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  • By James R. |
  • March 27, 2015
BRANDSTORM: When does a brand lose its cool?

With a focus on customer service and treating its employees well, JetBlue used to be a model for how to build a loyal following. What happened?

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 9, 2023
While one potential negative sign looms, Florida remains a population boom state

The number of people moving into Florida, a net positive, has slowed, according to a report — but so too has the number of people leaving.

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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • September 24, 2009
Inventing a Market

Triad Digital Media is thriving off of its novel approach to online advertising. By placing ads on websites where people already plan to spend money, Triad's clients get a dramatically higher return on their advertising investment.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 27, 2012
Motor On

A Gulf Coast entrepreneur followed his passion, motorcycles, in his latest business venture. Now his prediction of pent-up demand has started to roar true.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 15, 2018
Sarasota Memorial board votes to buy former newspaper office $11.83 million

Sarasota Memorial Hospital's board votes Oct. 15 to buy the former Herald-Tribune Media Group at 1741 Main St. in downtown Sarasota.

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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • June 19, 2015
Venture awaits

Who needs Silicon Valley? Ballast Point Ventures find success far from venture capital hot spots.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 25, 2015
Juicy strategy

Automation, by way of survival, is the big mission for Wish Farms in 2016. The project is off to a sweet start.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 5, 2026
Florida ranks No. 2 among growth states for 2025

The Sunshine State was a hot destination for inbound migration in 2025, according to do-it-yourself moving company U-Haul.

  • Florida
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • January 6, 2026
Builder to bring more than 2,250 homes to Southwest Florida

Taylor Morrison has purchased two properties for future Esplanade communities — one on Oil Well Road in Naples and the other off Corkscrew Road in Estero.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2004
Legal Briefs (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Stetson names Dickerson dean of law schoolPro bono legal work on the rise in FloridaFirm announces new, redesigned Web siteWomen lawyers promote ERAFowler White attorney to chair nursing home litigation seminar

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 13, 2005
Newsmakers (Sara/Mana)

Newsmaker is available free of charge.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 18, 2011
Up to Speed

Lee Paul and Derek Maciak help information technology departments at large companies write better software programs more quickly. Surround Technologies' revenues will double this year and maybe again in '12.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2021
Former NFL player to oversee new branch for underserved market

The bank branch will be the first of its kind for the community.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 8, 2017
Are rich people different?

'It came down to two competing versions of what happened.'

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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • April 13, 2026
TGH nurses take time back with AI-powered listening tech

The app-based program listens to patients describe their symptoms and converts those conversations into specialty-specific clinical summaries in seconds.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 23, 2026
Report: Florida leads nation in new business creation

Nearly 700,000 new businesses were formed in Florida in 2025, a new report says.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2008
Stabilized Success

All it took was two years - and a crafty $20 million risk - for Ken Sanborn to turn his company from a $5 million small business to a $150 million-plus juggernaut. Up next: Managing it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 21, 2005
BusTracker

Sarasota serial tech-entrepreneur Brad Baker is back again with a new company that monitors the whereabouts of school buses.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 31, 2023
$100,000 investment puts 18 students through construction trades training

The majority received job offers before even completing the program.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 15, 2005
Newsmakers (Sara/Mana)

Newsmakers is available free of charge.

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