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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 26, 2026
Entrepreneur's Lido home lists for nearly $13 million

An author and co-founder of a health product company is selling her waterfront estate.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 9, 2022
Jabil calls holiday plant closings and layoffs 'normal course of business'

St. Petersburg-based Jabil told California officials in October it was temporarily closing six plants and laying off about 1,400 employees for a few days.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 3, 2025
Funding cuts to youth jobs program leads to 120 layoffs in St. Pete

The U.S. Department of Labor has paused Job Corps centers operations nationally leading to the shuttering of a St. Petersburg center and the layoffs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • May 6, 2026
Tampa Bay among national leaders in coworking space growth

Both the number of offices and space in those offices is on the upswing in the region.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • May 13, 2026
'50s-inspired dining, nightlife and supper club coming to Tampa

The Sapphire: Lounge & Supper Club combines luxury dining with cocktails and live entertainment.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 14, 2008
Composite Deposit

An ambitious Gulf Coast entrepreneur had asurprisingly tough time securing a headquarters for his high-tech, high salary startup aerospace company.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 9, 2012
One Part Fun

The insurance industry isn't usually the first thought for fun. Revenues, more recently, are also nothing to smile about. But a few jovial Gulf Coast insurance executives hope to change all that.

  • Industries
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 7, 2012
High Five

Daniel Didrick shuns investors who want to gain control of his company in exchange for capital. It takes a special form of self-discipline.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Elizabeth Djinis |
  • April 9, 2021
Generations work hard to create work and family boundaries

Daughters decided early on not to call parents mom and dad at work.

  • Strategies
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 14, 2020
Contractor grows by pursuing larger, more complex projects and building strong team

Palmetto-based TLC Diversified has more than doubled its revenue in four years.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 14, 2020
How to spend less time answering emails

Set up email filters and use a tool to manage internal communication outside of email.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 23, 2019
Top Entrepreneurs: Ex-attorney cleans up with disruptive approach to business

Amy Martinez-Monfort's South Tampa, Florida, startup, Tampa Laundry Co., embraces modern comforts and conveniences.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 11, 2019
'Real python hunters don't wear gloves'

Edison National Bank founders and executives Geoff and Robbie Roepstorff spend their weekends in the Everglades hunting pythons.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2018
Battle between banks and credit unions heats up

At stake is hundreds of millions in potential taxes.

  • Finance
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • June 5, 2015
READ AND COMMENT | More Medicaid: Federal ransom

The call of media editorialists, state senators and altruists for expanding Obamacare's Medicaid program in Florida remains a cacophonous drumbeat of pots and pans.

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 17, 2022
How to make your firm's women leadership program shine

The struggles some businesses face in cultivating successful women’s leadership programs, says a highly accomplished woman leader, can be rectified. 

  • Leadership
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 13, 2024
Fairgrounds operator seeks appreciation, less 'poking fun' from officials

The Sarasota County Fairgrounds operator calls the open space and civic buildings a community asset that runs "on its own dime."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By None |
  • January 12, 2022
Dairies in distress: Florida dairy farmers lobby for pandemic relief

‘This is a business where if you are not making more product, increasing production, your days are numbered,’ says one farmer.

  • Strategies
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 20, 2006
Roth-ing Past a Retirement Time Bomb

Ed Slott visits Sarasota on his crusade to keep the taxman from looting your IRA.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2004
Perils of Efficiency

Tampa lawyer Michael J. Echevarria has streamlined the mortgage foreclosure process. In business, he would be hailed. Not so in law.

  • Entrepreneurs
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