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  • By Dan Ping |
  • July 29, 2011
Mobile Marketing

An Orlando company has developed software that allows merchants to quickly build a large database of customers for effective marketing campaigns. All you need is a customer's mobile number.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 18, 2018
Forge Ahead

It takes cunning commitment to make it as an entrepreneur.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 30, 2017
Construction exec Ron Royal dies

Royal died Nov. 26 after an illness, surrounded by family. He was 85.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 16, 2016
Bring it home

HomeBanc is the latest institution in the region to surpass $1 billion in assets. How will it use its newfound heft?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2008
Total Transformation

A successful technology entrepreneur wants to keepcomplacency at bay. He's hoping a new business model - and a large international expansion - does the trick.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • July 17, 2015
Vinik's Vision

Downtown Tampa will never be the same when Jeff Vinik's redevelopment project is in full gear. That's the idea.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 2, 2012
Burger Hustle

Tom Monaghan became the Pizza Tiger when he built Domino's Pizza into a delivery giant. Now he's aiming to do the same with hamburgers.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2018
Developer unveils plans for new waterfront restaurant

Salt Shack on the Bay, a new waterfront bar and grill, is set to open for business in early spring 2019 in south Tampa, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2014
Builders complete $38 million housing project

Construction firms recently completed a $38.3 million renovation of two former public-housing projects in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2015
Sarasota-Bradenton new homes pace slows down

Metrostudy report also reveals gap between price points.

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  • November 7, 2003
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Three Gulf Coast markets results mixed on Entrepreneur magazine's survey of "Best Cities for Entrepreneurs."An update on the British luxury car scheduled to be manufactured in SarasotaNorth Port considers incubator

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 17, 2017
Mile for mile

An exit strategy wasn't an afterthought at a thriving media and marketing company. A big part: Transparency trumped everything.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 10, 2024
Kate Massey, 35

40 Under 40 winner Kate Massey is the executive director at IMG Academy Foundation.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2004
Airport Subsidy Ignores the Invisible

When Fred Piccolo, president of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, stood before Sarasota and Manatee counties' elected officials April 26 to ask for a $500,000 taxpayer subsidy to attract a low-fare airline to the airport

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 9, 2011
Merger Momentum

The union between Whitney Bank and Hancock Bank creates a star Southeast institution. The trick for the bank's Gulf Coast executives is to nurture long-term success with a new approach.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2008
Corporate Report

Pinellas brownfield program earns grantSirion Therapeutics shows positive trials for DurezolRomark Laboratories rolls out new drug studyOdyssey court case forces preliminary IDsGold Coast Eagle scores 97% in customer survey

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 24, 2024
What an effective president does

Senate President Kathleen Passidomo took her term to confront two threatening issues: workforce housing and doctor shortages. Time will tell whether she will be a goat or a GOAT.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • May 4, 2023
2023 Top Entrepreneur: Jesse Biter, founder, PropLogix, Sarasota

Jesse Biter, with a keen eye for spotting trends, has applied his tech-focused entrepreneurial skillset in commercial real estate, software and the auto industry.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 1, 2019
Homebuilder nears big sales milestone

Behind a details matter philosophy and smart land deals, Neal Communities remains at the top of the homebuilding industry. One executive, normally out of the spotlight, has a big role in the success.

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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 14, 2022
Shawn Osborne, 35

Shawn Osborne, 35

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