• Alternate Text
  • Loading

  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Healthcare
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Healthcare
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login

Results for:

  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2008
Segway 2.0 - GoPet

A trio of entrepreneurs hopes to go lots of places on their personal electric transporter. Big sales is one destination.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 15, 2011
Party On

A pair of entrepreneurs is betting that corporate entertainment is back, and they're launching a big-event catering company to capture the growing market.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 15, 2012
Smooth Moves

A recession might not be the best time to open two smoothie stores. But one entrepreneurial couple has defied the economy.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Janet Leiser |
  • December 27, 2013
Powering Up

Revenue at MarineMax is rising with the economy. The recreational boat retailer continues its market domination.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 11, 2016
There's the Beef

A new model in farming, getting food to the customer faster and fresher, isn't for the faint of heart. A passionate duo leads the way.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2020
Barbecue business opens amid pandemic, builds following

Pinecraft Barbecue, selling and renting a range of grills and smokers, has opened just in time for summer barbecues.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2008
Corporate Report

Pinellas brownfield program earns grantSirion Therapeutics shows positive trials for DurezolRomark Laboratories rolls out new drug studyOdyssey court case forces preliminary IDsGold Coast Eagle scores 97% in customer survey

  • Industries
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 14, 2010
Tampa EDC leads Mexico trip

Delegates will visit the nation's third largest trade partner in November.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Amanda Heisey |
  • November 20, 2012
Don't forget Small Business Saturday

People have already started pitching tents in front of stores like Best Buy to score Black Friday deals.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2014
Sarasota named top spot for sports

SportsEvents Magazine readers recognize the area's beaches and other amenities.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2004
Legal Calendar (Tampa edition)

The Tampa calendar of legal events is provided free of charge.

  • Law
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 12, 2010
Carbiz careens out of business

Sarasota-based Carbiz Inc. has closed amid growing debt.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2012
Odyssey ceases recovery

The shipwreck recovery company concludes two of its operations until spring.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2021
Master-planned community advances first high school

Babcock Ranch High School could be ready in 2022.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 13, 2013
McGuire Development Co. acquires Collier Health Park

Collier Health Park features a 49,500-square-foot multitenant medical building, 17,000-square-foot surgery center and 10,000-square-foot plaza with retail space.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 16, 2016
Big move across the way

Size matters in the niche liquefied natural gas industry, a point on full display Sept. 9 outside Port Manatee in north Manatee County.

  • News
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 9, 2026
Swedish construction firm to rebuild Tampa school in $77M project

Work to combine Stewart Middle Magnet and Just Elementary schools is set to begin this month.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2010
Corporate Report: July 23 - July 29

The latest business news from Tech Data, HSN, Ker's WingHouse, and more.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 15, 2011
School of Fish

Randy Essig hopes to parlay his seafood restaurant's success into a national brand of specialty foods. He already sells 50,000 Key lime pies a year.

  • Industries
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 31, 2013
Ride the wave

A local IT firm with big aspirations has separated itself from the competition, to a projected $30 million in annual sales. Other supersized ambitions are in the works.

  • Strategies
« 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 »
The best of Business Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest business and commercial real estate news from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Sign Up

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-362-4848

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Podcast
  • Big Book of Business

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Distribution Points
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Your Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
×
3 Articles Remaining!
Not a Subscriber?

Click here to Subscribe

Already a Subscriber?

Click here to Login

Sign Up for Daily Brief

Start your day with the top Gulf Coast business news you need to succeed.

Sign Up for CRE Central

Stay updated with a weekly roundup of big deals, market shifts and the people shaping commercial real estate from Tampa Bay to Naples.


Smart People Subscribe.

Turn headlines into game plans. The playbook’s right here.
Subscribe to the Business Observer today.

Subscribe Now