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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 21, 2024
Texas investor buys Venice medical building for $34.3 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Tampa gets new retailers, Bradenton gets a new hotel, and Naples gets a new upscale eatery.

  • Florida
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • October 15, 2024
Tampa attorney gives youth in foster care hand with new app

Taylor Sartor takes an innovative approach to helping young people in the foster care system know their rights.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 10, 2009
Smaller is Better

Few banks on the Gulf Coast showed a profit so far this year. But small community banks make up a disproportionate share of those that made money in the second quarter.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2006
Family success

The Pezeshkan family name is well-known in construction circles in Naples. Another Pezeshkan has made his mark in the architectural field and offers lessons for succession planning.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2008
Fountain Fantastic

Going from $6 million in annual revenues to a projected $30 million in two years - even in this economy - can be done. Rigorous employee training is essential.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 17, 2006
Pint-sized Dealmakers

Enterprise Village gives children a chance to be a business-owner and a consumer. And companies like Bank of America and Outback get a chance to reach future customers.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 9, 2006
Reduced Risk

Utilizing a niche in the market, a pair of Sarasota money managers has discovered a way to invest without obsessing over the daily Wall Street news barrage.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2003
The Schiavo Case: No Mercy in Florida

A lot is riding on this case. The sad truth is many practitioners of bioethics, medicine and law no longer believe that people like Terri Schiavo are fully human. A prescription for moral freefall?

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 30, 2010
Contrary Moves

Rob Smithson redefined his personal fight against the recession through a serious of calculated, expensive, risks. Some of the gambles have started to pay off.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 29, 2013
Flower Power

A.P. Hollingsworth initially sought to grow a barbecue-sauce business. But he instead combined a passion for orchids with a fearless entrepreneurial spirit to build a longstanding flower company.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • April 22, 2011
Tourism Tug-of-War

Tourism officials say legislative proposals to move Visit Florida back to state control jeopardizes private investment and the $61 billion industry.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 28, 2012
Stay Simple

A former NBC creative director says marketing a product or service shouldn't be complicated. One key to success: Tear down internal silos — immediately.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • February 11, 2011
Bedside Advocate

Jim Wilkes has a national reputation for fighting nursing homes who favor cash over care. Industry watchers call him a 'holy terror,' though he doesn't care much for the term.

  • Industries
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  • By Chuck Merlis |
  • October 9, 2025
Jake Halusic, 36

40 Under 40 winner Jake Halusic is founder and CEO of Trofeo.

  • Class of 2025
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  • By Amanda Postma, Brian Hartz and Louis Llovio |
  • February 3, 2022
Affordable housing crisis continues as many search for answers

The affordable housing predicament has reached crisis level for many in the region. Some creative leaders, in business and government, are on the front lines of delivering sustainable solutions.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • August 17, 2018
We recommend …

Florida voters often know little about their state constitutional office candidates. Perhaps our rating system can offer some insight.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 24, 2017
The Governor v. The Speaker

Don't let the dispute over Enterprise Florida devolve to the level of Washington politics. Be statesmen.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • September 22, 2023
Fourth-generation leather goods manufacturer eyes expansion

Some well-timed shifts in mindset while maintaining its customer-centric model has led luggage and bag manufacturer Korchmar to new growth opportunities.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 5, 2024
Former St. Pete state senator targets big changes in Tallahassee

A pair of policy-first leaders look to inject a sense of strategy into the chaos that often dominates in Tallahassee through a nonprofit think tank and policy bank, the Florida Policy Project.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 24, 2024
Sprouts makes headway in Florida’s Publix-dominated market

Arizona natural food grocer Sprouts Farmers Market is carving out a niche for itself in the state — even in the shadow of Publix, the 10,000-pound elephant.

  • Florida
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