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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 4, 2023
World Series-winning mental performance coach is Tampa tech giant’s secret weapon

A real emphasis on mental performance in the workplace has provided both a seen and an unseen boost at ReliaQuest.

  • Leadership
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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 16, 2025
Manatee receives threat of litigation over increased impact fees

Freedom Housing Alliance Inc. says the impact fee increase — it could go from $13,442 for a house to more than $33,000 — violates state statute.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2004
In the Clear?

Ex-Hillsborough County Attorney Emeline C. Acton avoids criminal prosecution. But her husband says the ailing lawyer has other things to worry about.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2008
Coffee Talk

Man chamber seeks menbers: Guys, this could be a chamber for you.Amscot not roiled by down economy: The slower economy hasn't stopped people from cashing checks, and that pleases Ian MacKechnieHome swap interest on the rise: When David Moskowitz created a Web site early last year to assist people looking to trade homesExercise the body, grow the profits: A Harvard MBA and management experience can be valuable to a Gulf Coast CEO. But what's just as valuable?And the coveted Stevie award goes to...: If the Oscars and the Grammys have left you with a bout of award envy, worry no moreBonita Bay Group's Hendry projects delayed: The housing bust that is gripping Southwest Florida is pushing back some of developer Bonita Bay Group's plans for residential communities in eastern Lee and Hendry counties.It's only rock n' roll, but we like it: Put away the motivational posters. Reconsider the free monthly back massages in the break room. Another team building exercise on the ropes course?CLW takes stand for heart health: The employees of CLW Real Estate Services Group in Tampa are no strangers to the danger caused by heart disease.Existing-home prices in Naples fall 29% Talk about an eye-popper.Calling Florida entrepreneurs

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 13, 2023
City rejects Tampa synagogue, residential tower plan

Despite multiple changes, city council doesn't believe the project is compatible with the neighborhood.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2006
Wanted Geek Culture

Skip the business card exchanges and formal networking events, says Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. Focus on events for geeks to "talk tech" if the Tampa Bay area wants to become part of the newer Web 2.0 community.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2007
A Shark Tale

Jim DePorre turned his personal adversityinto an American success story by balancing risks. He leans more toward taking them.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 5, 2007
Pump Pocket 'Mompreneurs'

Two Wesley Chapel moms start a business to help diabetic children after seeing the clothing challenges firsthand. The business is taking off.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 16, 2012
Connect with Everybody

Jeremy Sposato couldn't find the software tools he needed to run his residential real estate business. So he built his own.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 6, 2020
Retail entrepreneur, philanthropist, dies at 70

Bill Robinson had a business career in three acts.

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  • By Jennifer Fowler-Hermes, Board Certified Labor and Employment Attorney, Williams Parker |
  • May 6, 2019
NAVIGATING THE FMLA MAZE

NAVIGATING THE FMLA MAZE

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2019
Firm builds big business off teardowns

The teardown trend continues unabated at Perrone Construction.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 27, 2019
Multifamily firm builds on Florida momentum

NRP Group has been in the state for nearly a decade.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • January 13, 2017
Diving in

When lawyer and executive Geoff Young gets away, he really gets away.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 24, 2017
Long division

Consumers, merchants, developers and investors alike are differentiating between quality retail properties and marginal ones.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • February 24, 2017
'On the map'

Entrepreneur Stephen Schrutt has opened four restaurant concepts in St. Petersburg in the last five years. It's part of a plan to create a destination block.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • February 24, 2017
A long road

Woodruff & Sons doesn't shy away from complicated construction projects. It's a formula that's worked for seven decades.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • June 23, 2017
Ice Cream for a Cause

A Dairy Queen franchisee answers to a higher calling, beyond customers and employees.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 4, 2014
Patient Money

After a decade of effort, Rich Galvano is about to see his Fort Myers commercial development project come to fruition.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 27, 2016
Go deep

Football brought land brokers David Hitchcock and Clay Taylor together. They have stayed through a lot of deals.

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