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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • September 23, 2021
Entrepreneurs excited about potential for cannabis café concept

Starting not only a new business, but also a new niche, has taught some bold Southwest Florida entrepreneurs an important lesson: from cops to clients, customer education is an ongoing task.

  • Strategies
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 7, 2021
Nelson Taylor, 34

Real estate guru Nelson Taylor's exhaustive research has become invaluable to colleagues at his firm, LSI Companies Inc.

  • Class of 2021
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 12, 2023
Matthew Ram, 37

A hotel acquisitions executive leans on experience in a tough market.

  • Class of 2023
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 12, 2023
Ashley Dietz, 37

An Australian adventure set the tone for an exec’s fast-moving nonprofit career.

  • Class of 2023
  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 10, 2024
Nate Walcker, 38

40 Under 40 winner Nate Walcker is the CEO of Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute.

  • Class of 2024
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 25, 2023
Local FPL exec fills predecessor’s role with aplomb

With the pandemic in its infancy in summer 2020, Devaney Iglesias took on a big task: taking over a high-profile position for a retiring FPL executive.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 19, 2022
Industry insiders, consumers hope for best but prep for worst as legislators tackle for property insurance crisis

The special session on property insurance is meant to bring a solution to a long-standing problem before it's too late. Will politicians act?

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Aaron Laine, Key Accounts Sales Engineer at RND & SAMA Board Member |
  • September 6, 2023
A Local Success Story... RND Automation

Back in 2005, in Bradenton, three guys followed a dream in a small shop that has now grown into a nationally known automation company.

  • Technology
Sponsored Content
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 25, 2005
Guilty as Charged

Members of the Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers learn stress-management techniques.

  • Law
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 22, 2009
Fighting legal battles and fishing

Chris Moody, once one of the rising stars of Sarasota's money-management community, has taken on a much lower profile since his onetime business partner, Arthur Nadel, was arrested on charges that he allegedly bilked hundreds of investors out of more than $300 million.

  • News
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 31, 2009
COVER UPDATE: Think Big

A $10 million biotechnology firm is counting on an ambitious expansion plan to come to fruition in 2010.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2010
Clash with McClash over Amendment 4

When two Republican county commissioners from adjacent counties faced off over proposed state constitutional Amendment 4 — a.k.a. “Hometown Democracy” — in front of the Lakewood Ranch Democrat Club, the audience knew to expect an unusual exchange.

  • News
  • 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.

  • News
  • By Janet Leiser |
  • July 12, 2013
Mixing Frozen Mojitos and Skincare

A life sciences company took on a research project far removed from its mission. The firm expects the discovery to boost its revenue and revolutionize the alcoholic dessert industry.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 29, 2021
Convention center's growth spurred by picking up events looking for a new home

Events relocating to Tampa help fuel convention center resurgence.

  • News
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 26, 2020
Cleaning companies grapple with business overload

Industrial and decontamination cleanup companies are the low-hanging fruit of business increases as the pandemic plays out.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 1, 2018
A spark of innovation gets big results

Tampa marketing firm SPARK shares how it pulled off a big win for longtime client Visit Florida.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2014
In Memoriam: John Arthur Jones 1921-2014

Tampa attorney John Arthur Jones, a World War II veteran who served under Gen. George Patton, ran tight meetings at prominent law firm Holland & Knight.

  • News
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 2, 2014
Name that Reef

An ambitious plan to build a massive network of artificial reefs off the Southwest Florida coast is becoming reality. They come with naming rights.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 21, 2009
The Invisible Entrepreneur

Companies such as Harvey Software that grease the wheels of American commerce often work quietly behind the scenes.

  • Entrepreneurs
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