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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2007
Revenue Rescue

Cliff Carothers grounded his corporate career to invest $500,000 in life savings - plus $1.5 million in loans - into a flying ambulance firm. The results have been sky-high success, with more expansion on the horizon.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2008
Unique 2.0

Mike Montgomery couldn't believe how little technology there was inside a $15 million air conditioning company. So he bought it. And then he changed everything.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 8, 2008
Corporate Report

Urine Off lands European distributorsTampa Electric meets climate standardsSource Interlinkhires Ninja for mobilityAmerican Strategic Insurance expands to LouisianaTeltronics buys communication retailersTigris Pharmaceuticals studies anti-tumor drugWilde Automotive exclusive Smart dealershipOswald Trippe, Co. buys N.C.'s Glasgow Hicks

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 17, 2006
From the Ground Up

Todd Gates arrived in Naples with just enough money to furnish his rental duplex. Now his Naples-based construction company is aiming for $1 billion in annual revenues.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2006
It takes a Team

To ensure success on his latest project, developer Kimball Woodbury is getting by with a lot of help from his friends. He'll spend $5 million on prep-work with the varied crew before he even closes on the property.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 2, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Triple Net Pays $55 Million for ApartmentsSun Vista affiliate acquires Gulfport's Bayfront VillasCoral Gables group buys Montecito apartmentsAtlantic American affiliate pays $22 million for rentalsMiami investors purchase Cypress Pointe apartments

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 5, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

South Florida condo converter buys 300 apartments in TampaNew Jersey investment firmbuys 29 retail sites in FloridaSimDag affiliate pays $12.4 million for 1 acreClearwater Inn owner pares interest rates, reduces costsSouth Florida investors buy pasture land for $10 million

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 20, 2006
Bigger Boats

As recreational boats get bigger and more sophisticated, manufacturers turn to companies like Marine Concepts to help design them.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 20, 2006
Sales Fell, Sun Invested

To be ready for the rebound, Sun Hydraulics imporved delivery time, built a new Web site, introduced new products and expnded its distribution center.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 24, 2006
Building the American Dream

Israeli-immigrant Roni Elias turned his assistant painter's job into a regional, family-owned home builder and developer. From its Naples roots, Elias and his brother are expanding up the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 21, 2005
Ideas to Money

Are the pieces falling into place for the Tampa Bay area's technology sector? One former Silicon Valley player thinks so.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 26, 2005
Runnin' Scared

There's nary a beverage can, from Pepsi to Coke to V8, in the supermarket aisle that the Dalton family business hasn't helped create. Three generations of Daltons have had a heavy hand in the company's success.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 29, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Westin Hotel to be built at Tampa's Rocky PointFirst quarter sees industrial and office market as robust NCO Financial Systems building on N. Florida Avenue. sold for $5.3 millionYankees star Alex Rodriguez invests in area properties Wisconsin-based ABC Supply buys office propertyVenetian Garden in Clearwater soldNew owner for Swan Lake on N. Lakeside DriveOffice buildings on West Cypress St., Tampa, sold for $13.4 million

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2008
Data that Works

Some of the biggest names in the hotel industry use DataWorks' software to manage their retail operations.Now, the company has set its sights on international markets and other parts of hotel operations.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2008
Leaving the comfort zone

Ben Nelson Jr. says spending time away from his marine-construction business made him a better boss and made is company more successful. Now, he faces the biggest test of that as the newly elected mayor of Bonita Springs.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2008
Hoffman's return

Legendary Gulf Coast developer and investor Al Hoffman Jr. is backin the real estate game, scouting for deals in Florida. That's a good sign we're nearing a bottom in the residential real estate market.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2008
Life in the Clouds

Cloud computing, putting computer networks overthe Internet, is slowly catching on as a way for Gulf Coast companies to lower tech costs. But document security and bandwidth needs may slow its growth.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2003
2004: Best Year in 20

Prognosticators say most economic indicators are pointing up. Good times are predicted.

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  • By Janelle Makowski |
  • January 2, 2004
Boeing's Strategy: Use Military Ties to Gain Trust

Harry C. Stonecipher left retirement in St. Petersburg to help troubled Boeing. Critics say he's too close to the officials who've stepped down to do the job.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2004
Hi Hat Goes Ranchette

Sarasota Countyis 2050 plan envisioned new-urban villages on the Turner familyis 10,000-acre Hi Hat Ranch. But why do that when thereis a waiting line for five-acre estates?

  • Entrepreneurs
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