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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2008
Landing the big ones

For more than 30 years, Bruce Erhardt has bought and sold land along the Gulf Coast, paving the way for development and job growth.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Denise Kalette |
  • January 17, 2013
Protecting Your Cubs

A Tampa company's MamaBear app is garnering fans and media attention.

  • Strategies
  • By Williams Parker Attorneys at Law, Sarasota, Florida |
  • April 3, 2020
Addressing Business Concerns Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic

Addressing Business Concerns Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic

  • Williams Parker
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 27, 2015
Aggressive treatment

Florida's largest nonprofit public health system is about to get bigger. The launching pad: a forecast of significant population growth.

  • Strategies
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 20, 2026
Marriott-branded hotel breaks ground in Wellen Park

The 149-room Wellmar hotel will feature event space and a rooftop restaurant in south Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2008
Ratings Services: F

Wall Street's crisis built as ratings services let loose subprime scourge.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2010
Corporate Report: Oct. 8 - Oct. 14

The latest news from Inuvo, Tigris Pharmaceuticals, and more.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 3, 2004
Ranch Arena Almost Iced

Salvador Diaz-Verson Jr. and two of his companies claim Bank of America improperly backed out of financing a land purchase for the Lakewood Ranch arena.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 27, 2025
Momentum for eliminating property taxes faces multiple obstacles, risks

Property tax reform is a hot-button issue as Florida legislators get ready for the 2026 legislative session.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 21, 2011
Economic Forecast 2012 Overview

The yearning for optimism in how next year's economy will turn out is palpable. The facts, however, don't always meet the desire.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2007
Runner Up - Tampa Bay

Jacob BeckelFrank Winston CrumJose Morales Marty Schaffel

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 26, 2005
From Great to Good

2005 was called the Super Bowl of commercial real estate years. For 2006, brokers and developers are forecasting a more moderate pace but still robust by historical standards.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 22, 2022
Crypto leader: 'Regulatory clarity' will help stave off future failures

The CEO and co-founder of CoinFlip says strong business can survive the industry upheaval.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 30, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Lee/Collier)

Stock Development plans residential communityNew York-based developer to convert apartmentsOntario company buys Cape Coral shopping centerSt. Louis developer planscenter in Fort Myers

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 3, 2013
Reverse the Bleed

A big-thinking mobile health technology entrepreneur aims to eradicate the issue of brain drain, one college grad at a time.

  • Industries
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  • By Lindsey Nickel-de |
  • March 5, 2013
StartupBus Day 2: Asylum

Day two has been aptly named Asylum, not because of the absence of Wi-Fi, or the fact that most us us are working on three hours of sleep, or even that we are on a bus with 20 unique personalities 16 hours a day — those are not the things making us crazy. No, its because we literally stayed in an asylum last night in New Orleans.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 25, 2012
Money Bugs

How hard could it be to sell insect-repellent in Florida? It's not as easy as you think, but one entrepreneur is undeterred.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 2, 2012
Price Spike

The median prices of existing single-family homes in Collier and Lee counties have been rising at a 20% to 30% annual clip in recent months. Can they keep rising at this pace?

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 17, 2019
Justin Thibaut, 31

COO, LSI Companies Inc.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 23, 2016
Fallow no more

Plans to revamp an important downtown Fort Myers tract imploded during the recession, leaving it derelict. That's about to change.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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