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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 3, 2024
Marine and auto accessories firm navigates its next growth phase

SeaSucker has graduated from a one-product startup with a cool name and a cool yet highly functional product. Challenges now include big decisions on where to invest its resources, in time and money.

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  • September 13, 2024
Sarasota entrepreneurs buy three Florida companies in six years

Gavin Broadfoot and Morne Hobson have learned a lot about buying established businesses, having done it three times in six years. One key: Be open for any opportunity.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • November 26, 2025
Executive Q&A: ULI chair's 20-year old prediction on Tampa's growth comes true

Tampa developer Phillip Smith talks about his goals for his term as chairman of ULI Tampa Bay, what attracts developers to the region and the challenges that lie ahead.

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  • September 8, 2023
PNC Bank: Business owners' optimism strong

A PNC survey has business-owner soaring while hiring concerns linger.

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  • July 13, 2023
Want a smooth family business transition? Embrace strategic planning.

The best kind of strategic planning prioritizes long-term goals over short-term comfort.

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  • October 21, 2022
Who needs sleep? Creative interior design entrepreneur finds another purpose for warehouse during Ian

Daniel Lubner says the night was long as he waited to reconnect with team leaders.

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  • March 23, 2007
Accomplish the mission

The best leaders don't boss others around, a pro says. They show them how to do it, starting with providing clearly defined goals.

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  • January 4, 2008
Cover Update: Facing the Challenge

Michael McMullan is fond of reciting this mantra: "We like to make good loans." You can put extra emphasis on good as the president and chief executive officer of Bank of Florida Corp. steers the eight-year-old Naples-based bank holding company through a challenging state economy in 2008.

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  • July 15, 2005
Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Events is available free of charge.

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  • December 24, 2009
Building Connections

Many companies are spending at least some of their efforts positioning their business to take advantage of an eventual recovery. For Neil Hammack, that task is his sole focus.

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  • April 1, 2010
Culture Values

Good management shows in more than just profits. Tribridge's ability to retain talent and successfully integrate acquired companies speaks to its management style.

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  • December 10, 2009
Ports in a Storm

By increasing its presence in Tampa Bay, Whitney Bank is attempting to reapply the formula that has kept it in business for more than a century.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • June 25, 2010
Family Calling

Answer Excellence, a Clearwater company that takes calls for doctors and hospitals, has turned into a family enterprise. But the president and IT director are the only ones who are actually related.

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  • October 28, 2011
Starry Thoughts

A local commercial real estate firm with a national reach is expanding — quickly. Considering the dismal market, it's quite the counterintuitive move.

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  • October 28, 2011
Defensive Diversity

Cybrix Group saw massive revenue expansion from 2007 to 2010. Uncertainty in the defense contracting industry has stalled that growth.

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  • January 11, 2013
Target: Tampa

Many Southwest Florida contractors stay away from Tampa. Not Mark Stevens.

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  • July 5, 2013
Fly boys

A trio of executives takes aim at what they call an 'underserved and overpriced' niche of the aviation insurance market. The plan has rocketed to success.

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  • September 30, 2011
Ambassador of the Dance

Ken Lucci's competitive spirit derived from entrepreneurship has bolstered his dancing, but being on the receiving end of orders is a new challenge.

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  • October 14, 2011
Franchise Frenzy

During the downturn drug users are the first to go. USA Mobile has recorded five-fold growth by helping firms detect them.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 29, 2011
Loading Docks

The recession emptied industrial buildings on the Gulf Coast as tenants vacated millions of square feet of space. Now there are signs the trend is reversing.

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