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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 8, 2016
Blow it up

Flipping the business model of a $30 million company takes a reservoir of guts. Will it be worth it?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2008
Choppy Waters

Strong headwinds from multiple fronts assail commercial real estate, but glimmers of hope peer over the horizon.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2009
Choppy Waters

Strong headwinds from multiple fronts assail commercial real estate, but glimmers of hope peer over the horizon.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2008
Fed Followers

A Wall Street investment banker with ties to the Gulf Coast aims to be a leader in a strategy based on following.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 25, 2015
Back on top

Kevin Daves' fortunes fell hard during the recession, but today he has a new project and a new outlook.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 28, 2013
Entrepreneur Biter buys United Way building for apartment project

The price equated to $202 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2020
Southwest begins service at airport with new flights

Sarasota-Bradenton service will begin on Feb. 14.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 16, 2025
$500M restaurant firm's success lies in milkshakes, closing for Super Bowl

The get-to-yes culture at Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, which is growing rapidly in the region, lies in a sweet symbol: a milkshake.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Cee Cee Marinelli, 33

Director of commercial leasing, Barron Collier Cos.

  • Class of 2016
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 4, 2012
Top Salespeople: The Earner

A part-time job became a multimillion-dollar sales career for Cheryl Warfield. And nearly four decades into it, she still has big goals.

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  • November 11, 2011
Corporate Report: Nov. 11

The latest news from CompCare, Romark, and other Gulf Coast companies.

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  • April 27, 2007
A Seller's Market

The private equity market continues to set records, raising $44 billion in the first quarter, up 67% from last year. Growth is expected to continue well into 2008.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 17, 2006
Coffee Talk

Icahn buys 4% of WCI, credit downgradedSource Interlink chief resignsNaples-based TIB Financial Corp., the parent of TIB Bank, acquired The Bank of Venice for about $16 million. That's about 1.9 times book value.Private companies in need of capital might find what they're looking for at the Florida Venture Forum's 16th annual conference Feb. 6-7 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton.Goldman Sachs investment banking division co-chief Scott Kapnick and his family recently gave $10 million to the Naples Botanical Garden for the development of 160 acres that will include cultivated gardens at Bayshore and Thomasson drives.Naples-based International College named its business school for Kenneth Oscar Johnson, a former ExxonMobil executive and CEO of Florida-based Belcher Oil.eal Estate executives from across the country converge on the Gulf Coast to talk strategy.

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  • February 4, 2005
Build It, And They Will Come

Philosophically, there are multiple reasons to naysay the latest proposal from the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce to increase the county's hotel-room tax from 3 cents to 5 cents per room night to construct and operate a new downtown conference cente

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 9, 2017
Mentor Musings

Ringling College of Art and Design film program department head Bradley Battersby says it was incredible to be named Variety magazine's Mentor of the Year. Even better? Seeing his students succeed.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 27, 2026
Hulk Hogan's beer brand looks to grow — while moving beyond iconic pitchman

Real American Beer is grappling with a core business problem: how to evolve beyond an iconic founder without alienating its ride-or-die demographic.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 23, 2007
No Strings Attached

CEO Charlotte Baker isn't after venture capital this time. She's clearly in charge, with no one else directing her moves, though she has two partners.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2007
Inside the Box

A Sarasota entrepreneur is hoping to turn cardboard into a multimillion-dollar enterprise.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 25, 2011
Make Friends First

Hazelden, a Minneapolis-based addiction-center operator, defused fears of competition and avoided the fate of Cleveland Clinic in Naples by partnering with local providers.

  • Industries
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  • 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
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