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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 5, 2018
Pushing the building envelope

With a small army of experts in a tightly formed executive circle, BCB Homes' approach to a competitive market is to surround it with proficiency and know-how.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2008
Coffee Talk

ASG on the acquisition path: Is Naples-based ASG Software Solutions on the verge of another blockbuster software-company acquisition?Tom James shares a few pearls: It was akin to an E.F. Hutton moment.Sunny days are here to stay in Sarasota: The business axiom of thinking and selling global is in full rotation at Sun Hydraulics, the publicly traded Sarasota-based cartridge valve manufacturing firm.And the not so sunny news awards go to...: While Sun Hydraulics basks in the glow of its Business Week Hot Growth companies rankings, two other Gulf Coast-based publicly traded companies are wilting from being included on a related listCrashing through transportation barriers: Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Stephanie Kopelousos recently visited Bonita Springs to discuss one crisis when she ran up on another.Region's women still strong on Barron's rankings: A pair of Gulf Coast financial planners have made the cut on Barron's Top 100 Women Financial Advisors list - one for the third straight year, while the other finished third place for the second time in a row.Happy days if you manufacture and export: We all keep looking and hoping for a positive consensus from the economic prognosticators. Who needs yet another economist telling us what we already know?

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • March 14, 2025
TV personality expands her brand with multiuse media studio

Multimedia entrepreneur Rhonda Shear brings a never-say-no attitude to her latest role: running a high-tech production studio

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2004
The Sponsors (Sara/Mana edition)

Sponsors for the event include: Northern Trust Bank, CPA Associates, Gevity HR, John Cannon Homes Inc., Lee Wetherington Cos., Startup Florida, USF, Sarasota-Manatee, Vengroff, Williams & Associates and Walters Levine Brown Klingensmith & Thomison PA

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 12, 2009
Software Beach

In the shadows of condos, golf courses and hotels, there's always been a core group of successful technology companies in Naples. Don Innis can often be found among them and now he's launched another venture.

  • Strategies
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • January 21, 2011
Still Signing

Insurance agencies that measure their history in decades are expanding services and doing whatever is necessary to stay in business. More competition among carriers would help.

  • Industries
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 7, 2026
Development exec behind 7 multimillion-dollar projects 'bullish' on region

While keeping costs down remains a core challenge, Kolter Urban says the market for its offerings on the west coast of Florida is in good shape. At stake: hundreds of units for millions of dollars.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 1, 2021
Engineering school creating tools for the next generation of warfare

USF's Institute of Applied Engineering works to find solutions for the military while training students for the real world.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 12, 2025
Hospitality exec aims to bring people together with St. Pete food hall

Natalia Levey looks to elevate just about anything she is involved in, from cooking to creating five-story food halls.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 11, 2006
Cultivate Friends Not the Business

Trudi Williams started her engineering firm out of her home in 1989. Today, TKW Consulting Engineers is on track to generate $8 million in revenues.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • April 27, 2023
Plan advances for long-neglected Wimauma, despite housing conflict

Thanks to action from community organizations, Hillsborough County officials have put Wimauma at the top of a priority list, though conflict remains in how to address affordable housing issues.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 31, 2023
Beekeeper’s secrets turn into essential leadership lessons

A new leadership fable tells what feels like a real-life tale of a CEO grappling with a rapid growth conundrum. The answers, it turns out, start in the center of a beehive.

  • Leadership
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2008
BankEstate

The old banker's refrain - they don't want to be in real estate - is dying as foreclosures multiply across the Gulf Coast. Still, some banks are getting creative in solving the problem.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2013
Business owners crave immigration reform

A solid majority of small business owners, at least the ones who run companies with 10 or fewer employees, are all for immigration reform, according to a new poll.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2021
Mobile food delivery service plans to hire 200 drivers

Bite Squad is now in more than 700 small- and medium-sized markets in the United States.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 20, 2021
LSI taps Brewer to lead land services

Former WCI Communities executive Rhonda Brewer will direct all zoning, permitting and feasibility analysis at Fort Myers commercial real estate brokerage LSI Cos.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 18, 2020
Passenger traffic breaks airport's all-time record

Traffic for January 2020 was up 53% over January 2019.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 21, 2022
Golf course completes upgrades as it celebrates 100 years

Bartow Golf Course recently installed an irrigation system that covers its entire footprint.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 23, 2016
Lee Memorial deal dominates Southwest Florida

Speaking of superlatives, Lee Memorial Health System's commitment to lease 40,000 square feet of space being constructed adjacent to its hospital in Fort Myers marks the largest office deal of the year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 15, 2017
Nonprofit moves ahead with new campus

The All Star Children's Foundation in Sarasota will have a 5-acre Center for Hope & Healing campus.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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