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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 15, 2016
Break through

The founders of Crown Roofing started a business with $75,000. Three years later $50 million in revenues is in its sights.

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  • October 27, 2006
Lessons from a Tech Survivor

Fox Electronics' survival during the years that followed the tech bust offers lessons to other businesses facing declining sales.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 24, 2012
Rocket Man

Charlie Green successfully managed the foreclosure crisis with the rocket docket and shined the light on excessive county spending. He retires in January.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 12, 2023
Florida SBA lending market readies itself for more competition

In both the Sunshine State and nationally, more lenders look to capitalize on federally-backed lending programs.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 1, 2023
Bradenton powerbrokers launch new commercial real estate brokerage

Well-known leader Ben Bakker will run the unit, NDC Commercial Real Estate.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 23, 2007
OutFOX the Competition

Engineers at a secret Fox Electronics lab have figured out how to make the heart of computers beat faster and cost less.

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  • September 25, 2008
Underground Showdown

Lee County landowners are fighting to preserve their property rights as the county leans toward greater mining restrictions.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • January 14, 2011
Out of the Blue

Greg Bicket retires as president of Cox Target Media as Valpak expands its traditional coupons into the digital realm. He believes paper and online versions can coexist.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 30, 2011
Great Expectations

The billon-dollar women's health industry has a new device, an innovation a long time coming for a specific, and monthly, issue. The Gulf Coast firm behind the product has big plans.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 8, 2019
Pair of Tampa-area apartments sell for $230 million

Buyers in two separate apartments transactions in Brandon and downtown St. Petersburg cite the area's growing population as the primary reason behind investments in excess of $100 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 25, 2016
Work it

The co-working trend doesn't have to be only a big-city thing. An entrepreneur believes the 'burbs are also ready for it.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 15, 2015
Hang tough

Jeff Charlotte refused to let the recession squash his business. Now the payoff: Sales are up nearly 90% since 2012.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 27, 2023
Survey of local architects reveals tempered enthusiasm for 2023

The experts say Tampa Bay’s development-related economy is likely to see only modest growth compared to the past few years.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2008
Against the Flow

Chris Markowski scours the investment community for scams, not sure things.

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  • January 18, 2008
Bottled Up

A Gulf Coast entrepreneur hits the bottle, with the hope of grabbing a piece of a billon dollar-plus industry.

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  • December 17, 2012
Banker seeks to get back to the life

Neil McCurry likes to tell the story of how he worked 500 days in a row when he founded People's Community Bank in Sarasota in 1999.

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  • February 25, 2011
Program the Future

Universities will be the key to attracting new technology companies to Florida. One professor at Florida Gulf Coast University is planting tech seeds at the young school.

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  • April 16, 2012
Pothole business fills up local entrepreneur

A Gulf Coast business broker thought so highly of a listing, he bought the company for himself.

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  • January 3, 2020
Nonprofit begins construction on $3 million restaurant, training facility

Naples-based Connor & Gaskins Unlimited recently broke ground on the project.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 5, 2020
Federal Reserve issues warning about CRE values

Federal Reserve Board report says commercial real estate prices nationwide could face a correction as a result of COVID-19 pandemic

  • Commercial Real Estate
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