• Alternate Text
  • Loading

  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Healthcare
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Healthcare
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login

Results for:

  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Ted Carter |
  • May 5, 2017
Front Lines

A firefighter-turned-entrepreneur learned a key lesson in product development: Be willing to shift — quickly — to new markets and uses.

  • Manufacturing
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 7, 2017
Problem Solvers

A noted organization known for after-school programs has added a new dimension — and it could help businesses overcome a major obstacle.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • October 4, 2013
Guru of defense

Military veteran Dan Vanderheyden was sick of seeing defense contractors who only cared about profits, so he and his friends decided to set out on their own.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 11, 2013
Gone Global

A Gulf Coast law firm recently expanded internationally, to more than 40 countries. Its attorneys, though, never have to board an airplane.

  • Law
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 27, 2014
Take the Initiative

Most retail projects built near interstates look similar — a formulaic, yet mostly successful strategy. A new development aims to counter conformity.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2014
Have metal

In fast-growth mode, Fusion Welding is ready to take on some serious work. But a lack of skilled labor continues to limit its expansion.

  • Industries
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 20, 2014
Residential Rebound

Community banks on the Gulf Coast have been actively lending to homebuyers over the past year as the residential real estate market improves.

  • Finance
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 20, 2013
Double up

Sewing kits and slippers represent two of many lessons Candace Smith has learned during her road warrior career. Lysol wipes are big, too.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Janet Leiser |
  • December 27, 2013
Brewing, suds, success

Workers in Oregon are building Ulele's microbrewery, while Tampa craftsmen create tabletops from what was once a 150-year-old barn. Then there's the 'Dirty Richard.'

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 9, 2016
Instagram for grownups

Scott Relf sold his startup company to Google in 2011. His next company also has bold ambitions.

  • Industries
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Steven Benna |
  • April 8, 2016
Sharp Edges

It started in a garage in 1992. Now Key Glass is one of the largest independent glass contractors in the region, with expansion in the works.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • April 29, 2016
Silver lining

A science-based health and wellness firm goes all out in a move from Florida's east coast to Manatee County. Up next: Nanotechnology.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Steven Benna |
  • March 11, 2016
Will it so

Youngest partner. Downtown condo developer. Business owner. Good thing up-and-coming attorney Will Conroy loves to-do lists.

  • Law
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 25, 2016
Switch Carrs

Michael Carr Jr. takes over the management of the Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT office in Southwest Florida from his father and plans to boost its presence in Lee County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • January 2, 2016
Bottle bump

Tampa-based Refresh-a-Baby is stocking up for a strong start to 2016.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Anita Todd |
  • September 25, 2015
Flying high

The mission at a Polk County business is simply ambitious: to change how global contracted military training is conducted.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Michael Hinman |
  • March 6, 2015
Pockets of growth

TekBank chooses Tampa over Miami and Atlanta to create its new IT hub, thanks to Jeffrey Vinik's redevelopment push.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 17, 2015
Live to ride

The chief operating officer of Scott Fischer Enterprises, one of the largest Harley-Davidson dealers in the country, started at the bottom.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 14, 2024
100 Florida retail jobs in jeopardy as Salt Life stores hit auction block

Delta Apparel, which owns Salt Life, has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy and given Florida notice that it could lay off nearly 100 workers and close stores.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 5, 2024
The Factory in St. Pete sells, anchor tenant rebrands

A building sale in St. Petersburg resulted in the expansion and rebranding of an immersive art experience.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
« 1126 1127 1128 1129 1130 1131 1132 1133 1134 1135 »
The best of Business Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest business and commercial real estate news from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Sign Up

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-362-4848

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Podcast
  • Big Book of Business

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Distribution Points
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Your Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
×
3 Articles Remaining!
Not a Subscriber?

Click here to Subscribe

Already a Subscriber?

Click here to Login

Sign Up for Daily Brief

Start your day with the top Gulf Coast business news you need to succeed.

Sign Up for CRE Central

Stay updated with a weekly roundup of big deals, market shifts and the people shaping commercial real estate from Tampa Bay to Naples.


Smart People Subscribe.

Turn headlines into game plans. The playbook’s right here.
Subscribe to the Business Observer today.

Subscribe Now