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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 14, 2020
How to handle online reviews

Respond to every review from a customer, negative and positive.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 6, 2020
Decorated U.S. Army veteran aims to disrupt legal sector

Eve Barrett says the court reporting industry is long overdue for a tech upgrade.

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  • April 24, 2020
Attorney's pandemic mantra: this too shall pass

Henderson Franklin stockholder Amanda Barritt balances tasks and injects humor to help get through the crisis.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 8, 2020
Company founder reaches high for next venture

Starting from his teens to nearly 50 years old, Barry Shevlin has had a passion for ideas. It’s led to some big entrepreneurial successes.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 17, 2019
Entrepreneur: Employees and employers can benefit from confidence, negotiation training

Even Fortune 500 executives have gaps in confidence when they doubt their worth. There are ways to get it back.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • July 26, 2019
The life aquatic: Transplanted nonprofit leader is no fish out of water

After nearly 17 years, Chicago native Roger Germann uprooted his family and left his job as the executive vice president of the Windy City’s Shedd Aquarium to become CEO of the Florida Aquarium in Tampa, Florida.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 3, 2022
Streaming star: Lawyer-turned-realtor steps into the limelight

Rena Frazier, a “Selling Tampa" cast member, discusses her decision to leave law for real estate and the Netflix reality show’s impact on her nascent career.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 28, 2018
Area businesswoman — one fan is a Kardashian — delivers on new baby-centric business

Erika Perry , 32, started the company in 2014, while she was living in Chicago. The Stork Bag. The name plays off the iconic image of a stork delivering its infant package and also shows that it differs from the typical subscription box. (Items are sent i

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 5, 2018
Trend reversal: Corporate attorney bucks tradition

Jonathan “Tre” Dixon has joined Carlton Fields, a Tampa, Florida-based law firm, after serving as in-house counsel for Tampa General Hospital.

  • Law
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • December 14, 2018
Company, led by veterans, focuses on key, life-saving product

SpecOps' agile approach to product development puts it in a good spot: armed to handle market demand in two price points.

  • Technology
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 28, 2018
Top commercial real estate deals for 2018 in Tampa Bay

A high-end resort topped the list of commercial real estate sales in the Tampa Bay area in 2018, but significant office sales and apartment projects also cracked the top five transactions list.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 17, 2019
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Director of business and marketing, Fawley Bryant Architecture

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  • October 25, 2019
Construction firm carves out niche in luxury condos — for cars

Wheel Base Premium Garage Condos is coming soon to Sarasota.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 8, 2019
Surge protector: Data-centric venture aims to transform flood insurance

TypTap, a division of Tampa, Florida-based HCI Group Inc., wants to use Big Data to change the way flood insurance is sold.

  • Insurance
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 22, 2019
Hit the gas: Businessman chases high-speed thrills

Entrepreneur by day, race car driver by night. That’s Chris Ruppel.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 15, 2019
Behind fast-track classes, group aims to solve labor shortage

The labor shortage that plagues a variety of fields in the region has met a formidable foe: classes that get workers on the job — quickly.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 15, 2018
Community bank surges in revenues, profits and people

Community banks, payroll, employees, growth, First Home Bank, Seminole, Florida, mortgage loans, home loans, strategy

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 6, 2018
Video maker performs an emergency job well done

Naples Studio overcomes Hurricane Irma, burglary to win Telly Award for video for 59th annual NCH Healthcare Ball

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 10, 2018
Starry startup dreams big with contractual niche

CoLabs, a Tampa-based software incubator formed in December 2017, thinks it has found a better way for businesses to handle contracts. IntelAgree is the company’s debut software-as-a-service product

  • Technology
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  • By John Haughey |
  • August 10, 2018
Roast of the town: Iraq war vet wows Publix with expanding business

Mulberry High School graduate and Marine Corps Iraq War veteran Chris McArthur has hit the jackpot with grocery giant Publix, which began to sell Patriot Coffee in 350 stores statewide in June.

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