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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 25, 2011
Queen of Style

Marina Zelner says department stores and many boutiques ignore the full-figured women's fashion market. She is seizing the opportunity.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2017
Michael Tollerton, 29

Operations Team Leader, Conmed Corp.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 16, 2014
Secured Success

Walt Augustinowicz captured a boom for a niche business. His next challenge is to keep it going.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 12, 2014
Bash Brothers

Succession challenges have a unique meaning at Tanner Tees, which recently shifted from a grandfather to his grandsons. The new owners have infused startup energy into a 22-year-old business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 19, 2006
They've Seen It Before

For two well-known home builders, experience of past slowdowns is an ally in the fight against the current downturn. Patience and population trends will be the savior, not excessive giveaways.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Behind The Donaldis dumpster diveLove thy neighborThe Right PriceIn search of noiseVenom ER

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 18, 2020
Firm brings pioneering transportation invention to market

After a hefty investment — $2 million over seven years — the inventors of a unique way to move shipping containers from place to place face a new, more standard challenge: sustainable sales.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 8, 2020
Landmark Reports teams with Georgia firm

Smart Real Estate Data plans to expand Landmark Reports' real estate research brand with new services, territory

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 15, 2010
The Bear Roars

An all-time golf great returned to the Gulf Coast to check out an elite course he helped design four years ago. The course remains as challenging as recruiting new members.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 1, 2012
Strong Ending

The economy didn't slow down one of the fastest-growing companies on the Gulf Coast. Next up: Dealing with more competitors.

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  • By Ted Carter |
  • April 14, 2017
Forget New York

Flightdocs expects sustained growth with new software for aircraft maintenance tracking.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 7, 2015
Corporate report

Leggett & Platt creating 100-plus jobs for Pasco; Transitions Optical launches Spanish-language Web series; Texas hospital first using Spectralink devices with Voalte; Wells Fargo names Moran Advisors Spirit Award winner; Overturf's Floor & Fabric Care acquires Greenway Carpet

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 3, 2024
C-suite shake up as Hertz COO quits and firm names third CFO in two years

The Lee County company continues to shuffle C-level executives as COO and CFO leave both after less than a year on the job.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • February 8, 2022
Behind the beans: Happy coffee guy grows grumpy-led business

Grumpy Goat Coffee keeps building buzz in Bonita Springs. One key to the early success? A willingness to find and utilize partners and collaborators.

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  • April 6, 2007
'Capitalism at Its Finest'

Small- and medium-size companies are benefiting from increased competition among Tampa Bay area banks for their business now that the housing market has slowed.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 21, 2005
Stayin' Alive

A cutting-edge biotechnology company learns there is more to building a successful company than science. Now, it's looking to grow by buying other companies.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 11, 2018
Mobile restroom business is flush with potential

The industry lacks a high-end player. An experienced — and enterprising — couple seeks to fill the void in Florida.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 16, 2022
Tampa office building sold to Zeno Office Solutions founder

A nearly 162,000-square-foot building on Hillsborough Ave. brings $23.7 million — $169 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 4, 2010
CoastOak Group, Hayman Woods will develop Connerton

Dallas-based Coast-Oak Group purchased the Connerton master-planned community for $5.6 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 24, 2013
Cash flow at sod business leads to sale

Dieter's Sod, in business for nearly 20 years, sells 75% of its ownership shares.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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