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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 20, 2025
Manatee entrepreneur uses social media to build crafty business following

Papercrafting company Pink and Main fills a niche that big-box retailers cannot, according to owner Michelle Currie.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 15, 2021
Accounting firm defies industry norms, grows rapidly

St. Petersburg tax and accounting firm Spoor Bunch Franz challenges industry norms, traditions and expectations. Its methods seem to be working.

  • Finance
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  • By Denise Federer |
  • August 3, 2022
Leading a family business — when you’re not part of the family

The arrangement can be both high risk and high reward.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 14, 2022
Ashley Bauman, 39

Mercury Public Affairs, senior vice president

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 14, 2022
Victoria Loyola, 38

Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Company, partner

  • Class of 2021
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  • By Brian Murphy |
  • December 2, 2022
How to take your company from startup to unicorn

Cybersecurity entrepreneur Brian Murphy built a company from nothing to a valuation of more than $1 billion. His road there had "no pause button."

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • January 10, 2023
Financial consultant partner taps into lesser-known Florida resource

Timothy Cartwright has visited 31 springs in the state. He doesn't plan on stopping any time soon.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2007
High-Tech Shield

I.D. Rank Security began offering a suite of software this year that protects clients from information theft.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2007
Matt Walsh: Invoke the Lemon Law: Take back Crist

Crist has it wrong. The insurance industry is not the enemy. The enemy is the state. How could it be any more obvious? When the state's largest property insurer is the state itself, there is nothing more that needs to be said. The "market" didn't create Florida's insurance-pricing troubles; the state did.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 4, 2005
Kindness Begets New Business

A community banker acts against type to get his institution through hurricane chaos.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 2, 2005
Growing Specialty

Law practices change to keep up with Florida's building boom. From amusement rides to roads to jails, the state's growth has created a new specialty - construction law.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 9, 2005
Growing Specialty

Law practices change to keep up with Florida's building boom. From amusement rides to roads to jails, the state's growth has created a new specialty - construction law.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 3, 2006
Rauch: Overvalued

Here's my contention: The stock and bond markets are 30% overvalued based on their historic indicators and current ratios, creating investment risks in both markets.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 17, 2005
Executive Session with Scott Merritt

The Gulf Coast Business Review sat down with the new division president of U.S. Trust.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 12, 2006
Work Perks

Employers have become more creative with employee benefits as the jobless rate in Southwest Florida falls below a microscopic 3%.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 28, 2005
Runner-Up: Medical Education Technologies Inc.

We've all heard the adage practice makes perfect. But with new simulation technology, gone are the days of medical students practicing life or death procedures on real patients. Medical schools and health care organizations are now turning to Sarasota-based Medical Education Technologies Inc., which provides simulation technology that replicates a human being.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 14, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Tarragon pays $59 million for New Tampa apartmentsD.R. Horton buys Hidden River lots for $19 millionHallandale investors acquire Clearwater rental apartmentsTenants in common purchaseHarbourwood Nursing Center

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2008
Pssst ... need a job?

QuietHire seeks to fill the niche ofjob-seekers who do not want their employerto know they are looking elsewhere.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2009
Full Count

As Lee County's point man for baseball, JohnYarbrough hopes to make Lee County the hub forprofessional teams' spring training. Batting first:the Boston Red Sox. On deck: the Baltimore Orioles.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 25, 2009
Virtual Vine

What's the secret to selling tomatoes online? Cut out the middleman.

  • Entrepreneurs
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