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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 3, 2010
Gym Strategy

Gail Markham is a partner at Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Co., P.A., in Fort Myers and Naples.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • July 16, 2010
Storm Warning

Resuming play after a year off, the Tampa Bay Storm is rolling toward another possible ArenaBowl championship. Outside the Forum, a former team owner is not happy with the way things have gone.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 27, 2010
Beyond eBay

Gulf Coast entrepreneur Jim Moore finally launched a Web site for his $20 million business after years of resistance. It was a lucrative move.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 3, 2013
Reverse the Bleed

A big-thinking mobile health technology entrepreneur aims to eradicate the issue of brain drain, one college grad at a time.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • March 18, 2011
Relighting the Cigar

Over the last decade, Centro Ybor has seen highs and lows as a retail and entertainment complex. The addition of an office element is helping the site as the economy recovers.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 21, 2012
Corporate Report: December 21

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 4, 2013
Save Up

An ultra-crowded industry didn't scare off Gerrid Smith. He aims to translate bravery — and a charity-focused business model — into success.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 4, 2013
China by Internet

Can you build a product in China without ever setting foot there? Just ask entrepreneur Simon Morris.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 28, 2011
'A Marvelous Career'

Roxie Jerde turned from the greeting cards business to philanthropy. Turns out some of the challenges are the same.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 28, 2011
Chocolate Trust

Philip Fincher gave up a lucrative career in estate-planning law to indulge in a secret passion for desserts. Now, he buys chocolate by the ton.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Lindsey Nickel-de |
  • March 13, 2013
StartUp Bus: The ups and downs of building a small business

After five days of competing in two startup competitions — pitch and interactive — as part of the StartupBus experience, Storedrobe didn't fare too badly. We might not have made it to the Pitch semifinals, but we ranked fifth in the interactive competition, scoring close to 1,800 points!

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  • By Denise Kalette |
  • March 22, 2013
Powering Ahead

St. Petersburg-based Power Design expects its revenue to jump 40% this year. It's summoning electricians from across the country to tackle new projects.

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  • March 29, 2013
Corporate Report: March 29

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Lindsey Nickel-de |
  • March 5, 2013
StartupBus Day 2: Asylum

Day two has been aptly named Asylum, not because of the absence of Wi-Fi, or the fact that most us us are working on three hours of sleep, or even that we are on a bus with 20 unique personalities 16 hours a day — those are not the things making us crazy. No, its because we literally stayed in an asylum last night in New Orleans.

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  • By Janet Leiser |
  • June 28, 2013
Chasing the dream

Don't look for Chuck Prather to part with the Birchwood Inn in the near future. The developer has a new calling as an innkeeper.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 6, 2011
What would Ayn Rand say?

From high-speed rail to Jackson Laboratory and the Boston Red Sox spring training stadium, Florida politicians and bureaucrats keep meddling in the markets, says Yaron Brook. His message: Get out of the way and let entrepreneurs fuel the recovery.

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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 9, 2011
Sinkhole Sages

Two former construction workers dug into an unwelcoming industry at the start of the recession. Their keen intuition helped them find success in the sinkhole business.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 11, 2011
Conditioned for Success

Unscrupulous operators plague the air-conditioning contracting industry, but Theodore Etzel III is raising the bar. Revenues grew 35% last year.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 20, 2011
The Egg Man

Craig Sweet, a Fort Myers fertility doctor, says there's a business solution to abandoned embryos. He's encouraging their owners to donate them to his company.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 27, 2011
Steak and sizzle

Commercial real estate brokers Randy Mercer and Stan Stouder converted a steakhouse into office space. The effort proved successful, but took longer than expected.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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