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By Business Observer Staff |
January 19, 2012

Fort Myers home prices up 33%

Foreclosure sales are down 50%, pushing the market's median up.

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By Business Observer Staff |
December 26, 2003

On the Upside (Tampa cover)

Chambers of commerce throughout the Gulf Coast region mostly agree on the important issues for the upcoming legislative session: Affordable health insurance, education and transportation.

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By Mark Gordon |
August 22, 2014

Stomp on it

The grow-through-acquisition tactic is easy to diagram, complicated to execute. A Gulf Coast firm with a new CEO who previously ran a pair of multibillion-dollar businesses leads the way.

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By Louis Llovio |
April 30, 2025

Florida man sues state investigator after 11 felony charges dropped

The former roofing company salesman blames a "faulty investigation" and "fabricated facts" for upending his life.

Florida

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By Adam Hughes |
August 26, 2005

Debit Cards for the Sub-Prime

Morgan Beaumont has gone through $9 million in startup costs. Early next year, the real growth begins.

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By Mark Gordon |
July 25, 2014

Pie High

Erin Mullins never took a fancy marketing class. But she serves up some hearty lessons in how to sell the same product to diverse audiences in different locations.

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By Mark Gordon |
March 13, 2020

Couple's grit, creativity leads to tasty company

Angie and Dan Bastian's secret sauce for a thriving business — and lucrative exit — lies in a underutilized principle: Go forward, with gusto, but without all the answers.

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By Jean Gruss |
September 30, 2011

Queen of Soaps

Entrepreneur Deanna Kelly sells soaps and other bath products by emphasizing their beneficial attributes. She stocks her stores with more than 600 products.

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By Jay Brady |
July 31, 2009

Florida's risky property insurance system relies on a patchwork of undercapitalized public and private insurance, suppressed rates, policy assessments, an unlikely national catastrophe plan, and the next weather report. It could add up to one big bankruptcy for all of us.

Florida

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By Mark Gordon |
February 4, 2011

In Good Time

Scott Boose brings a host of leadership lessons to his new role at the helm of a $200-million company on the cusp of a transformation. His refined attention to detail will surely be tested.

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By Denise Kalette |
February 1, 2013

Turning Point

For 30 years, Roy Sweatman's plant has manufactured parts with lofty destinations—the Mars rover, missiles, satellites, and aircraft. Now, as he plans his succession, the company is growing again, but can it find qualified workers?

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By Mark Gordon |
May 5, 2017

Birth of a salesman

Is there anything Anthony Sullivan can't sell? Probably not.

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By Mark Gordon |
March 11, 2016

Phone kings

A Gulf Coast software firm went from disastrous beta test to more than $60 million in annual sales in a decade. Up next: $100 million in sales.

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By Jim Stinson |
September 15, 2023

Another tech firm relocates to Tampa Bay as West Coast costs rise

California companies, in flee-mode for years, are more and more looking at Florida as a No. 1 option.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Elizabeth King |
January 15, 2026

Sarasota Station breaks ground, marking city’s first Live Local project

A Sarasota developer is building 202 apartments for workforce housing.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Mark Gordon |
August 5, 2021

Local brands hope to score big wins in signing college athletes

NCAA rule change opens floodgates for businesses — but vague and varying details of the regulations could pose issues.

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By Business Observer Staff |
March 14, 2008

Coffee Talk

For Sale: Fort Myers City Hall: City Hall is for saleBroker goes 'green' with incentives: Diane Lawson, a commercial real estate broker and developer with Sarasota-based Abbey Realty & Management, is especially keen on green for St. Patrick's Day this year.Tribridge grows through acquisition: Tampa-based Tribridge started 10 years ago as a firm that helped companies make better use of technologyChico's new blame: Foreclosures in key statesGold Coast taps another beer:One of the Gulf Coast's largest beer distributors has won a small victory in the area's beer battles by buying the rights to sell Rolling Rock beer in Sarasota and Manatee counties from a competitor.Laser brings design into focus: The Tampa office of planning, engineering and surveying firm Wade Trim is betting on the future buy using a high-tech measurement tool that may become an industry norm.Naples attorney defends National Century execs: Naples attorney Brian Dickerson has been spending a lot of time in Ohio. He may be there for a while and it's not because he's snowed in.

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By Business Observer Staff |
August 13, 2004

Finding Green in Green

WCI Communities Inc., Florida's largest master-planned community developer, plans a major expansion in the Sarasota-Manatee market.

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By Business Observer Staff |
May 24, 2013

Corporate Report: May 24

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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By Amanda Postma |
October 15, 2021

Young and bold entrepreneur quickly builds beauty school brand

Young entrepreneur follows through on a critical business practice, in re-investing significantly into her company. It’s already begun to pay off.

Strategies

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Fort Myers home prices up 33%

On the Upside (Tampa cover)

Stomp on it

Florida man sues state investigator after 11 felony charges dropped

Debit Cards for the Sub-Prime

Pie High

Couple's grit, creativity leads to tasty company

Queen of Soaps

Pay Me Later

In Good Time

Turning Point

Birth of a salesman

Phone kings

Another tech firm relocates to Tampa Bay as West Coast costs rise

Sarasota Station breaks ground, marking city’s first Live Local project

Local brands hope to score big wins in signing college athletes

Coffee Talk

Finding Green in Green

Corporate Report: May 24

Young and bold entrepreneur quickly builds beauty school brand

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