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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 1, 2019
Up in smoke: A bank explains its big bet on barbecue

Dr. BBQ, Ray Lampe, has teamed up with Tampa Bay restaurateurs Roger and Suzanne Perry to open Dr. BBQ, an upmarket barbecue restaurant in St. Petersburg, Florida, financed by Valley National Bank.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Dennis Murphy, 37

Executive vice president, senior lending officer, Gateway Bank of Southwest Florida

  • Class of 2016
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 1, 2017
Sound Off

The sound of silence is music to the ears of a pair of entrepreneurs who seek traction in an unusual niche.

  • Strategies
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • January 24, 2014
On tap

When Mike Harting asked his head chef at Bella Brava to brew a beer, he didn't dream that a year later he'd be opening his own brewery. Using connections from his 15 years with Outback, he's doing just that.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 5, 2016
Niche player

Industrial Realty Solutions focuses on one thing as a formula for success.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 15, 2016
Exit strategy

Osprey Real Estate Services spent years amassing an enviable office portfolio along the Gulf Coast. Now, it's for sale.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Steven Benna |
  • May 23, 2016
Executive Q&A: Fight industry exec does grunt work, too

Tampa marketing executive Michael Weber combines instinct with technology.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 25, 2025
Prominent Sarasota civic leader, lumber entrepreneur dies at 95

Charlie Stottlemyer was known as being easy-going, all-around friendly and the "epitome of a pillar of the community."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • April 18, 2025
Sammy's Seafood keeps Tampa Bay restaurants stocked with fresh catch

St. Petersburg couple has been reeling it in for decades. "The secret is just getting up and doing the same thing every day. We're grinders," says a co-founder.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 4, 2025
Naples firm reaches deal to buy one of the largest poinsettia growers in the US

HF Companies. will acquire N.G. Heimos Greenhouses, billed as one of the nation’s largest poinsettia growers and preeminent greenhouses.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 9, 2025
Entrepreneurial chemist creates winning business formula with speed, focus

A natural flair for invention and a passion for R&D power Pasco County-based burn care brand KeriCure.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 27, 2024
Known for activism, political gadfly faces lawsuits, federal investigators

Alfie Oakes, who balances business with pointed opinions, is facing legal problems after creditors say a bill is unpaid and his home is searched by federal officials.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 28, 2025
Sarasota Housing Authority secures funding from Lee County agency

The Sarasota County Commission has OK'd loans from Housing Finance Authority of Lee County to fund construction of two low-income housing projects.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 1, 2025
Colson Hotel to be restored as a business incubator

With a goal of providing business startup space across all demographics, the group preserving the Colson Hotel plans to renovate it as the Colson Collective.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 10, 2024
Jacquelyn Redmond, 39

40 Under 40 winner Jacquelyn Redmond is founder and CEO at Arc Consulting.

  • Class of 2024
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 10, 2024
Albie Kaminsky, 33

40 Under 40 winner Albie Kaminsky is senior director, state government affairs, at Charter Communications.

  • Class of 2024
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 9, 2025
Christina Reynolds, 39

40 Under 40 winner Christina Reynolds is founder of ShortStaf.

  • Class of 2025
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • October 9, 2025
Anna Holder, 37

40 Under 40 winner Anna Holder is senior vice president of client services and operations at FrankCrum.

  • Class of 2025
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • October 9, 2025
Lauren Albaum, 36

40 Under 40 winner Lauren Albaum is vice president of student affairs at Florida Southern College.

  • Class of 2025
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 9, 2025
Taylor Penny, 29

40 Under 40 winner Taylor Penny is land development project manager at Homes by WestBay.

  • Class of 2025
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