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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 1, 2022
Marketing industry veteran weighs in on current trends — and what's to come

Priority Marketing might have grown up with a fax machine, but to keep up with the latest in the industry, the firm has adapted.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 9, 2023
While one potential negative sign looms, Florida remains a population boom state

The number of people moving into Florida, a net positive, has slowed, according to a report — but so too has the number of people leaving.

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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • September 24, 2009
Inventing a Market

Triad Digital Media is thriving off of its novel approach to online advertising. By placing ads on websites where people already plan to spend money, Triad's clients get a dramatically higher return on their advertising investment.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 27, 2012
Motor On

A Gulf Coast entrepreneur followed his passion, motorcycles, in his latest business venture. Now his prediction of pent-up demand has started to roar true.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 15, 2018
Sarasota Memorial board votes to buy former newspaper office $11.83 million

Sarasota Memorial Hospital's board votes Oct. 15 to buy the former Herald-Tribune Media Group at 1741 Main St. in downtown Sarasota.

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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • June 19, 2015
Venture awaits

Who needs Silicon Valley? Ballast Point Ventures find success far from venture capital hot spots.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 25, 2015
Juicy strategy

Automation, by way of survival, is the big mission for Wish Farms in 2016. The project is off to a sweet start.

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  • By Javar Baity |
  • January 3, 2025
Unicoat Roofing Completes Full Roof Replacement for St. Petersburg Apartment Buildings

Over the course of 60 days, Unicoat addressed both roofing and structural concerns, ensuring that each building was restored to optimal condition.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 5, 2026
Florida ranks No. 2 among growth states for 2025

The Sunshine State was a hot destination for inbound migration in 2025, according to do-it-yourself moving company U-Haul.

  • Florida
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • January 6, 2026
Builder to bring more than 2,250 homes to Southwest Florida

Taylor Morrison has purchased two properties for future Esplanade communities — one on Oil Well Road in Naples and the other off Corkscrew Road in Estero.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 7, 2023
Report: Florida is No. 1 in the nation in new home listings

The report found that states in the South and West are hot for new listings. Not so much for the Northeast and Midwest.

  • Florida
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • September 16, 2016
Corporate report

Company plans 170 jobs and major investment; Manufacturer aims to crack commercial market with new deal; Economic development agency tabs new board members; Elevator firm announces new leadership team

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 19, 2025
Report: Florida leads nation in new business formations

More than 630,000 new businesses were started in Florida in 2024.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2008
Stabilized Success

All it took was two years - and a crafty $20 million risk - for Ken Sanborn to turn his company from a $5 million small business to a $150 million-plus juggernaut. Up next: Managing it.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 21, 2005
BusTracker

Sarasota serial tech-entrepreneur Brad Baker is back again with a new company that monitors the whereabouts of school buses.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 23, 2026
Report: Florida leads nation in new business creation

Nearly 700,000 new businesses were formed in Florida in 2025, a new report says.

  • Florida
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 15, 2017
Dream Team

The banking sector is on the cusp of a significant shift, led mostly by technology. How can it survive, and thrive?

  • Finance
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 7, 2020
Go to market: Food firm makes big inroads with grocery giant

Tampa, Florida-based Fresco Foods has strengthened its partnership with Publix: Its pre-packaged, vacuum-sealed meals can now be found in all 1,252 of the grocer's stores.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 7, 2021
Britney Mroczkowski, 32

BTI Partners, vice president of retail development

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 22, 2010
Entrepreneur of the Decade

The Business Review will crown a business champion for the 2000s.

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