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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2003
Scorched-earth rhetoric

A letter to the editor, from William Schneikart, a Largo trail lawyer, taking issue with Review Editor and Publisher Matt Walsh's Review and Comment article on Oct. 3.

  • Opinion
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  • By Lindsey Nickel-de |
  • March 7, 2013
StartupBus Day 3 & 4: Intensity reigns

Day three was the most intense day on the bus because it slowly blended into day four with only three hours of sleep. The initial high of the first two days had worn off, and the pure panic of the mounting responsibility sets in.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 18, 2011
Up to Speed

Lee Paul and Derek Maciak help information technology departments at large companies write better software programs more quickly. Surround Technologies' revenues will double this year and maybe again in '12.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 25, 2021
National outdoor specialty retailer to make debut in region

REI Co-Op's 23,000-square-foot outdoor specialty store to kick off a wave of retail and other debuts within $500 million Midtown Tampa mixed-use development

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2021
National clothing company moves headquarters to region

Matilda Jane Clothing was founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 2005.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 21, 2021
Children’s hospital adds neurosurgery program in major partnership

Program is designed to allow Southwest Florida families to stay closer to home.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2020
Homebuilder breaks sales record in August

Neal Communities made 136 sales during the month.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 15, 2019
The Top 50 Contractors: More than $5.5 billion in revenue

The Business Observers' ranking of the top 50 contractors by revenue includes top projects and more.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 12, 2022
Tampa woman sentenced to prison for defrauding bank for nearly $600K in PPP funds

52-year-old woman plead guilty in January to falsifying loan papers and inventing fake businesses to cash in on COVID relief

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 9, 2018
How to find a manufacturing match

It's all about a manufacturer being able to sell to its ability to a company.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 11, 2014
In Memoriam: Don Porter

The mark of rancher and developer Don Porter is all over north-central Pasco County, from Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel to Pasco-Hernando State College to The Shops at Wiregrass, a popular open-air mall.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 2, 2014
Name that Reef

An ambitious plan to build a massive network of artificial reefs off the Southwest Florida coast is becoming reality. They come with naming rights.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2014
Prominent Sarasota insurance firm sold

Three generations of Ludwigs have run Ludwig-Walpole Co. since 1933.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2015
Taco time on the Gulf Coast

The future for Fuzzy's Taco Shop, a Texas based chain of funky Baja-style Mexican restaurants that serves breakfast all days, is clear: The Gulf Coast is key to its expansion strategy.

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  • By Jamie Kane |
  • April 10, 2015
Sales Sense | Don't let arrogance sink your sales

An iceberg didn't sink the Titanic — arrogance did. See ways to spot arrogance and make sure it's not sabotaging deals.

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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • May 1, 2015
Data Mine

Companies know the value of collecting data. But ideas to use it well could be as close as the local sports team.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • March 28, 2024
Tampa launches data-rich economic dashboard

Tampa unveiled a tool on Thursday that will help city and Hillsborough residents watch and monitor its financial numbers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 28, 2026
Renovated Venice warehouse complex sells for $8 million

The seller put $1 million into renovating the industrial space off Seaboard Avenue.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • May 8, 2024
Tech company uses AI-connected program to save hospitals millions

Bridging the gap between humans and machine learning requires a combination of finesse and force — and even though the finished product saves time and money, it requires lots of patience.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2011
Debt Free

Harris Rosen's philosophy of operating a debt-free company allows him to strengthen his position in the Central Florida hospitality market.

  • Strategies
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