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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 5, 2021
At summit, entrepreneur shares lessons from launching business, appearing on "Shark Tank"

Pitching a company in front of celebrity millionaires and billionaires can be unnerving. How did one entrepreneur handle the stress? Intense preparation. (Hint: Spreadsheets were involved.)

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 5, 2016
Fast pitch

Four early-stage companies pitched their ideas to investors at a Shark Tank-style event in Naples recently. Technology binds them together.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 10, 2024
Michael Harris, 29

40 Under 40 winner Michael Harris is a senior associate at Halstatt Real Estate Partners.

  • Class of 2024
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 11, 2026
Sarasota County to buy prominent Stickney Point property for $21M project

County commissioners authorized the $18.1 million purchase of 1500 Stickney Point Road.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • September 7, 2023
SWFL glass company makes national revenue growth list — for the seventh time

MY Shower Door founder Bill Daubmann says the biggest obstacle to the company's continued growth is a common obstacle: not having enough people.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 13, 2023
Tamarac's incentive packages an example of how towns can compete

The small South Florida city is getting creative to help lure developers that will revitalize its commercial districts and give residents what they want.

  • Florida
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 1, 2022
Unique waterfront home that once belonged to ABBA hits the market

The Swedish pop stars traveled to Tierra Verde to help design the house but it's unclear how much, if at all, they inhabited it.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2006
No More Development?

Land use experts say the business community should vote against Florida Hometown Democracy - one of the biggest threats to development in the state. Property insurance and taxes also pose problems.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2007
Matt Walsh: Why they won't cut spending

Aren't you sick of the whining?That's what it is.Whenever anyone attempts to cut a government's revenues, the spenders and socialist media types come out howling."You can't do that!""Who's going to pay for these tax cuts!?""Do you realize this means we're going to have to starve widows and children, end all health care for pregnant women, shut down day-care centers, eliminate high school football, close fire departments, release prisoners and go weeks at a time without drinking water?"It's all so sickeningly predictable and tired.And then, the legislators cave.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2007
Painful Pullback

Cutting employees will never be pleasant. But take it from a CEO who did it twice in eight months: Be prepared.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2007
Connecting customers

Telovations, which uses the Internet to offer phone service, also bundles it with Internet service and connects cell phones and email to the mix.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 11, 2005
Time for Change

Under Tom Snow's leadership, Carlton Fields has become the fourth largest law firm in Florida.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 3, 2006
Sembler Co. Diversifies

For the country's sixth fastest-growing retail developer, bigger really is better.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 26, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Lee/Collier)

Walgreen Acquires Shopping CenterLags Ventures purchases Omni Club building

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 10, 2006
Florida's 3-Legged Stool Has a New Leg

State job data show that health care has become the Gulf Coast's biggest employer.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 10, 2006
A Suite Life

The father of the modern Ritz-Carlton, Horst Schulze, warns business owners that cutting costs might be good in the short run, but it's a quick fix. His advice: Build value, from the ground up.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 9, 2006
'True American Spirit'

As revenue at The Hiller Group hits $130million this year, a third-generation Hiller joins the global company that specializes in carbon trading and wholesale aviation fuel distribution.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 13, 2005
Helter Shelter

The IRS says Tampa investment executives Richard Frueh and Donald Gunn owe more than $2 million in back interest, thanks to a tax-shelter that advisers said was a 'no-lose' proposition. Says their lawyer: Frueh and Gunn were victims of 'incredible, if not criminal, advice' from supposedly reputable bankers, accountants and lawyers.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 8, 2009
Art afloat

David and Lee Ann Lester retired to Bonita Springs after building one of the world's most successful fine-art fairs in Palm Beach. But they couldn't stay away, even as the economy has taken a turn for the worse.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 23, 2009
Silo Subtraction

A onetime military attorney is tackling the Gulf Coast commercial real estate industry by refining a teamwork-first approach. But the market dip is proving to be a big foe.

  • Industries
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