• 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 Business Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2011
Why don't we do what we know we should?

What makes so many of us resistant to making changes in our behavior that we intuitively know could lead to greater success in our lives?

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 16, 2021
Hey Joe: Take your mandate and shove it

The president’s mandate to require businesses with more than 100 employees to be vaccinated is a farce, hypocritical and destructive — just another day of Joe Biden incompetence and tyranny.

  • Opinion
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 31, 2020
Philanthropist, businessman, matched kindness with integrity

Stanley Kane built a billion-dollar business before engaging in decades of philanthropy in Sarasota.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 29, 2019
Firm uses virtual reality to solve real-world construction woes before they occur

Architects at Sarasota-based Carbon Design & Architecture created Digital Punch, a virtual reality program that allows developers and builders to see and fix design flaws before ground is broken.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 8, 2020
Flood insurance firm grows 366%, hits $7M in sales

An opportunity to build a startup insurance firm into a national brand, shortly after leading a bank to a lucrative sale, is the just-right fit for this move-fast entrepreneur.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 22, 2019
Miller says JLL operates with "best-in-class" people

Brent Miller leads commercial real estate brokerage company JLL's Tampa operations, where he leverages considerable resources and what he calls "best-in-class" people.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 31, 2018
Skin deep: Renovation brings the past to life

Clearwater, Florida-based lighting manufacturer Zaniboni Lighting has spared no expense on the renovation of its headquarters, which just so happens to be the ancestral home of the Clearwater police and fire departments, a building that dates back to 1928

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 12, 2017
Stars aligned

Charlotte County is poised to become the next real estate mecca along the Gulf Coast, thanks to a handful of rejuvenated projects.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2013
Corporate Report: Oct. 11

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 13, 2014
Call the Roll

Every morning at dawn, employees of a moving company gather for a meeting before climbing into their trucks. You may be surprised that they don't talk too much about business.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 20, 2025
National builder opening 600-home community in Charlotte County

Esplanade at Starling will open this weekend in Punta Gorda.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 8, 2023
Food truck-entertainment concept is off to a fast start

Fort Myers restaurateur Mathew Baum invested $5 million into a concept that links eating with entertainment and seeks to expand across the region.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 12, 2023
Stephenie Davis, 37

A friend and mentor pushed a manufacturing CEO to ninja status.

  • Class of 2023
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 6, 2024
Record condo sale kicks of next chapter for storied Longboat property

The $21 million sale of a condo unit at The Residences at The St. Regis Longboat Key is the largest ever in Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 11, 2024
Once-booming Big Storm Brewing faces eviction, lawsuit and closures

The Clearwater-based brewer and distiller, which has shut three of its five taprooms in a year, is facing off against a disgruntled investor as second landlord in a year says the company didn’t pay rent.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 10, 2024
Ryne Johnson, 33

40 Under 40 winner Ryne Johnson is the owner of Spirit Movers.

  • Class of 2024
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 9, 2025
Morgan Richmond, 39

40 Under 40 winner Morgan Richmond is president of The Furniture Warehouse.

  • Class of 2025
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2004
Bank Shots

Two former colleagues go at it over who may have betrayed Colonial Bank.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • April 23, 2020
Farm market rolls out drive-thru service for groceries

To give customers another shopping option during the crisis, an area company brainstormed different options before landing on a drive-thru. It already has customers asking if the service will stay post-pandemic. 

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 1, 2021
Movin' on up: Entrepreneur embraces aggressive brand expansion, diversification

Leaving behind a promising career in law enforcement, Spero Georgedakis got into the moving and storage business. Nearly three decades later, he believes expansion into other industries, including real estate, will move his company forward.

  • Entrepreneurs
« 1166 1167 1168 1169 1170 1171 1172 1173 1174 1175 »
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