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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2008
Built to own

John Westfall's wants to expandhis strategy of building small one-story detached office buildings from Tampa to Orlando and Sarasota.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2008
Warning Signs

Collier County told Jon McLeod he couldn't operate his mobile-sign trucks, but the entrepreneur fought back and won. It's anotherexample of the anti-business attitude that prevails in Collier.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2008
No quick fix

Commercial real estate on the Gulf Coast will feel the effects of the economic downturn in 2009. Here's how to prepare.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 23, 2009
One Man Show

Chris Abbott juggles several businesses and projects at once. He's betting at least one will be a big hit.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2004
Meet the Candidates

Judicial and clerk's office hopefuls stress their legal experience, community involvement.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 3, 2004
Hillsborough Incumbents Prevail

Thirteenth Circuit judges, most of them appointees, hold their seats.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2003
Selecting a Site

Before you pick a site, make a checklist of your company's internal needs and future needs. Don't forget to askquestions about what's allowed on a piece of property.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2004
Profitable from the Start

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 9, 2009
Job Placement

Rasmussen College's customers aren't its students. The customers are employers. That focus has helped the college achieve high job-placement rates for the students it educates.

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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • December 18, 2009
Tournament business

Not every hobby can be parlayed into a successful business. But Lauri Dagostino's love of youth sports has made her annual national volleyball tournament into the feature item of a multimillion-dollar company.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 3, 2010
Gym Strategy

Gail Markham is a partner at Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Co., P.A., in Fort Myers and Naples.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • July 16, 2010
Storm Warning

Resuming play after a year off, the Tampa Bay Storm is rolling toward another possible ArenaBowl championship. Outside the Forum, a former team owner is not happy with the way things have gone.

  • Industries
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • August 27, 2010
Flying Farther

ExecuJet, a Tampa-based private air charter service, is advancing its elite status by bringing a larger Gulfstream IV into its fleet. Its CEO says clients can no longer afford to wait around for the big airlines to take off.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • May 14, 2010
A Bead of Profitability

Largo-based Cousin Corp. of America started as a bead shop and has grown in 40 years to a distributor to big-name retailers. Warm weather made the difference in basing the business here.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • April 29, 2010
Full Circle

Foundation Realty Advisors makes its first major property acquisition, bringing its top executive back to where he started.

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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 23, 2011
Potential Colony investors revealed

After extending the deadline for renovation proposals because of interest, 14 parties are in the running to renovate the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2011
Security issues

A Central Florida company is leading the charge to privatize the screening process at airports across the country.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2013
Corporate Report: March 29

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Denise Federer |
  • June 7, 2013
How to lead from the middle

Are you at times discouraged with the lack of responsiveness by others in your company to requests or recommendations that you make?

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 20, 2011
The Egg Man

Craig Sweet, a Fort Myers fertility doctor, says there's a business solution to abandoned embryos. He's encouraging their owners to donate them to his company.

  • Entrepreneurs
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