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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 17, 2015
Face of Hertz exits (handsomely)

Ever since Hertz announced it would relocate its global headquarters to Estero from New Jersey, Richard Broome was the face of the company in Southwest Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2015
Gopher gets good news

Sarasota businessman Joel Schleicher, founder of several technology companies, recently received an accolade that takes him back in time: The University of Minnesota, the school where he earned an accounting degree in 1974, named him Entrepreneur of the Year. Schleicher was honored at a ceremony at the school Sept. 9.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2015
Statewide aging expert gets new gig in Sarasota

Michelle Capogrosso will run The Springs at South Biscayne in North Port.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 8, 2015
Come on, get happy (at work)

A new survey from Tampa-based Kforce includes a sobering find: Four out of 10 American workers describe their office environment as “very” or “extremely” stressful.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 29, 2008
Smile Factories

Coast Dental Services began in Tampa and is now throughout Florida and Georgia with its sights set nationally.

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  • By A.G. Lafley |
  • January 21, 2021
Advice: Combat crisis with bigger circle of control

Things in the world — and with your business — might look like they are in peak volatility. But there are ways to rise above the instability.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2008
Fuel for success

James Shaw plans to do for truck fuel systems what he did for aviation. Success comes from serving others, he says.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 13, 2016
Gulf Coast apartment growth to continue

The 2008 foreclosure crisis, an improved job market, population gains, increased household formations — especially among millennials aged 21 to 37 years old — have combined to make the multifamily sector along the Gulf Coast one of the hottest in the country in the aftermath of the economic recession of the last decade.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 18, 2018
Over the cliff, with no regrets

Chad Nuss, a St. Petersburg, Fla.-based serial entrepreneur, is comfortable taking risks, which he says is essential for good business ideas.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 7, 2013
How the Florida Gators' defense managed to stymie FGCU ... for 25 years

In 1973, Southwest Florida was deemed too small for a university. It would take another 25 years until Florida Gulf Coast University formed to meet demand in the area

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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.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 26, 2021
Manufacturer moves into bigger, better space

Moving manufacturing plants, even a small distance, could be a big hassle. At Harmar it helps when employees have an all-in spirit.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 18, 2008
Calendar of Events

View events around the Gulf Coast for free.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2006
A Secure Retirement

A Southwest Florida retirement community sees its commitment to science, statistical projections and employee retention programs pay off: It recently scored the highest credit rating in the country.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 7, 2022
My father’s business, built on hustle, teaches valuable lessons

Family-run company can be more about what you learn from one another as the bottom line. In the Llovio family, the lessons are about grit, resilience and, notably, love.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 20, 2006
Coffee Talk

Better terms: Young companies starting to make money are having an easier time finding additional capital than they have in five years, says Tampa attorney David S. Felman.Florida Gulf Coast University simulates Wall Street: Business-school students at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers will learn what it feels like to work on the trading floor of a major brokerage firm.Grande unveiling: Does West Palm Beach-based Kolter Communities have the staying power to make a profit in the tough Sarasota $1 million-plus condo market? We're about to find out.Construction's contribution: If we thought construction was leading economic growth in the Gulf Coast, our area isn't alone.Poop Power: The solution to the United State's oil dependency may be coming from the University of Florida - via your neighborhood farm.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 30, 2009
Saw blades buzzing

Adams Group is just one of a dozen firms in the country that can build large-scale casework in public and corporate buildings.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 6, 2015
Face time

A Gulf Coast consumer products firm covets a new segment of customers. It requires deft marketing.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 14, 2021
$357M foundation presents grant money to workforce development initiative

The $125,000 grant extends the Gulf Coast Community Foundation's partnership with CareerEdge.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2004
DayStar Dials Up Sarasota, Englewood

In the Goliath vs. Goliath multibillion struggle for telecommunication dollars, Port Charlotte's David - DayStar Communications - carves out its niche.

  • Entrepreneurs
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