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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2013
Perfect your pitch

When entrepreneurs talk about perfecting their pitch, they're not talking baseball.

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  • December 14, 2006
Corporate Report & Third Quarter

First Advantage buys U.K. computer company Progress Energy, Seminole Electric pen energy sharing dealFamily-owned Congress Jewelers sold to national public companyRoskamp Institute running MS drug studyMichael Saunders & Co. takes three awards in LondonWalters Industries' Natural Resources faces tough road

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 9, 2024
CEO steps out of her comfort zone in teaching aerobics

Heather Plampin, the president and CEO of vacation rental company The Cottages on the Key, gets her non-work kicks out of teaching an intense group fitness class.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 19, 2014
Slice it up

A pizza upstart aims for a bigger share of the $37 billion industry. The Gulf Coast is a big focus.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 15, 2006
Coffee Talk

Coffee Talk: Southwest may add Fort Myers flightsThe real estate market may be in the dumps, but at least one segment of the advertising industry that caters to it - billboards - is booming. Sarasota employers are not an optimistic bunch, according to Manpower Inc.'s most recent employment outlook survey.Coral Gables-based Cornerstone Group is touting its new all-concrete town home community as the cure to homeowners' insurance woes.If the residential real estate market is in a slump, you wouldn't know it based on investors' appetites.Morgan Stanley executives say they've raised $1.75 billion for Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund V U.S., the institutional fund that recently bought Babcock Ranch in partnership with West Palm Beach developer Syd Kitson. Tampa-based Suncoast Roofers Supply (profiled in the May 12 Review) has opened its 15th location, this one in Gainesville, home of the University of Florida Gators.When the public sector borrows from the business world, it tends to raise eyebrows and lower costs. In Sarasota County, that lesson is coming home in the Office of Financial Planning.Pulte Homes and its DiVosta subsidiary are two of the best homebuilders on the Gulf Coast for customer satisfaction, according to J.D. Power and Associates. Yet another Palm Avenue development RFPThere's an anti-development fight in St. Pete Beach, a south Pinellas County coastal community of 10,000, and Wa

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • May 14, 2010
Blinks and Bites

Richard Sanchez, the 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year, has found a way for Advantica to expand from purely vision services to offer dental coverage. The two tie together nicely.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 8, 2025
Grit, goals and going for it: The 2025 Top Entrepreneurs

Blending grit with a go-for-it attitude has proved to be the right mix for the Business Observer's 2025 Top Entrepreneurs.

  • Florida
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • October 29, 2010
Constitutional Queries

Voters get their chance at six more proposed constitutional amendments Nov. 2. Together and individually the results could have huge effects on politics, taxes and the economy for years to come.

  • Florida
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 14, 2022
Erin Silk, 34

Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County, vice president of business development services

  • Class of 2022
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 28, 2022
On the heels of $4.6B sale, Clearwater cybersecurity firm launches training app

KnowBe4’s new app is meant to improve security awareness and compliance training for clients.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 18, 2009
Company moves, EDC waives the flag

In some corners, the nugget that Bradenton-based Teltronics is moving from its old facility in southern Manatee County to newer digs in northern Manatee County is legitimate good news during a troubling economic time.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 8, 2023
$12.5 million in county funding to four Pinellas affordable housing projects

County leaders approved funding in May to help bring more affordable housing units online.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 17, 2017
Getting techy with it

Tampa Bay's tech sector steps into the limelight for a night of fun and awards.

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  • July 17, 2015
Same-sex marriage ruling impact dissected

The U.S. Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling will impact more than state and local government officials.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 30, 2012
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Rebuilding Bonita

Gary Dumas is guardedly optimistic about residential development in the Southwest Florida region.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 2, 2020
Master-planned community capitalizes on name change, pent-up demand

With a new name and a rebrand, Wellen Park officials, despite the pandemic, are optimistic about the near-term future.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 14, 2016
Wonks among us

Data, and how to use it properly, is a priority for many businesses. A Gulf Coast college targets this segment, with hopes for a big bang.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 31, 2009
COVER UPDATE: More, Please

Steve Martin's chain of seven Tex-Mex restaurants on the Gulf Coast defied the recession in 2009. He is aiming for more of the same in 2010.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 7, 2011
Law & Order

Rob Dinan thought being a police officer was the most adrenaline-filled experience he would ever have. Now he's back for more, only this time he's an entrepreneur.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2018
Area philanthropists to send 100 nonprofit executives to Harvard

Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School faculty oversee the program and teach the classes.Johanna Gustafsson and Chris Pinckney, leaders of a wife-husband wealth management team, have been part of a lot of giving back in the Sarasota community

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