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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 4, 2015
Get linked

Social media site LinkedIn is a great way to find the right people, but then you have to be persistent with follow-up phone calls and personal visits.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2004
Risk Management

How the lawyer who runs the world's largest municipal law office saves New York City millions of dollars.

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 5, 2018
2018: ISSUES TO WATCH

Florida' west coat is primed and ready for the new year.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2014
Naples film studio expands

Naples-based ITZ Studios acquired the former headquarters of Univision in New Jersey.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 13, 2005
Made in China

China is taking on Detroit with its new line of luxury automobiles at affordable prices. Sarasota's Bill Fisher is part of the Chery movement.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 10, 2025
Sarasota nonprofit CEO on quest to visit every national park across US

Harvest House CEO Erin Minor says seeing one national park made her want to check out them all.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By John Haughey |
  • May 11, 2018
Tampa Bay lands more validation as a rising star of the South

Fort Lauderdale-based Sheltair has big hopes with its Tampa expansion.

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  • By Alicia Ceccarelli |
  • June 9, 2017
School Session

The education market is ripe for technological disruption. An enterprising techie hopes to be a big part of the shift.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 17, 2022
Jewelry store owner goes digging for gold — in Alaska

Barry Nicholls has been in the jewelry business for 40 years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 22, 2012
Eat it Up

The plan behind a restaurant expansion was to fit a lot into a little. It worked.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2020
Beverage firm sells coffee, tea operations for $405 million

Tampa, Fla.-based Cott Corp. has sold its S&D Coffee and Tea division, for $405 million, to North Little Rock, Ark.-based Westrock Coffee Co. LLC.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2020
Company offers hurricane protection systems for nurses

Storm Smart announced the initiative May 12, Nurses Day.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2018
Trade mission to Chile nets more than $3M in export sales

Global Tampa Bay, previously known as the Tampa Bay Export Alliance, hosted a trade mission in October to Santiago, Chile, that has produced $3.35 million in future sales and economic activity for participating companies.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 12, 2018
Bridge the divide

MacDill units start new community relations program.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • February 27, 2024
Three-day tech startup weekend program headed to region

Techstars Startup Weekend Tampa Bay, an event for aspiring regional entrepreneurs, will return in partnership with the University of South Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 22, 2025
Historic St. Petersburg dog track sold

The St. Petersburg Kennel Club has merged with a private equity firm and taken a $58.2 million mortgage on the property.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 23, 2014
Neutral Zone

Naples physician Michael Dent is building a website that will bring together sellers and buyers of non-acute medical supplies. It's a hugely complex business.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 4, 2011
A Side of 'Won't Stop'

A pair of burger entrepreneurs have run into a stale story — financing challenges. They plan to attack it with a fresh strategy.

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  • By Amanda Heisey |
  • December 21, 2012
Companies give back by hiring

In December, it's common for businesses to give back to the community in various ways from toy collections to monetary donations. Winter holidays make people want to help others, but there's a way to give back to the community throughout the year many businesses haven't considered.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 31, 2026
Naples man faces decades in prison for cheating elderly woman

A phony contractor pleaded guilty in federal court to scamming the woman out of more than $1.2 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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