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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 28, 2012
Rebuilding a Brand

Steve Lush is rehabilitating the brand of upscale furniture retailer Robb & Stucky after it was liquidated in bankruptcy in 2011.

  • Strategies
  • By Alex Walsh |
  • January 1, 2012
Plan and Attack

After selling out the Towers of Channelside, Cheryl McCormick Brown and Steve McAuliffe created their own business.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • 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.

  • Finance
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 19, 2014
New focus

Losing a leadership role at a fast-growth company jarred Michael Corley. But he recovered.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • August 14, 2025
Tampa school hires director for new entrepreneurship institute

The new director of Carrollwood Day School's Entrepreneurship Institute will be tasked with fostering relationships with local businesses.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 20, 2006
High Tech, High Growth

Radiation Therapy Services' stock price has nearly tripled since going public in 2004. There's good reason: It has $100 million and the highest-tech machines to continue its fast expansion as the largest radiation center operator in the nation.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Denise Federer |
  • August 17, 2023
Developing mid-level managers is essential — but often overlooked

The manager in the middle has an outsized impact on an organization.

  • Advice
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 16, 2009
Government Digest

A Look at state and local government

  • Florida
  • By Alex Walsh |
  • January 15, 2010
Chemically balanced

Kevin Sill is equal parts pharmaceutical researcher and business executive. He balances his time between conducting lab experiments and growing his company. His experiences on both fronts show the positive effect caused by creativity.

  • Strategies
  • 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
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 17, 2013
The business of being Nik

An entrepreneur who signs his emails 'Never Give Up!' must have a good story. For Nik Wallenda, that story is all about scaling new heights.

  • Strategies
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 9, 2020
Hospital grapples with 'astronomical' PPE costs

Keeping employees motivated and focused is a key task for Sarasota Memorial Hospital CEO David Verinder.

  • Health Care
  • By Denise Federer |
  • February 8, 2022
The old way of recruiting employees doesn't work in the new normal. Here's what does.

Although the changes are coming fast, a delayed strategy can be costly.

  • Advice
  • By Denise Federer |
  • November 15, 2019
Critical thinkers are critical to your success

There is good news: Critical thinking can be taught.

  • Opinion
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 4, 2015
'Listers Last; Buyers are Liars'

What does telling stories have to do with selling homes? A lot, it turns out.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 9, 2025
Donald Carlson, 33

40 Under 40 winner Donald Carlson is founder of Tweeds.

  • Class of 2025
  • By Jay Brady |
  • August 5, 2011
Public Charity: Wise or Waste?

Local governments contracting with nonprofits for services spend millions of taxpayers' dollars each year. The strategy has its supporters and detractors.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 3, 2023
Famed Parisian fashion house Chanel opens Tampa store

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a mobile home park is bought in Fort Myers, a Virginia convinience store sells in Palmetto, and retailers open in Tampa.

  • Florida
  • By Dan Ping |
  • July 1, 2011
No more Corporate Climbing

Brian Baird used his sales skills and a bit of Hollywood theatrics to finance his escape from a corporate job. It's a move he's glad he made.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Jay Brady |
  • July 21, 2011
Employers' New Edge

CareerEdge, a new job-training program in Manatee and Sarasota counties, shifts the model from employee to employer and from public to partnership.

  • Strategies
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