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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 28, 2014
The Wawa way

Convenience store chain Wawa is moving aggressively into Florida, creating new loyal fans with its good food and low prices.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 23, 2015
'Appetite for change'

Sure, change is hard. But a corporate exec-turned-franchise-entrepreneur has a message for leaders: Don't let fear get in the way.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 2, 2015
'The enemy is always ... us!'

Florida's House speaker designate got it right: Lawmakers are the problem, not special interests.

  • Opinion
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 2, 2015
The word for 2015: 'Aspire'

Each year, you make resolutions. A variation on that is to select a word, one word to live by for the next 12 months.

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 30, 2015
Just for fun

Billion-dollar entertainment executive Ken Feld says his company never shies away from change — especially when things are going well.

  • Strategies
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 8, 2025
Kristy Craig Anderson went from home staging out of a garage to a $10M firm

"There are so many things about being a business founder entrepreneur that are rewarding. The biggest for me … is this idea that you're creating something from nothing." –Kristy Craig Anderson, Dwell & Co.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 21, 2023
PGA Major champ helps develop 'epic' golf course in rural Manatee

Paul Azinger teams up with Bradenton entrepreneur Steve Herrig and others on the Miakka Golf Club.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 28, 2026
Manatee County reopens Bradenton EDC partnership talks

A new contract from the Bradenton Area Economic Development Corp. could be presented in March.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 13, 2026
After devastating damage, Naples condo looks for flood protection

The building owners and manager of the Allegro condominium in Naples have turned to rapidly growing global firm AquaFence to protect the tower during future hurricanes.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth Djinis |
  • May 20, 2026
Postcard company seeks to capture $500K in revenue — for starters — with AI shift

A legacy industry like postcards in your mailbox doesn’t seem ripe for the AI revolution. But some trial and error led one Clearwater company to a different result.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • May 9, 2022
Transactions: May 3-9

Multifamily projects in Pinellas, Hillsborough counties lead the way in this week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 30, 2022
Real estate executive’s home flooded by Hurricane Ian

Premier Sotheby's International Realty CEO Budge Huskey was on a business trip in Colorado when the monster storm hit his Bonita Springs residence.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 14, 2022
Peter Cecora, 31

JLL, executive vice president

  • Class of 2022
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2022
Lakewood Ranch condominium project targets 2023 groundbreaking

The often-delayed project along Lake Uihlein gets off the ground with developer Frank Dagostino.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 2, 2023
Longtime Bucs team doctor and Tampa surgeon dies at 83

Dr. Joe Diaco was one of the longest-running team doctors in NFL history.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 6, 2023
Legislative Session preview: Look for lawmakers to address financial issues

Ballard Partners Partner Todd Josko also says that even with a supermajority in both chambers, the Republicans won't totally shut out the Democrats.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2007
Open & Mixed

As consumers embraced the open-air, mixed-use centers, retailers have found them more profitable than the enclosed malls.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 24, 2006
Snuffing Out Attacks

Possibilities appear endless for BlastWrap, a film used in products such as bomb-resistant trash cans. Paul Bremer III, the former presidential envoy to Iraq, is now a company director.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 30, 2005
Executive Session: Heidi Colgate-Tamblyn

The GCBR sat down with the president of SunTrust Bank of Lee County

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 22, 2005
Legal Briefs (Tampa)

Tampa firm included on national listLawyer suspended for trust violationsH&K snags Gingrich'sformer assistantLawyer reappointed to aviation authorityPhelps Dunbar attorney recognized for serviceFowler White attorney appointed to councilForizs & Dogali adds two more lawyersCarlton Fields starts fellowship program

  • Law
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