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By Business Observer Staff |
October 31, 2003

Flattering Figures

Chico's is the hottest women's retailer in America. But its founders are stepping back a third time. New CEO Scott Edmonds, a former plumbing wholesaler, must now prove the third time's a charm.

Entrepreneurs

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By Business Observer Staff |
May 28, 2004

Forrest Gump Rodriguez?

Naivete, hard work, salesmanship and meetings are the keystones for Henry Rodriguez's commercial development style.

Entrepreneurs

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By Matt Walsh |
May 3, 2013

Internet tax far more than a fairness issue

Steve Knopik, CEO of $1 billion retailer Beall's Inc., looked across the lunch table straight at his target with steely eyed seriousness and said, “How is that fair?”

Opinion

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By Business Observer Staff |
January 6, 2012

12 Bold Predictions for 2012

Our writers offer a dozen bold predictions about the Gulf Coast economy for 2012.

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By Matt Walsh |
November 1, 2018

Amendments advice: Where does it fall on the freedom scale?

There are exceptions, of course. This is why it helps to know some of the background and nuances of the questions. As we know, legislators and others sometimes create confusing questions that, on the surface, sound reasonable, but in practice are meant to

Opinion

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By Louis Llovio |
March 26, 2025

5 years later, Gulf Coast executives look back at managing through COVID

On the anniversary of the COVID, several business leaders from a wide swath of fields discuss the decisions they made, their worries and their early response to the pandemic in 2020.

Florida

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By Louis Llovio |
May 24, 2024

AeroVanti founder's brother says life, finances in tatters from company collapse

After futile efforts to help his brother's floundering private air service company, debts and pressure mount for Todd Britton-Harr.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Mark Gordon |
August 15, 2025

'Reluctant Tampa celebrity' Blake Casper is all-in on the way to $100M

Turns out there's life — and a smorgasbord of opportunities — after selling a supersized portfolio of McDonald's restaurants. Blake Casper proves that through some shrewd and stylish choices.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Business Observer Staff |
May 30, 2012

Kaplan alleges how he was scammed

Sarasota real estate investor Marvin Kaplan has lost about $22 million in what his attorney alleges to be a Ponzi scheme involving Sarasota entrepreneur Larry Starr.

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By Business Observer Staff |
July 20, 2007

40 Under 40 (Lee-Collier)

Jason BreedTroy D. BuhsThomas L. BurtPaul McCullersTammie NemecekDino RedzicMichael SmithChristian SpilkerMilissa SprecherComer TurleyBrian LucasBlake GableOrlando RosalesMayela Rosales

Entrepreneurs

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By Adam Hughes |
November 4, 2005

Splurge and Purge

Banks doing costly acquisitions on the Gulf Coast appear to lose market share, at least initially.

Entrepreneurs

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By Business Observer Staff |
November 12, 2004

Throwaway Defendant

Did federal prosecutors use the late Warren A. Wilson III as a pawn in a strategy to convict another attorney? His wife of 28 years says he was innocent.

Entrepreneurs

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By Business Observer Staff |
February 28, 2013

Best Bureaucrats?

We recognize the people in government who 'get it.'

Florida

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By Business Observer Staff |
August 3, 2007

10 for 20

Editor's note: While we at Gulf Coast Business Review are celebrating our 10th anniversary, we won't spend much time dwelling on yesterday. We've already told you what happened the past decade. We are a forward looking bunch. So we asked 10 major forces on the Gulf Coast to step into the future and tell us what the region will look like in 10 years, for the Review's 20th anniversary.Steve Knopik, William S. Dalton, Syd Kitson, Dr. Kiran C. Patel, Rex Jensen, Jerry Maxwell, Thomas S. Monaghan, Randy Benderson, Judy Genshaft, Ph.D., Trudi Williams

Entrepreneurs

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By Business Observer Staff |
June 18, 2004

Bruised, Pruned But Budding Again

A lesson for not-for-profit and corporate boards. What happens when directors are out of sync.

Entrepreneurs

By Elizabeth King |
January 30, 2026

Sarasota jeweler goes viral with videos — including baby squirrel

Jeweler Todd Alan's patient path to success in a competitive market is led by a core principle: building trust with clients.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Business Observer Staff |
January 30, 2004

The Master of Marketing (Sara/Mana edition)

If you know anything about marketing, you know this name: Phil Kotler. Here's an interview that is required reading for everyone in business.

Entrepreneurs

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By Jay Brady |
January 7, 2010

10 for 10

Ten government leaders who will play crucial roles in shaping the next decade.

Florida

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By Adam Hughes |
August 1, 2005

40 Under 40 Honorees

The Gulf Coast Business Review honors our 40 young professionals under the age of 40 in the Sarasota/Manatee counties for 2005.

Entrepreneurs

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By Adam Hughes |
July 20, 2006

40 Under 40 Winners Page 3

LaWaiian Jerrod LongSteven J. MasonAlexandra (Alex) MillerUri MinkoffAjit NairMegan NewmanKay NikookaryLindsey Michelle OwenJustin N. PowellJames C. Ray Jr.

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Flattering Figures

Forrest Gump Rodriguez?

Internet tax far more than a fairness issue

12 Bold Predictions for 2012

Amendments advice: Where does it fall on the freedom scale?

5 years later, Gulf Coast executives look back at managing through COVID

AeroVanti founder's brother says life, finances in tatters from company collapse

'Reluctant Tampa celebrity' Blake Casper is all-in on the way to $100M

Kaplan alleges how he was scammed

40 Under 40 (Lee-Collier)

Splurge and Purge

Throwaway Defendant

Best Bureaucrats?

10 for 20

Bruised, Pruned But Budding Again

Sarasota jeweler goes viral with videos — including baby squirrel

The Master of Marketing (Sara/Mana edition)

10 for 10

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