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  • By Denise Kalette |
  • November 23, 2012
No Barriers

A government consulting duo turns rejection into a multimillion-dollar business. Using its employees' expertise to find new opportunities, it's poised to grow.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 28, 2023
The Rolling Stones turn to Pasco County distillery for new rum

The Point Distillery will produce the iconic rock band's new spirit at its 30,000-square-foot facility in New Port Richey.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2015
Mom bests daughter

Sara Rose Bytnar, a Naples-based auctioneer who won the Florida auctioneer championship in 2014, passed her title recently — to her mother.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2013
Island hotel biz books one of its best years ever

Exec says one property's bookings are “off the charts.”

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • September 9, 2020
Publix and its GreenWise stores go after hydroponics in big ways

The Lakeland-based grocery giant is targeting customers who want fresh, local products.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 31, 2020
Area companies seek to hire laid off, furloughed people

Advocate Health Advisors and Vi at Bentley Village in Naples are both looking to boost payrolls.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2014
Luxury market roars back

A relic of days gone by — the multimillion-dollar spec house — has garnered more attention from Gulf Coast homebuilders.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 11, 2024
Pounded twice but Lee waterfront restaurant ‘ain’t giving up’

The Mucky Duck promises to come back.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 4, 2012
Top Salespeople: The Storyteller

One of the more longstanding businesses on the Gulf Coast, a yacht club, was in dire need of membership boost. It took an unconventional route.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 20, 2018
Business leaders take ballpark pitch to the people

Jason Woody, a leader of the Tampa Bay Rays 100, a group of business leaders supporting the team's bid for a new ballpark, spoke to community groups about the project and how it could be financed.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2009
Madness to the Method

There is a cottage industry of consultantsand others built around impact fees. Should the "art" of regulatory fees be regulated?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2018
Report: finding — and keeping — top salespeople is getting harder

Some 20% of a company’s salespeople account for more than half a company’s revenues.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 30, 2020
Area firm CFO resigns six weeks after getting the job, loses bonus

Kenny Cheung becomes the third Hertz CFO since mid-August.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 18, 2022
Survey says: 93% of architects optimistic about development economy

Architects upbeat about the construction industry in 2022.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 13, 2013
Tampa TV news station returns to Sarasota-Bradenton

WFLA-TV will have a locally based reporter for the first time since 2011.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2017
Airline to add routes to L.A., Vegas in spring

Spirit will offer the new daily, year-round service at Tampa International Airport beginning in April.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 16, 2019
Bolder shoulder: Prosthetic device fuels big growth for medical tech startup

Dr. Steven Goldberg, founder of Naples-based Catalyst OrthoScience, has developed a new prosthetic device that can vastly improve shoulder reconstruction surgeries.

  • Healthcare
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 8, 2013
Take it home

CEOs used to move to Southwest Florida to get away from it all. Now, they're bringing their businesses, too.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 28, 2024
Sarasota real estate firm promotes new office, AI at annual meeting

Michael Saunders & Co. focused on new developments in the industry and company during its annual meeting.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • April 30, 2010
Turning Tables

Beef 'O' Brady's, a mainstay among Gulf Coast sports fans for nearly 25 years, finds itself going head to head more with national casual dining chains during the downturn. Will a new CEO help?

  • Strategies
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