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  • By Elizabeth Djinis |
  • April 9, 2021
Generations work hard to create work and family boundaries

Daughters decided early on not to call parents mom and dad at work.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 23, 2021
Longtime entrepreneurs dive headfirst into business idea amid pandemic — now it's valued at $12 million

The founders of Bushwacker Spirits were told repeatedly to put off starting the company until after the pandemic had run its course for a year. Good thing they didn't listen.

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  • By Elizabeth Djinis |
  • December 30, 2021
Car wash company keeps rearview mirror on competitors

The Anderson family had a solid head start on the latest iteration of the car wash industry. Now deep-pocketed competitors are in their rearview mirror.

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  • August 14, 2020
Contractor grows by pursuing larger, more complex projects and building strong team

Palmetto-based TLC Diversified has more than doubled its revenue in four years.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 14, 2020
How to be a better leader

Beck Besecker with Marxent is so versed in how-to, he's writing a book on it.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 14, 2020
How to succeed with a legacy business in a digital age

Rob and Kerri Stuart, co-founders of Creating Magic Vacations, a St. Petersburg-based travel agency, are riding high on a surge of interest in travel agency services.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 14, 2020
How to spend less time answering emails

Set up email filters and use a tool to manage internal communication outside of email.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 23, 2019
Top Entrepreneurs: Ex-attorney cleans up with disruptive approach to business

Amy Martinez-Monfort's South Tampa, Florida, startup, Tampa Laundry Co., embraces modern comforts and conveniences.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 27, 2022
$200 million Bath & Racquet project seeks to gain momentum — quickly

Developers hope to capitalize on persistently hot market.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 25, 2018
Ibis Group hopes Sarasota office portfolio takes flight through improved tenant relations

Ibis Group is working to build better tenant relations after Osprey Real Estate collapse and hiring of Coatue Cos. and Ian Black Real Estate

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 11, 2019
'Real python hunters don't wear gloves'

Edison National Bank founders and executives Geoff and Robbie Roepstorff spend their weekends in the Everglades hunting pythons.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 23, 2019
A Tale of a Smaller Elephant

Annual Market Trends presentation highlights a mostly steady real estate landscape in Southwest Florida

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 1, 2019
To Renovate or Sell?

Developers & Associates Corp. of California has been planning to renovate the Baymont Inn & Suites in Sarasota as part of a conversion to the Four Points by Sheraton brand, but the company now is considering selling the property to focus on other projects

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  • February 23, 2018
Front Row Seat

Two performing arts theaters in the region — one in Naples, one in Sarasota — seek expansive and exhilarating new homes. But first there are a host of obstacles, from location to financing.

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  • April 20, 2018
Battle between banks and credit unions heats up

At stake is hundreds of millions in potential taxes.

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  • April 1, 2022
Sarasota entrepreneur jumps at new franchise opportunity

From rock star drummer to cancer survivor, Michael Tucci has seen (almost) it all. His latest challenge: finding the just-right space to open an indoor trampoline park in Sarasota.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 17, 2017
Fort Myers emerging

The Lee County city's downtown has struggled to gain traction, but a slate of new projects would change that in a big way.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 24, 2017
A lengthy runway

SkyView Advisors believes self-storage properties' growth is only just beginning.

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  • By Ted Carter |
  • June 9, 2017
Fame Game

Sandy Stilwell acquired her first motel just out of high school. Teri Hansen got into marketing when the 'emerging technology was the fax machine.' Together, they have some powerful business insights.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 25, 2014
Trades are Back

Warehouses and other industrial buildings are filling up with construction trades as homebuilding recovers in the Fort Myers and Naples areas.

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