group, with debut in downtown Sarasota, to focus on small restaurants

Ten Tables Hospitality's go-small strategy flips the bigger-is-better mantra in restaurants — without skimping on the guest experience.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 11, 2026
Mental health text service lands contract with UnitedHealthcare, Optum

The partnership will spread Cope Notes to thousands of Medicaid recipients in major Florida markets.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 15, 2026
David Diamond: High school dream turns into a business on the cusp of $1B

"We've never borrowed money and never asked for investors, and it's worked out really well for us." –David Diamond, CEO, co-founder, DeAngelis Diamond

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 30, 2026
Sarasota jeweler goes viral with videos — including baby squirrel

Jeweler Todd Alan's patient path to success in a competitive market is led by a core principle: building trust with clients.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 21, 2023
$80M cancer treatment center, first of its kind in region, hits milestone

Construction on Southwest Florida Proton will continue into next year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • September 15, 2023
USF launches 'Name, Image, Likeness' program for athletes

As AI and digital mimicry get better, the University of South Florida offers a course on likeness protection.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 21, 2023
Home sales fall more than 20% in Florida and across the country

Despite plenty of inventory and falling sales, prices in the Florida and along the Gulf Coast continue to rise.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 27, 2023
Naples brokerage, one of the largest in region, names new office leaders

Appointments follow the retirement of John R. Wood Christie’s International Real Estate's central office managing broker.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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