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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • November 5, 2009
Preventive Care

It seems like common sense. The point of hiring an IT expert is to save money on technology costs. But according to Terry Hedden, that's not always how it works. He says it all comes down to incentives, and that his company has the right ones in place.

  • Strategies
  • By Jay Brady |
  • December 17, 2009
Government Digest 12/18/09

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 21, 2010
The Write Stuff

The art of getting stories printed in newspapers and magazines has long confounded many small business owners and entrepreneurs. Ron Smith is trying to turn it into a science.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 16, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: Sept. 16

Regional business news at a glance.

  • News
  • By Dan Ping |
  • July 15, 2011
Good Times

A German restaurateur says the best way to sell more sausage is to make sure your customers have a great time. The proof is in his sales, which have grown 10 times his first year's revenues.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 26, 2013
Corporate Report: July 26

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2012
Corporate Report: July 6

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 15, 2022
Hospital to pay $5.5M to settle improper Medicaid payments case

Case, for which hospital officials attribute to difference of interpretation of Medicaid rules, dates back to 2014 and 2015.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 26, 2018
Mike Griffin, 37

Senior managing director, Savills Studley Occupier Services

  • Class of 2018
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 30, 2018
The shipping news: behind the scenes of a Manatee County economic engine

Port Manatee is a thriving economic engine for Manatee County. Considered a full-service port facility, which means it offers ship repair and fabrication, in addition to cargo services, Port Manatee had operating revenues of $13.72 million in fiscal 2017.

  • Industries
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 2, 2013
Corporate Report: Nov. 29

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 13, 2013
Startup Power

Women rank woefully behind men in receiving startup capital to fund a new company or idea. A Gulf Coast entrepreneur seeks to sack that dynamic.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 15, 2016
Commercial Real Estate Q&A: Lee Arnold

Continuing a trend toward corporate consolidation in the region's commercial real estate industry, Colliers International Tampa Bay, Central & Southwest Florida — a firm whose roots trace back to 1974, when CEO Lee Arnold founded his first brokerage operation — announced earlier this month that it has been acquired by Colliers International Group Inc., a publicly held company with more than 500 offices worldwide.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 25, 2025
Downtown Sarasota redevelopment to carry Waldorf Astoria brand

Waldorf Astoria Residences was named as the redevelopment of the Zenith tower at Five Points. The mixed-use project will include seven attainable housing units.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • December 2, 2025
Pair of uber-luxury beachfront condos in Naples listed for $35M each

Units at Olana Naples Residences include chefs, butlers and sommeliers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • March 7, 2023
Sarasota law firm embraces growth to achieve top tier status

For a while, the founders of what's now Bentley Goodrich Kison resisted big-time growth. Not anymore.

  • Law
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 9, 2022
Chicken sandwich-making sisters go from porch to nearly $1 million business

With a counterintuitive approach — what business plan? — two sisters find fast success by sticking to one key nugget: give customers what they want, with good service.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2008
The Right Balance

Doubling the size of a retail operation during an economic downturn takes a few essentials. Capital, for one. Experience helps, too. The biggest factor? Guts.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 30, 2021
Human resource outsourcing firm stays constantly busy

Integrity Employee Leasing is preparing itself for another busy year in 2022.

  • Strategies
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 4, 2014
Sweet Lou

Buying insurance can be confusing, if not maddening. One executive aims to take away the pain, an approach that clearly works: Annual premiums at his firm are up almost 60% since 2011.

  • Strategies
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