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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • April 15, 2011
Beyond the (e)Bay

Triad Retail Media struck its biggest online advertising deal yet with the popular merchandising site eBay. The company's founder views it as a gateway to a $50 billion marketplace.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 15, 2012
Snap Success

Rejecting naysayers can be the toughest part of turning an invention into commercial success. One determined entrepreneur pulled it off.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 12, 2012
Good Vision

Retina Health Center in Fort Myers is an incubator of new ideas to make medicine better for patients.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 5, 2021
The future of retail is in question at one of Tampa's oldest malls

As the massive transformation project at University Mall continues, its leaders are also thinking philosophically: what does the mall of the future look like?

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 25, 2020
Industrial Juggernaut

In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic — or perhaps even because of it — distribution space in along the Interstate 4 corridor is flourishing

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 28, 2020
Survey highlights business damage, anxieties about ending shutdown

The topic of when to reopen is a hot one among business owners and executives.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 29, 2018
Mercury Advisors saw opportunity in Tampa's Channel District early

Mercury Advisors' belief in the Channel District dates back to 2003, long before it developed the two-building Grand Central at Kennedy or the 22-story Channel Club.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Adam Flood, 32

Manager of process excellence, LeeSar

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 29, 2017
We're Main Street; not 'mainstream'

The national news media have smeared all of journalism, while the media tech giants admit they 'are destroying how society works.' Whom can you trust? Some of us still place a high value on credibility, reliability and trustworthiness.

  • Opinion
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 19, 2014
Find the people

Companies say it's getting harder to find qualified employees in Southwest Florida, but Alta Resources is hiring another 800 people in Fort Myers.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 26, 2016
Fringe benefit

One property owner in the middle of Collier County's rural fringe made enough money selling his development rights he took early retirement. It's how the system is supposed to work.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 7, 2014
Get a Dell, dude

A Gulf Coast technology hardware firm is on a five-year growth surge. It's a long way from selling computer servers out of a backyard shed.

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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • April 17, 2015
Unfriendly fraud

Online retailers lose nearly $12 billion annually in credit card chargebacks. A Clearwater firm found a solution, and turned it into a fast-growth business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 28, 2024
Manatee County entrepreneur buys 333 rural acres for $2.5M

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a self-storage company is building six facilities, St. Petersburg apartment complex The Drake sold, and a boutique hotel is scheduled to open this fall in Naples.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 13, 2024
Former Navy SEAL invests $1M in Sarasota-Manatee fitness franchise

Behind a "never complain and never quit" disposition, Jeff Moore seeks a business legacy not of sales records and awards but of developing other leaders. "I'm all go, no stop. All gas, no brakes."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 25, 2025
More than 550 multifamily units proposed for North Trail in Sarasota

A developer has had a pre-application conference with city staff for a planned 300-unit complex between 17th and 18th streets along North Tamiami Trail.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 19, 2025
Boston restaurant chain opens new Naples location

Kelly’s Roast Beef now has two restaurants in Naples with others on the Gulf Coast in development.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • November 1, 2023
Luxury resort manager details how property will create town's 'living room’

St. Regis Longboat Key General Manager Winfred Van Workum sheds light on the service and amenities needed to make it a Forbes Five-Star property.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 12, 2023
Sofia Gonzalez, 33

A marketing entrepreneur says helping other business grow is "where my heart is."

  • Class of 2023
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 8, 2023
Local company's revenue drops 16% after Facebook hack

Now the marketing director is worried they'll lose their 41,000 followers with Facebook not taking the claim seriously.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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