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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • January 15, 2024
Tampa real estate branding entrepreneur sells firm but isn't retiring

Longtime real estate branding and marketing entrepreneur Nancy Walker recently sold her business to two employees.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 13, 2021
Developer believes corporations obligated to give back

Jared Meyers is pushing the idea of B Corps to get businesses to give back more to their communities.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • December 10, 2025
Officials deny east Manatee grocery store, storage facility proposal

Two Manatee commissioners cite flooding concerns. “It floods out there if you spit in the street,” commissioner Bob McCann said.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 24, 2022
Strong brew: Brothers bring disruptive, creative mindset to coffee startup

Hogg Batch Coffee Co., with its emphasis on experimentation, was bent but not broken by the pandemic. Its quick-thinking founders are now poised for big growth — and the challenges that can come with it.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 4, 2006
A Gradual Success

By regularly changing their approach, Lori and Juan Davis are growing their clothing company, even as the U.S. apparel industry shrinks. The business is building a new facility to expand capacity.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 29, 2005
Legal Bloggers

Local lawyers say they publish weblogs for fun. But it also seems to help business.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 14, 2008
Ship Shape

Bill Michel's thriving boat parts company is stillgrowing in an industry that is rapidly doing the opposite. Accepting, not fighting, change has been a big key.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 30, 2010
Kick the Glass

The recession is a daily do or die battle for many Gulf Coast business owners. That's just fine for entrepreneur Steve Schwartz, who actually used to fight for a living.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 20, 2012
Stuck on Stucky

Boosted by the economic recovery, a group backed by a Taiwanese entrepreneur tries to resuscitate the Robb & Stucky brand.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 28, 2014
Flex casual

Naples Flatbread promises an efficient and flexible operation to franchisees. It took Ralph Desiano five years to perfect the concept.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 2, 2016
Do it like Disney

In his book, management consultant Bill Capodagli shares some of the secrets of Disney to help entrepreneurs and managers tackle some of today's most vexing business challenges.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 21, 2024
Bradenton officials pass after-midnight alcohol sales ordinance

Amid concerns over public safety, the City Council passed an ordinance modeled after a similar one in Orlando passed last year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 17, 2005
First Quarter Blitz

Gulf Coast banks and thrifts grew substantially during the first three months of this year. Many profited from that growth.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Automotive Management buys 15 acres on Pine RidgeSouth Dakota's Summit Group plans Fort Myers Hyatt PlaceMonmouth Real Estate buys Charlotte FedEx warehouseTA Associates fund acquires 210 WatermarkChanges in Latitude buys Siesta Key StorageCorona family invests in Peridia office buildingSea Crest Apartments sells for $8.2 millionGentile Group buys 11 Wyndham propertiesTwo partners buy Port Richey Comfort Inn

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 4, 2008
Bond Buyers

Forget stocks. Bonds are where the action is this year. Wasmer, Schroeder & Co. is one of the most skillful at picking fixed-income investments.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 14, 2021
Firm stays ahead of competitors to provide clean air technology

A pre-pandemic move from military clients to general commercialization pays off for one fast-acting firm. ‘The two most important things we can be doing as a company is innovating and marketing’ one executive says.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 3, 2022
Environmental group offers a different take on land deals

While developers and homebuilders jockey for available land, another group is hard at work on its mission preserving sensitive lands.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 6, 2006
Corporate Report

Read the latest briefs on companies in the Gulf Coast region for free.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2009
Government Digest

A look at government events from around the Gulf Coast

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2003
Free Press

This week's items: Home Discovere Real Estate Services Corp. usuals unique pitchNaple's Quarles & Brady LLP relocatingUNI/CARE Systems providing finger-print securityFlorida ranks fifth in business environment and more...

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