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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 15, 2014
Hiring Dad

Hiring his father to deliver prescription drugs for Cypress Pharmacy was one of TJ DePaola's best business decisions.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 25, 2014
Grand Poobah

Samantha Scott says she's gotten better at figuring out the work-life balance.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 6, 2013
Shirt Success

A traveling sales couple spends half the year on the road, where it's more grind than glamour. They always pack their sense of humor.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2004
Forrest Gump Rodriguez?

Naivete, hard work, salesmanship and meetings are the keystones for Henry Rodriguez's commercial development style.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 3, 2004
Chamber's No. 2 to Retire

Say goodbye to Bill Couch, the Sarasota Chamberis senior vice president. Heis leaving after two decades.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • March 1, 2023
Turned Tides: Employers feeling privileged that employees even glance their way

At the FIBA Shifting Trends event on Tuesday, hospitality industry experts shared insights into how to deal with the latest shift in recruiting.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 15, 2022
Disrupter creates 'Uber for nurses' to fight staffing challenges

Gale Healthcare Solutions creator Tony Braswell, the recipient of a major award for entrepreneurs, is "scary passionate" about solving the nation’s nurse shortage.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 22, 2005
Foreclosure?

Gulfcoast Legal Services lost $1 million in federal grant money last year. Now a federal agency wants its St. Petersburg property.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 8, 2012
Dependable Drains

For one Gulf Coast firm, fewer homebuyers potentially translates to more business. Now all it has to do is capitalize on the opportunity.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 30, 2024
Landlords left unpaid, with empty storefronts as bankruptcies rise

Commercial bankruptcies jumped 40% last year, leaving many landlords to deal with the consequences of a complicated process.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2008
Designated Hitter

Glenn Selig left a career as a TV anchorman and reporter to become an entrepreneur helping clients get covered in the media.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 26, 2013
Senior priority

The lack of new senior housing and the growing demand is pushing development in Southwest Florida. Financing is the only thing holding it back.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 30, 2025
Sarasota County holds final meeting at downtown offices

With staff having vacated in preparation for the final move to its new center, the Sarasota County Commission gaveled out its final meeting at Ringling Blvd.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • January 13, 2022
Realtor turns New York City Marathon into an annual affair

Connie Lyke-Brown hasn't missed a New York City Marathon since 1978 — and that includes a bout with cancer. She's nowhere near ready to throw the towel in.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 29, 2017
We're Main Street; not 'mainstream'

The national news media have smeared all of journalism, while the media tech giants admit they 'are destroying how society works.' Whom can you trust? Some of us still place a high value on credibility, reliability and trustworthiness.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2014
Corporate report

SRN, Atlanta's D-Unity Group agrees to barrier reselling deal; Vology raises $40 million in new financing; St. Petersburg's Uptown Title joins Florida Agency Network; and more corporate news.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 24, 2024
USF's $42M Sarasota-Manatee residence hall nears completion

Building the hall and student center on the small, 32-acre campus proved a challenge — but a challenge that officials say is well worth it.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 31, 2004
Firms Plan for Growth

Law firms from Sarasota to Tampa forecast strong demand for their services in 2005.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 8, 2019
A Case for New

Mercedes Scientific's new Lakewood Ranch headquarters has meant greater efficiency, breathing room and improved morale for the medical supply firm.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 16, 2025
Sales and construction to start on $350M Naples condo, marina project

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a new aquatic center to be built in Bradenton, the Rays are upgrading their stadium, and a new subdivision will be built in Pasco.

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