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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2013
Local startup tech firm outdoes Twitter

Opprtunity.com garners positive national press.

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  • May 9, 2019
Survivor, entrepreneur named to cancer foundation board

Debra Newman will bring 23-year breast cancer survivorship and philanthropic experience to advocacy group.

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  • September 1, 2017
Builders seek to bulk up

Alliance tries to bring all sides to the table.

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  • June 9, 2017
Bank acquisition hits snag

Unsolicited all-cash proposals could sidetrack Flagship Community's offer.

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  • July 31, 2017
Regional pizza company targets Sarasota

Bavaro's Pizza Napoletana & Pastaria is planning a downtown Sarasota location.

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  • October 18, 2013
Rays fans celebrate Flag Day

The Tampa Bay Rays baseball season might be over, but local business owners Dean and Janet Mixon were still able to snag one last memory.

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  • March 3, 2014
Bradenton baseball facility hits national showcase

Pirate City is one of four spots selected to host high school prospects.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • July 10, 2015
The master of TripAdvisor

In the hospitality business, there's probably no bigger arbiter than the online review site TripAdvisor.

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  • November 6, 2015
WSRQ radio sold to investor

After more than four years as owner of the station, Susan Nilon has decided to move on.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • July 31, 2015
Take me to The Hut

During the land boom that started in the 1950s, developers packed real estate investors nationwide into airplanes and bused them from the Fort Myers airport to Lehigh Acres, where they sold them quarter- and half-acre lots.

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  • September 25, 2015
A fresh approach

Detwiler's Farm Market brings old-school charm to modern-day food shopping. Is it enough to outdo the grocery king?

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  • January 18, 2013
It's not the name that counts; it's the content

GCBR is now the Business Observer.

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  • October 21, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Apprentice runner-up frontlines seminar: There are a lot of businesspeople with energy and drive, but very few attract the interest of Donald Trump.Thanks, Kelo: Some Florida legislators held a private property meeting on Tuesday in Tallahassee.H2O or champagne: Harry Owen, owner of H2O Marine, has reason to party.Cheers to Chris-Craft: After spending eight years at a place where everybody knew his name, John Ratzenberger last week visited Sarasota-based Chris-Craft Corp., one of the most recognizable names in the boat-building industry.

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  • September 11, 2003
Tourism Upswing

Southwest Florida is hot again. There were more visitors to Lee County in July than in same month prior to 9/11.

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  • January 15, 2021
Medical startup aims for Amazon-like reach

Area physician, first seeing the need in his own practice, creates a software business with a simple, yet significant mission: to make paying for health care a simple, transparent process.

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  • October 15, 2020
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Sanibel Captiva Community Bank, vice president, office manager

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  • October 15, 2020
Brandy Wiesner, 33

St. Armands Circle Business Improvement District, operations manager

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  • June 15, 2020
Logistics firm plots new $11M HQ project, 140 new hires

Scotlynn USA was founded in 2010.

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  • June 1, 2018
School's quest to attract students for new program takes simple, straightforward approach

Sarasota's Ringling College of Art and Design will introduce a new major — virtual reality development — this fall. The communications team is marketing it with simple, straightforward approach.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 27, 2019
Grove at Wesley Chapel to expand

MGold Properties and Mishorim Investments, which in September acquired the Grove at Wesley Chapel retail center for $62.7 million, plan to invest another $150 million to nearly triple the size of the existing center with new offerings.

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