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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 7, 2021
David Ponraj, 38

Dunedin, Florida, entrepreneur David Ponraj left a comfortable corporate job to launch his own company focused on helping other startups.

  • Class of 2021
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • April 15, 2021
Want to get to a yes? Say no first, says one banking executive

Being upfront with customers helps build good relationships, says a longtime Florida banking executive. Picking up trash helps build even better relationships with employees.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 15, 2021
Community bank makes its first-ever acqusition

In keeping lesser qualified suitors at bay, Hillsboro Bank finds the just-right merger partner next door.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 9, 2021
County plans to kill tax that funds local EDC

Commissioners will stop tax funding to the EDC by 2024 and reallocate economic development incentive fund monies to the general fund budget

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • January 8, 2021
Through pickleball, executive spends more time with colleagues, family

Michael Healy’s first foray into pickleball came after a group of colleagues at Bloomin’ Brands that play regularly asked him if he wanted to join them.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By A.G. Lafley |
  • January 21, 2021
Advice: Combat crisis with bigger circle of control

Things in the world — and with your business — might look like they are in peak volatility. But there are ways to rise above the instability.

  • Advice
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • July 23, 2020
Author, leadership consultant shares tips for maintaining energy

Victoria Roos-Olsson wrote the book — literally — on being a great manager. She also has some ideas about how leaders can protect their energy and make the most out of a difficult time.

  • Strategies
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  • By John Haughey |
  • November 29, 2019
MidAmerica takes a unique approach to hiring leaders

Company trains up-and-coming executives — including a Navy fighter pilot —with a core mission: Find a way to surprise and delight.

  • Leadership
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • January 10, 2020
Manufacturing executive pursues passion for sailing

Brad West has been intrigued with sailing since he was a teenager. Now he’s getting out on the water.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 14, 2020
How to manage remote employees

More and more companies, like Tampa's eventPower and Venuetize, are realizing significant cost savings by transitioning to a mostly remote workforce, but it takes proper management to pull off the shift.

  • Advice
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 3, 2019
Like minded: Insurer's alignment with parent company pays off

Thanks to a merger with Progressive, St. Petersburg, Florida-based insurance firm ASI now sells insurance in more states — 44, plus Washington, D.C. — than ever before. It has also managed to keep its unique corporate culture alive and flourishing, despit

  • Insurance
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • January 13, 2022
Data-driven CEO finds colorful outlet in painting

Paul Fioravanti engages the left side of his brain at work. Outside work, he turns to the creativity and vibrancy of the right side.

  • Out of Office
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 13, 2022
Hip-hop hooray: Attorney embraces rap music as a side gig

Hip-hop hooray: Tampa, Florida, attorney embraces rap music as a side gig.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 28, 2018
Benderson Development makes push west with acquisitions

Benderson Development moves further into West Coast markets to diversify its portfolio and enhance relationships in Seattle, Chicago and California

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 9, 2018
Flood the market: Data-driven innovator disrupts an industry

Brad Hubbard, bored with his career as a civil engineer, tried his hand at insurance and wound up disrupting a major part of the industry with his Tampa-based company, National Flood Experts.

  • Insurance
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 4, 2019
Secret sauce: Legal expert dishes tips for safeguarding business knowledge

Scott Doyle, a partner in Greenberg Traurig's Tampa, Florida, office, sees Florida becoming a hotbed for intellectual property law battles as more and more tech companies call the state home.

  • Law
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 30, 2017
Like a Rocket

Multifamily complexes throughout the Gulf Coast are attracting buyers, sending prices to new heights.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 11, 2013
Global Trust

In just two years, Akerman Senterfitt's office in Naples has earned a reputation for its international trust and estate-planning work on behalf of ultra-wealthy people.

  • Law
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 22, 2014
Ford Focus

A small restaurant near Henry Ford's winter home in Fort Myers is counting on nostalgia to turn it into the next big restaurant concept. It won the automaker's blessing.

  • Strategies
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 19, 2024
137 companies in region ranked among fastest-growing in US

Companies from Lakeland to Naples made the Inc. 5000 list for 2024.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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