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  • By Steven Benna |
  • February 12, 2016
Corporate report

Harley dealer heads west for new store; Barbecue chain connects with baseball; Daytime cafe signs franchisee for 18 locations; Roofing company lands Tampa airport gig; Bank reports larger results; Waste collection firm names top executive

  • Strategies
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  • By Chuck Merlis |
  • October 9, 2025
Travaris Woodie, 35

40 Under 40 winner Travaris Woodie is manager at Westside Funeral Home and coach at Southeast High School Boys Basketball.

  • Class of 2025
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 3, 2026
Job cuts hit Tampa region hard as Florida sees 1,500 February layoffs

Coincidence or trend? The Tampa Bay market saw nearly 500 local layoffs announced in a matter of days in mid-February.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2010
Corporate Report: UTEK expands network, partners with MEDEC, MedilinkUK

UTEK Corp., a Tampa-based intellectual property licensing and innovation services company, will showcase its growing network of registered companies and professionals to more companies.

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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 17, 2025
$314M nonprofit charter school operator targets region for major expansion

Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk and Sarasota are on Mater Academy's list of target schools. That's a request that one Manatee County school board member says will only happen over her "dead body."

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 6, 2010
Keep the Cool

Not even a highly successful, specialized medical technology company on the Gulf Coast has been spared from some recession woes. A new top executive hopes some transformative moves will pay off.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • August 17, 2012
College Branding

The University of South Florida's College of Business needs an image makeover. Its new globe-trotting dean may be just the one to give it.

  • Strategies
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  • By Thomas P. Vartanian and William M. Isaac | Guest Columnists |
  • June 30, 2022
Time to get smart about financial technology — and how to regulate the $10T market

Regulators ignore the crypto world at their peril, contend a pair of longtime prominent industry officials and executives.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 12, 2022
Lab testing giant, approaching $500M in revenue, welcomes new CEO

NeoGenomics was under interim CEO leadership since March.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2008
In Search of Angels

Entrepreneur Pam Kauten is taking the helm of the Tampa Bay Technology Forum, and focusing on finding angel investors.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 30, 2009
Digital Med

Resource Providers Inc. helps doctors and other professionals record their notes and keep them organized electronically to eliminate paper and retrieve them faster.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 9, 2004
Free Press (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Aclarian Mortgage expands Lakewood Ranch officePGT announces winners of home showcase contestSarasota bureau seeks nominations for two awardsM&W Supply expands into retail sales business

  • News
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  • By Denise Kalette |
  • December 28, 2012
The E-doctor

Software innovator Vitera is changing the game for the medical office and the patient.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2020
Roofing company selects new CEO

Before joining Sarasota-based Crown Roofing, Kelly Wade served as CEO of North American Roofing.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2021
COO promoted to president of hospital campus

Lorrie Liang has more than 30 years of experience in hospital leadership and is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 1, 2018
Brand intervention: Marketer crafts image for tricky business proposition

A St. Pete startup caught the eye of Shark Tank's Mark Cuban, but it needed a cohesive brand image; a local marketing firm delivered the goods.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2019
Go behind the scenes of Florida's financial regulators

The OFR was created in 2003 through the Cabinet Reorganization Act of 2002 to be Florida’s primary banking, consumer finance and securities regulator.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 28, 2014
Ready for takeoff

Drones delivering packages for Amazon is just one of myriad business applications for unmanned aerial vehicles.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 19, 2015
Room to grow

Not yet 40, Jeff Reynolds has had a diverse business career.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 21, 2015
On his own

In less than four years, Dean Crowley went from uncertain business owner to running a company that's closing in on $4.5 million in sales.

  • Entrepreneurs
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