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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 13, 2025
Former P&G CEO: The leadership secret to winning at time management

A play-to-win CEO should rethink time management, two leadership veterans contend. The focus shouldn't be on merely "very important" stuff but on tasks where only that executive can excel.

  • Leadership
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 26, 2018
Mike Griffin, 37

Senior managing director, Savills Studley Occupier Services

  • Class of 2018
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2007
Internet Marketer

Pam Gaylor, who opened a franchise of TruePresence late last year, isn't new to the industry. She has more than 20 years marketing experience in the Tampa Bay area.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By George Rauch |
  • October 11, 2013
Government bonds: financial disaster

Government bonds are decreasing in value because the public is unwilling to take interest payments of 1.5% to 2% annually for the risk of holding government debt.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2016
#CrisisCommunications

Officials with the Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau spent some time recently recovering from a bout of the oopsies.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2013
Christian Cotter, 29

Director of Management Recruitment and Development, First Watch Restaurants Inc.

  • Class of 2013
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 5, 2014
Zero in on Estero

The area anchored by Hertz's new global corporate headquarters could see significant new developments in coming years. The community is planning for it now.

  • Industries
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 27, 2026
Exclusive club complements developer's Sarasota evolution vision

Already expanding before it opens, 1000 North augments the vision of developer Kevin Daves to make Sarasota among the country's "most refined" cities.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 28, 2024
Tourist spending up, visitation down in Sarasota for September

Visit Sarasota County's September tourism data shows gains in several areas while visitation overall compared with 2023 was down.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 21, 2017
A bigger bed (tax)

New tourism marketing district is the first of its kind in the state.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • August 25, 2011
Government Digest: Aug. 26

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • July 6, 2023
Furniture store embraces green and lean approach — with big results

City Furniture has come a long way since it was selling waterbeds. Part of that growth is attributed to a stay-lean business strategy.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 15, 2020
Heather VanBrummelen, 28

Pro Forma DHJ Promotions, marketing and branding specialist

  • Class of 2020
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 9, 2024
Pasco’s population draws Johns Hopkins and other medical providers

Johns Hopkins All Children Hospital paid $24 million for land in Pasco, joining Moffitt Cancer Center and others putting down roots in the fast-growing county.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 27, 2021
Plant City berry farm's new state-of-the-art headquarters a nod to the future and the past

Wish Farms, a nearly century-old Plant City farm, gets flashy with its new company headquarters. There's also some purpose behind the pretty details.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By John Haughey |
  • November 11, 2021
Entrepreneur: dying drive-in movie business worth saving

The disappearance of iconic drive-in movie theaters from America’s landscape is well documented — an inevitable consequence of obsolescence. This is not one of those stories.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • May 6, 2016
Make a splash

Waterscapes Pools & Spas gets a good chunk of its business through its affiliation with Neal Communities. Now it plans to exceed that.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
Gustavo 'Gus' Cobeaga, 34

Naples City President, Regions Bank

  • Class of 2014
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 24, 2021
Pioneering lab firm seizes opportunities

NeoGenomics is having a big 2021. The list includes a new CEO, acquisitions worth $450 million and substantial work on a $60 million headquarters.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 11, 2015
New air service to KC, Pa. and cheese central

Allegiant Air now serves 47 markets with nonstop flights to St. Pete-Clearwater.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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