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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 25, 2006
Running on Ego

Oscar Parsons openly admits that his ego is part of the fuel behind the Sarasota Bradenton International Convention Center. But he also fully believes he can make it work.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 17, 2021
Mother-son duo conquer Wall Street trend — from Sarasota

Betsy Cohen and her son Daniel, despite living 1,200 miles from Wall Street, are SPAC leaders.

  • Finance
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 10, 2023
DeSantis’ weapon: The law

No Florida governor in the past 50 years has wielded as much power and used the law the way Gov. DeSantis has. It’s all about the ‘BHAGs.’

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 15, 2023
Award-winning Publix managers reveal leadership secrets

Running a Publix, or even overseeing a dozen Publix locations, is more than apples and oranges. The people side, with listening skills at the front of the line, requires a lot of attention, too.

  • Leadership
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 24, 2022
Law firm's lobbying practice grows quickly with all-star politico roster

When Shumaker dipped into launching a public affairs entity, some law firm partners called the idea "crazy" due to all the pitfalls. Five years later, things look pretty good.

  • Strategies
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 20, 2006
Governor candidates fit the mold: hackneyed

Judging from the surge in daily e-mails from Florida's gubernatorial candidates, the calendar must be closing in on the September primary.Please, someone call the Spam Patrol.It's thick.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2004
Judicial Blitz

Chief judges and court administrators make an eleventh-hour appeal over concerns about a shift in how taxpayers pay for the state's trial courts.

  • Law
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 1, 2005
Flying High

County auditors are questioning the return Pinellas taxpayers are getting on economic development money spent on airline ads and social functions.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 7, 2006
Structured Success

John Jackson gave the Earthworks Land Development the organizational shakeup it needed to survive by using military-style leadership techniques. Now it's time to grow.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2005
Bank Turn

A Wall Street analyst tells Tampa investment managers that the weakening regional banking sector won't bounce back for a while.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2008
Silo Subtraction

A onetime military attorney is tackling the Gulf Coast commercial real estate industry by refining a teamwork-first approach. But the market dip is proving to be a big foe.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2009
Maintain the Vision

At 91, Nathan Benderson, the founder and visionary behind Benderson Development Co., still maintains the same business mantra he devised when we was 16 years old.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2004
The Target

Trial lawyer Kevin C. Ambler finds his occupation to be a liability as he seeks a second term in the Florida House of Representatives.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2008
Smart Charlotte

Developers and builders have skipped over Charlotte County because of its reputation as an unfriendly place to do business. The county's 34-year-old director of growth management wants to change that.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 29, 2012
Turn on the Lights

The recession dimmed the lights in many Gulf Coast office buildings as tenants vacated during the downturn. Now, space is slowly filling.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 4, 2012
Beat Goes On

The largest organ transplant program in the Southeast is run out of a Gulf Coast hospital. Size didn't come easy, though, and there are several potential roadblocks to continued growth.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 7, 2021
Meaningful Mentorship

This year's 40 under 40 celebrates business community rockstars — and the people who helped them get there.

  • Class of 2021
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 9, 2020
A Zig to the Zag

Aparium Hotel Group debuts Hotal Haya in Ybor City as COVID-19 decimates much of the hospitality industry nationwide.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 15, 2020
Shannon Puopolo, 37

Henderson Franklin Starnes & Holt P.A., business litigation partner

  • Class of 2020
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 4, 2016
Finding failure

A blockbuster business success put Mike DeLazzer in the entrepreneurial spotlight. Now he helps others find their way.

  • Strategies
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