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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 7, 2005
Finalists Named for 2005 Technology Innovation Awards

Twenty-four companies and not-for-profit organizations in Sarasota and Manatee counties have been nominated for the 2005 Technology Innovation Awards, sponsored by the Gulf Coast Business Review and 82 Degrees. Read about them for free.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2004
'I will never be able to repay you'

Yolanda Young appeared overwhelmed by the display of respect. About 400 lawyers had just risen to applaud her courage for telling a difficult story.

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2003
Legal Team

Two Pinellas County attorneys, Frank Louderback and Pat Doherty, are involved in Tampa's most recent corruption scandal.

  • Law
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  • By George Rauch |
  • March 17, 2012
Marketwatch: Public Debt and Our Investments

What's a good investment in today's debt-ridden economy?

  • Florida
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • April 8, 2020
Nonprofits get creative to maintain fundraising, presence

Just because supporters of nonprofits can’t get together in person during the COVID-19 crisis doesn’t mean fundraising stops. Enter virtual events.

  • Strategies
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  • By Cheryl O'Neill |
  • October 29, 2014
Branding your business on a budget

Most startups don't have much money to spend on marketing. With these steps, you can start to promote yourself without spending much at all.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 8, 2026
Closet design firm exec catches big wins while fishing

Taylor Rinehold loves the thrill and strategy of the chase while fishing.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 5, 2005
Servant CEO

Gwen MacKenzie built her reputation in Detroit as a turnaround specialist. At Sarasota Memorial, conditions are much better, so after some adjustments, she has her sights on taking SMH to the top 10 in America.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2004
'Only in America'

The odds were against a Ukrainian ship captain and his crew who spoke little English.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2004
Honored for Professionalism: 'The Big O'

Honor. Integrity. Fair play. The St. Petersburg Bar Association and GCBR gave the annual Professionalism Award to Oscar Blasingame.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 7, 2023
Venice trust company founder dies at 89, leaves legacy of persistence

Roland Caldwell often challenged people to find greatness.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 3, 2023
FPL spends $70 million on land in Myakka City and Immokalee

Florida Power & Light bought 7,000 acres along the Gulf Coast as it pours more than $30 billion into its statewide solar program.

  • Florida
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • August 14, 2023
Popular St. Pete Cali-Mex restaurant to add second location

Even in growing, the leadership at Red Mesa Group has learned that in restaurants a key ingredient is simplicity.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 11, 2023
Health tech company reaps rewards of radical shift

Apyx Medical Corp. took a big risk in 2019, when it sold off several core products to focus on a single innovative, yet unproven, technology. After some delays and setbacks, the future is now.

  • Healthcare
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2007
Figuring out Government

Tampa attorney Steve Anderson has brought business and government to the negotiating table to find positive results for both sides.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2007
Customers at the Pinnacle

A four-office doctor's practice is bluntly going about improving customer service, normally a black eye in the medical field. Its model is a certain five-star hotel chain.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2007
A Palm Plan

The Leiter Group and John Buck Co. score high for lower density, parking plan, affordable housing units and promise to minimize construction impacts for a downtown Sarasota project.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2007
Matt Walsh: The road to ruin: Letting FDOT build our highways

While Gov. Charlie Crist (our favorite shooting target) is traveling to the Middle East to continue laying the foundation for his run at the Republican vice presidential nomination and, after that, the presidency (don't laugh), Southwest Florida's transportation needs on Interstate 75 from Tampa Bay to Collier County are a prima facie example of how and why all road building and the government transportation departments should be abolished and privatized.

  • Opinion
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 25, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa edition)

California firm buys buildings for $49.14 millionFirm buys land, plans townhomesMissouri Avenue apartments to be converted into condosGrubb & Ellis reports positive fourth-quarterTarpon businesswoman appointed to state board

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 23, 2005
Legal Briefs (Tampa)

Attorney general reaches settlement with companiesNew circuit judges named by Gov. BushGrayRobinson attorneys to speak in St. AugustineBricklemyer Smolker & Bolves adds lawyerLabor professional spoke at Tampa HR expoTampa Bay attorneys named to Best Lawyers list

  • Law
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