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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • January 12, 2018
Plant the Seed

To build their daughter's legacy, attorney Lewis Hall and his wife, Kay, started an organic farm on their family's ranch in Arcadia.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 23, 2018
Street Smarts

The way to one billionaire's heart, and to get hired for his transformative urban renewal project, is to deftly combine high aptitude with the right attitude.

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  • October 4, 2013
Tammie Sandoval, 29

Director - Trust & Estate Services, BMO Private Bank

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 27, 2014
Shopping Space

Trinity Commercial Group in Naples has developed a niche representing big-name retail clients in Southwest Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 29, 2014
A Wise Move

A longtime florist raises his ante in the event planning business. He has good vibes about the high-cost project.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 12, 2014
Gold rush

Matt Orr sought a change of pace after a decade on the Gulf Coast. He found it on another west coast.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 1, 2013
Pegged together

Frank Schooley created a shelter you can assemble with just a hammer and pegs. It could help solve the global housing crisis as population swells and provide shelters in disaster or war zones.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 21, 2016
Pedal to the metal

Caldwell & Kerr Advertising specializes in helping auto dealers reach more customers through digital media, television and print. It's a fast-growing niche

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 17, 2016
Universal model

An ATM that spits out $1 bills is part of a major technology transformation of PNC Bank's Gulf Coast branches. Other banks have seized the trend, too.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 1, 2016
Open up

Fifteen CEOs descended on Progressive Builders in April to give the company advice on how to better run the business. Mike Spreckelmeier took it well.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
Elizabeth McDaniel-Garcia, 32

Founder, Head of School, Discovery Day Academy

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  • October 16, 2015
Hudson Worthington Harr, 29

Founder and president, SunSure Living

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  • October 16, 2015
Amy Johnson, 37

Operating director, PDQ

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • November 27, 2015
Lively hive

Entrepreneurs have launched a cowork space in a place not traditionally known for its startup culture. Will it work?

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 16, 2015
Water management

Dan DeLisi is chief of staff of the South Florida Water Management District, which he once criticized.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 16, 2015
Change up

The workers' comp insurance sector hasn't always embraced technology. One entrepreneur aims to alter that dynamic.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 20, 2015
Back for the Recovery

Manhattan Construction, the Gulf Coast's biggest construction company, recently named Gordon Knapp the senior vice president for Southwest Florida. His timing is good.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 18, 2024
Federal agency issues pro-union ruling for 80 Sarasota grocery drivers

Workers from a McIntosh Road grocery distribution center will be allowed to seek union representation with the Teamsters.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 3, 2024
PGT Innovations receives unsolicited bid that beats previous $3B offer

A national manufacturer has made a third bid to acquire Venice-based PGT Innovations, the largest publicly traded company in the Sarasota-Bradenton region.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 2, 2024
Lee County given 'any and all tools' to fight FEMA decision

Several options are being discussed, including an appeal and hiring a consultant top go plead the county's case in Washington, D.C.

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