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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2020
Major airline announces it will begin service at area airport

Southwest is expected to begin flights at SRQ in late January or early February.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 25, 2014
Global Touch

After a Foreign Service career with stints everywhere from Moscow to Indonesia, Rob Weisberg can speak five languages. He can also speak with authority on a host of leadership and management principles.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2015
Corporate report

GRILLiT reaches deal with franchisee for Tampa restaurant; Intrepid Powerboats and Carmel Kitchen and Wine Bar hire Tampa ad agency EraserFarm; Hertz Equipment Rental expands with Sanford facility; Skyway Capital Partners brokers sale of InStep to Schneider Electric; Texas's Service King buys Jack's Collision Center; Blalock Walters principals chairing Manatee Chamber, Bradenton EDC

  • Strategies
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 28, 2006
Corporate Report

Look at briefs from Gulf Coast businesses for free.

  • Industries
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 14, 2014
Corporate Report: Feb. 14

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2010
Fight goes on for Sarasota's Fishman

For the second time in two years, Sarasota entrepreneur Jordan Fishman has won courtroom vindication in a business case that has consumed his life since 2005.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2008
Leaving the comfort zone

Ben Nelson Jr. says spending time away from his marine-construction business made him a better boss and made is company more successful. Now, he faces the biggest test of that as the newly elected mayor of Bonita Springs.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 5, 2022
Hurricane Ian will test Florida's troubled insurance system

As Florida property owners look to begin starting over after Hurricane Ian, billions of dollars of claims could topple the state’s insurance market.

  • Insurance
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 2, 2021
Tee time: The Hoffmann Family of Cos. gets into the golf business

What does a family business with holdings from restaurants to office space do to expand? Golf looks like a good place to drive forward.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 20, 2023
Surprising gold medal rowing team teaches valuable leadership lesson

A musician and film producer-turned-entrepreneur coach and consultant breaks down leadership into an essential question: Will this task make you better?

  • Leadership
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 5, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

Bank holds out for nice price: It was not six months ago that Glen W. Fausset, president of 1st National Bank & Trust, was stamping out speculation that the 19-year-old Bradenton bank would be sold.Well represented: It appears the local real estate industry, for the most part, applauds the recent appointment of Pinellas County Commissioner Bob Stewart to the Florida Impact Fee Review Task Force. McEwen gets official OK: As expected, Catherine Peek McEwen has received the official approval of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to become Tampa's next bankruptcy judge.All's well?: Talking about Tampa bankruptcy court: It might be one of the busiest in the nation, but business has been slowing down there over the past couple years.New bank on schedule: The first bank based in south Hillsborough County in almost a decade is on track to begin business next month.'Real-Time Enterprise': Are you ready for extreme competition as the "great 21st century business reformation" takes place? Look no further than the "Titans of Technology."

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2008
Steely Changes

A polished executive is making the transition from supervising a 3,500-employee dryer factory to running an entrepreneurial 80-employee steel company. Multi-tasking is key.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 20, 2015
Furnished fantasy

How a national retailer sets up shop in a new location is a hub of activity. It's part commerce, part theater.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 12, 2023
Kendal Potesta, 37

A new chicken salad franchisee quickly earns companywide national recognition.

  • Class of 2023
  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 10, 2024
Dan Sidler, 38

40 Under 40 winner Dan Sidler is vice president, CareerEdge and Economic Development, at The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce.

  • Class of 2024
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • August 26, 2022
Fort Myers difference maker embraces startup community

Phyllis LeFlore-Calloway says she's 'someone who tries to make a difference in the environment I’m in.'

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 14, 2014
United they stand

Growing a business littered with customer confusion isn't for the weak. T. David Lewis hopes to lead his firm through the upheaval.

  • Strategies
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 2, 2022
Longtime physician solves disconnect in health care sector with digital platform

The platform HealthMe received $1.25 million in seed funding last year.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 12, 2010
New management

Three veteran Naples money managers are betting that the turmoil in the financial services industry makes this the perfect time to launch their own firms in the wealth-management capital of the Gulf Coast.

  • Industries
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 4, 2012
The Island Inn Way

The Island Inn on Sanibel nearly went out of business as it juggled preservation with profits. Its unique corporate structure proved to be a challenge.

  • Strategies
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