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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 10, 2024
Andrew Blitch, 39

40 Under 40 winner Andrew Blitch is the owner of “A” Locksmith.

  • Class of 2024
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2006
Learning to Share

A retired fire-chief-turned-Realtor is trying to change the way his field shares data. Turns out it's a hot issue.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2003
Lou Lasday: Plan for Success

There are nine words a business owner must know to create a dynamite business plan.Lou Lasday, an independent marketing adviser residing on Longboat Key, creates action-oriented strategic corporate initiatives for emerging companies.

  • Opinion
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • August 19, 2011
Rules Redux

Bruce Mitchell, president of Clearwater-based Rally Stores Inc., and chairman of the Florida Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association, sees the bottom-line benefit to the proposed repeal of a redundant state rule impacting his industry.

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 23, 2017
Executive Profile - David Stevens

Principal, Investment Properties Corp., Naples

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 10, 2014
Passwords or 'pain' words

I'll let you in on a little IT humor. We techies are a wild and crazy bunch, so be warned. Picture the scene, your friendly neighborhood computer consultant — think Brad Pitt in glasses — is typing away feverishly on a user's computer when he suddenly turns — his muscles rippling and his flowing blond locks cascading in a wave off his neck — to ask, “Okay, what's your password?”

  • News
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 31, 2014
Retail rules

Taubman Centers, one of the firms behind the newest mall on the Gulf Coast, is market-busting busy. CEO Robert Taubman says it's key to combine persistence with timing.

  • Strategies
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 10, 2006
The Fallacy of Controlling Growth

Here's a primer on the deleterious effects of trying to manage and control growth. Everyone loses - except those making the rules.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By George Rauch |
  • March 18, 2010
How Government Destroyed Our Money

Here's a historical account everyone should read. It shows how we have rejected what the Founding Fathers knew would destroy our Republic.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 25, 2021
Sublease vacancies in region hit all-time high

Office sublease space hit record highs in the Tampa Bay area last year because of the pandemic, adding significant inventory to what had been a landlord’s market.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • November 26, 2025
Executive Q&A: ULI chair's 20-year old prediction on Tampa's growth comes true

Tampa developer Phillip Smith talks about his goals for his term as chairman of ULI Tampa Bay, what attracts developers to the region and the challenges that lie ahead.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 13, 2012
Healthy Restoration

Chris-Tel Construction found a niche in historic-building renovations and stuck to it. Today, the firm is one of the survivors.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2013
Englewood couple buys All American Boat, Dry Storage

Jaroslav and Kerrie Cervenka of Englewood purchased the All American Boat and Dry Storage and an adjacent parcel.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 6, 2020
Media entrepreneur took on big challenges long before pandemic

Ruth Soukup is living example that being afraid shouldn’t derail anyone’s business dreams. She has a $5 million business to prove it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 13, 2023
Tamarac's incentive packages an example of how towns can compete

The small South Florida city is getting creative to help lure developers that will revitalize its commercial districts and give residents what they want.

  • Florida
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 10, 2006
A Suite Life

The father of the modern Ritz-Carlton, Horst Schulze, warns business owners that cutting costs might be good in the short run, but it's a quick fix. His advice: Build value, from the ground up.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 19, 2020
Results-oriented accounting firm makes bold move to stand out

Accounting firm Hancock Askew & Co. LLP has launched Clarity Capital Advisors, a Tampa-based spinoff firm that handles interim/fractional CFO solutions, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate finance advice.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 5, 2015
THE CREATIVITY ISSUE: Outside your comfort zone

Innovation isn't only for the artistically inclined. One area college leads the way for businesses and executives.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 13, 2004
Unaffordable Housing

Why there's a shortage of affordable housing and how to end it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 18, 2025
SWFL restaurant company introduces two new concepts, nears 2,000 employees

The Phelan family has learned that listening and adapting to customer needs quickly is the best recipe for success in the hospitality industry.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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