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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 2, 2022
Blockchain integration firm helps businesses prepare for Web 3.0

The founders of Tampa-based BlockSpaces have been on the frontlines of the internet's next phase for more than a decade.

  • Technology
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2003
Coffee Talk

This week's items: A chance for 'affordable housing,' but will they take it? Do Gulf Coast residents love ice hockey that much? McKay explains constitutional amendment Hugh Culverhouse Jr. selling 900 acres?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 4, 2008
Bank Beachhead

USAmeriBank, unaffected by real estate loans, is focusing onserving commercial customers and expanding in central Florida.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • January 7, 2011
Beyond Bennett

State Sen. Mike Bennett exceeded all expectations when he became the Senate's number two leader, but it wasn't the first time this sailor went above and beyond the call of duty, and not likely to be the last.

  • Florida
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 10, 2020
Guitar hero: Office space expert kicks out the jams

Colliers executive Bill Reeves is a founding member of Southern Train, a band made up of other Tampa-area commercial real estate executives.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 14, 2018
q&a: Julia Silva Rettig

"Last-mile distribution" is shaking up the industrial real estate industry, and causing investors to look twice at older, smaller properties that are close to urban centers and could be retrofitted for today's logistics firms

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Cheryl O'Neill |
  • October 29, 2014
Branding your business on a budget

Most startups don't have much money to spend on marketing. With these steps, you can start to promote yourself without spending much at all.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 26, 2022
Corporate lawyer now charged with making life easier for Florida business owners

As secretary of Florida's Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Melanie Griffin wants to help bring down obstacles.

  • Law
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 25, 2018
Savvy investors reap rewards from going green with deals

A risky but well-timed pivot from housing to renewable energy has paid off handsomely for a private investment firm.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 23, 2024
Retiring SCF president's teachable moments: Lead with your heart, have fun

Carol Probstfeld took over a school in crisis a decade ago. It has turned out, she says, to be the best job she's ever had.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 14, 2005
The Show

Nationally known Wall Street watchers and forecasters are upbeat about 2006 - all except SunTrust economist Greg Miller. He sees some slowing ahead if the Fed boosts its rate.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2008
Walsh: Review and Comment

Quit blaming Wall Street; capitalism didn't fail

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 8, 2009
Uncommon Heart

Despite the downturn, a Gulf Coast construction firm keeps on winning by sticking to what it does best: The 'weird stuff.'

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2004
Capital Guy

At 37, Trenam Kemker's Nelson T. Castellano is one of the area's top lawyers in complexbusiness transactions.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 26, 2021
Outspoken investor declares war on COVID-19 economic crisis

Ben Mallah, with an assist from his son, digs deep as he girds for survival.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 6, 2025
Noted economists past and present on tariffs and free trade

In any discussion to understand free trade, protectionism and tariffs, there is no debate among credible economists: Free trade: good; protectionism and tariffs: bad.

  • Opinion
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 29, 2022
Insurance reform package sails through Legislature — will it fix the crisis?

Governor calls legislation most significant insurance reform in a generation.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2004
Knight In Shining Armor

Richard A. Harrison has faced harassment and threats of being sued as a governmental attorney on controversial issues in the Tampa Bay area.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Lou Lasday |
  • February 12, 2010
Who's in marketing?

“Product marketing” emphasizes branding actual items. “Services marketing” emphasizes branding the enterprise

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 17, 2020
Harrison Ambs, 37

Vectra Digital, chief strategy officer

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