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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 31, 2017
Better Together

The complexities of delivering health care can drive people bonkers. A startup dotted with All-Star executives aims to heal their pain.

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  • By Ted Carter |
  • June 16, 2017
Signs are Changing

Mergers are coming fast and furious for Florida community banks. The strategy behind the moves comes down to the latest industry truism: Size matters.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 14, 2017
Green for Green

Atlantic American Partners has created a niche using a sophisticated fund model fueled by immigrant dollars to finance Gulf Coast real estate.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • July 21, 2017
Play it Cool

The next generation of company leadership at Air & Energy has a lot to live up to.

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  • November 17, 2017
Economic Forecast 2018 - Sarasota and Manatee

After a good year, the area will continue to be strong

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • May 23, 2014
Flood of Risks

Paresh Patel is a risk-taker, so he wasn't scared of taking on Florida's property insurance market. Now the engineer-turned-CEO focuses on maintaining growth.

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  • May 6, 2016
Beacon of light

Insurance, for many companies, has become a commodity. Bill Taulbee and his colleagues are out to change that narrative.

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  • March 25, 2016
The promise

With his mom's legacy close by, entrepreneur Patrick Bismuth brings an agile approach to the crowded senior living sector.

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  • November 6, 2015
Cleaning up

Michelle Spitzer bought into a cleaning franchise after she already built her business. The neat move — it cost $1 — has paid big-time dividends.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 27, 2015
Ride into the future

A sports facility with a big role in tourism plans to spend $1 million on improvements. The plans face some potential hurdles, including a lack of high-end hotel rooms.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 8, 2025
Kristy Craig Anderson went from home staging out of a garage to a $10M firm

"There are so many things about being a business founder entrepreneur that are rewarding. The biggest for me … is this idea that you're creating something from nothing." –Kristy Craig Anderson, Dwell & Co.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 9, 2024
Gigi Rogers' concept for high-end convenience stores is catching on

"My ideas were rather foreign to the management that was in place then. I would say I climbed Mount Everest in order to get my concept past the management that was in place. It was not an easy task." –Gigi Rogers, Rogers Market

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • May 9, 2024
Daniel Lubner adapted to staff ideas and energy to build $100M firm

"When you're starting a new venture, the definition of success is survival. That’s all you’re trying to do in those early years. You're trying to make payroll and live to fight another two weeks." –Daniel Lubner, Clive Daniel Home

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 23, 2023
Despite advances in technology, shoppers still like stores

Retailers with smart and dynamic strategies — and a penchant for being nimble — can win the battle between online and brick-and-mortar shopping.

  • Florida
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 22, 2019
Property pros: Savvy firm uncovers value in unexpected places

In just eight years, EquiAlt, a privately held, Tampa, Florida-based property investment and management firm, has amassed more than $150 million in assets, specializing in distressed properties.

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  • December 6, 2023
Bloomin' Brands looks to address activist investors and woo customers

Outback’s parent company, Bloomin' Brands, has come out of the pandemic a leaner company, but a decline in customers has some investors and analysts worried.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • April 5, 2024
Eager entrepreneurs aim to shake up the Tampa networking scene

Skip the chicken dinners. Pass on old-style meet-and-greets. An energetic group of young Tampa entrepreneurs are out to change the way networking is done.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 27, 2026
Exclusive club complements developer's Sarasota evolution vision

Already expanding before it opens, 1000 North augments the vision of developer Kevin Daves to make Sarasota among the country's "most refined" cities.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2018
Big call: Local companies receive retail giant's blessing

Walmart's fifth annual open call competition was a success for three Gulf Coast companies that will soon find their products on the retail giant's shelves.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 16, 2022
Chef returns home to Tampa with modern Chinese concept

Richard Hales promised his mother he'd return to Tampa to open his own restaurant. Just 25 years later, he's finally fulfilled that promise.

  • Entrepreneurs
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