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  • By Alicia Ceccarelli |
  • July 14, 2017
Wear and Share

Sam Lewis, founder of a philanthropic-minded screen-printing apparel business, is local in sales. But he's global in mission.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 2, 2024
City of Sarasota, developers to deliver 600 affordable housing units

With several projects in the pipeline, the city has earned a Local Action Award from the Florida League of Cities for its attainable housing density bonus program.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2018
Three cities in one county make fastest-growing list

Among 515 cities in Wallethub study, Fort Myers was ranked No. 1, with Lehigh Acres placing seventh and Cape Coral ranked No. 24

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  • By Amanda Postma, Louis Llovio and Mark Gordon |
  • May 6, 2021
Help wanted crisis has restaurants scrambling

The timing is like burnt toast: just as the economy opens up, restaurants are facing a critical shortage of employees. But solutions are percolating.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 5, 2024
Life after lockup: Roofing CEO reflects on year in prison for PPP loan fraud

Casey Crowther is contrite yet driven as he continues rebuilding his life and roofing company after serving time in prison. "I get that this is on me, and it’s my job to show people who I am."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 29, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

Resistance is futile: Maybe community bankers should just give up now.Can't get enough Freedom: Another of those pesky community banks is almost up and running.Wells Fargo takes two hits: An advocacy group for low-income families picked an interesting time to go after Wells Fargo & Co. for its lending practices, including those in the Tampa Bay area.Reflecting Actualities: For years, Fowler White Boggs Banker PA recruited heavily at the law schools for its summer associates program, which served primarily as a springboard into a full-time job as an associate lawyer.First to the blocks: Belinda Noah has taken the lead among all candidates who want to topple U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, R-Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2003
Democracy Gone Awry

New constitutional initiatives being considered for the 2004 ballet pose a threat to state employers.It's obvious too many people don't understand what a right is and isn't. Here's what a "right" does: A right confers no obligation on another. Afforda

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2007
Credit Union Hub

Dave Serlo has been at the helm of PSCU Financial Services for 24 years, piloting the organization as it responds to changes in the credit union industry.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 7, 2022
Alarm company secures another acquisition

Security Alarm Corp. has now made five acquisitions in the past 15 months.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 30, 2024
Landlords left unpaid, with empty storefronts as bankruptcies rise

Commercial bankruptcies jumped 40% last year, leaving many landlords to deal with the consequences of a complicated process.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • January 6, 2011
No Slowdown

Entrepreneur/philanthropist John Sykes remains active in Tampa years after retiring from his namesake company. His latest projects are restoring ethics to financial services and strengthening faith among college students.

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  • By Denise Federer |
  • April 24, 2020
Challenges, opportunities and change in the time of coronavirus

FInd ways to come out of the pandemic a better business leader.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 28, 2018
Apartments dominate, but resorts rise

This year's top commercial real estate sales differed from recent years past in that resorts topped the list in each of the three Gulf Coast submarkets

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 26, 2014
Worth it

The past year was big-time busy for prolific commercial real estate developer Jim Bridges. That should be the case again in 2015.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • June 21, 2013
Designed to sell

Creating a lifestyle brand requires designing a unique customer experience, Tom Henken and Juan Romero agree. Understanding the customer's psychology of shopping is what their architecture firm does best.

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  • By Kat Wingert |
  • April 16, 2025
AI: The next new frontier?

While some media organizations are clamoring to be leaders in artificial intelligence, the Observer is following a different approach.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 13, 2006
The Right Price

Don't look for get-rich-quick schemes at EDMP Inc. Charles Carnevale's strategy follows the old Benjamin Graham saw: 'To win you must not lose.' He searches hard for the undervalued large caps.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • March 18, 2010
Brokering Diversity

When a young commercial real estate firm manages to grow its business in a market like today's, what it's doing differently is worth noting.

  • Strategies
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • May 13, 2011
Clarified Success

Jane Mason built her Clearwater firm on a software program that ties together work processes for mortgage servicers. Growth has boomed through the recession and isn't likely to stop there.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 27, 2022
Wedded bliss: 'Shark Tank' darling Honeyfund seeks additional capital

After raking in $1.7 million, Clearwater-based wedding registry website Honeyfund launches a second round of investment.

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