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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • March 6, 2015
Pockets of growth

TekBank chooses Tampa over Miami and Atlanta to create its new IT hub, thanks to Jeffrey Vinik's redevelopment push.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 4, 2008
Corporate Report

Obee's board backs stock reverse splitStinger says study shows S-200's saferGulfview Automotive Group opens Tarpon Springs locationSyniverse Technologies debuts payment systemTampa Electric issues RFP, seeks power alternativesUtek helps Artilium buy location technologyTreviso Bay developer hires club managerTech Data exclusive with Parallels

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 1, 2009
Bank regulators in deep denial

Regulators don't have to deny anyone's right to open a new bank. Apparently, all they have to do is give you the big run-around and hope you go away.

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  • November 15, 2019
Economic Forecast 2020: Auto Sales

Steve Bierwirth, president of Bob Boast Volkswagen

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  • September 28, 2007
Corporate Report

AT&T eyes Florida for fiber-optic services rolloutHT Systems, Fujitsu Computer create palm-scanning devicePort Charlotte therapy company purchased by Aegis TherapiesMoffitt Cancer Centermoves to Microsoft's AzyxxiGerdau Ameristeel completes Chaparral purchaseAzteca America of SW Florida added to local DIRECTV

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  • October 13, 2017
Christi Pritchett, 35

Executive director, Builders Care

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 24, 2024
SRQ airport wins $40M aircraft manufacturer project

Swiss-based Pilatus Business Aircraft plans to lease 17 acres of airport property for 40 years to build and sell aircraft, which includes some 350 jobs.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 14, 2020
How to succeed with a legacy business in a digital age

Rob and Kerri Stuart, co-founders of Creating Magic Vacations, a St. Petersburg-based travel agency, are riding high on a surge of interest in travel agency services.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Ted Carter |
  • March 10, 2017
Food for thought

The Florida citrus industry has been battered to a pulp the past decade. Some growers see hope in unconventional solutions.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 25, 2016
Work it

The co-working trend doesn't have to be only a big-city thing. An entrepreneur believes the 'burbs are also ready for it.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 16, 2022
California bank drives forward on ambitious Florida expansion plans

Sunwest Bank has high hopes for the Sunshine State.

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  • May 9, 2018
Entrepreneurs dispense career building — and saving — advice

Assistance for entrepreneurs comes from all sides and many angles. Some of the best advice can be from those who have done it.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • August 29, 2019
Opinion: Foolish CEOs butcher, bury capitalists

Business owners and CEOs are deathly afraid to speak to their employees about the virtues of capitalism. But there’s nothing wrong with letting new employees know in their orientations and employee manuals that you and your company embrace capitalism — an

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 18, 2014
School Highlights

There's no shortage of salons that need to hire qualified cosmetologists. One school in Fort Myers is expanding to fill that need.

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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • May 1, 2015
Data Mine

Companies know the value of collecting data. But ideas to use it well could be as close as the local sports team.

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  • December 1, 2006
Match Up

Jula, 34, never thought his business calling would be using the Internet and technology as a way of connecting the right businesses with each other - a sort of a behind-the-scenes matchmaker. Jula prefers the term "networking evangelist."Still, there's Jula, telling a recent visitor to his Sarasota office that his startup operation is "all about creating something that allows you to be found."

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  • May 14, 2004
'Doing What It Takes'

For some entrepreneurs, nearly doubling one's company each year for three consecutive years would be more than enough. But in the past year, Alan Zirkelbach has shown a limitless appetite for entrepreneurial growth.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 10, 2024
Will Freeman, 27

40 Under 40 winner Will Freeman is a co-founder and CEO of Freeman Ventures.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 22, 2005
Newsmakers (Tampa)

Newsmakers is available free of charge.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2011
Gemesis downsizes with new building

The recession has drilled a hole through Gemesis, a cultured diamond manufacturer struggling to turn its unique technology into big-ticket success.

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