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  • By Jay Brady |
  • July 21, 2011
Government Digest: July 22

A summary of governmental action from around the Gulf Coast, including: Charter board rejects voter approval measure, U.S. House targets EPA water quality standards and Sarasota bonds down, Florida's rating is up

  • Florida
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 27, 2012
Walk This Way

A 35-year law enforcement veteran finds a comfortable fit in entrepreneurship. His next challenge: Stay ahead of big-muscled competitors.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 3, 2012
Just Right

Karins Engineering believes it has finally gotten past the 'surviving is winning' stage of the recession. Now it aims for more growth.

  • Strategies
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • January 1, 2021
Economic Forecast: For higher education, solutions to pandemic challenges could become opportunities

In the past year, SCF put Go Live into place, an expanded online learning platform that allows students and instructors to gather virtually in real time.

  • Education
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 18, 2021
Architects: region will bounce back strong

Many in the industry are confident in a solid pipeline of projects.

  • News
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • December 6, 2019
Dining delivery: Gecko’s, Sarasota

Gecko’s is considering offering in-house delivery instead of using a national app.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • By A.G. Lafley |
  • March 3, 2022
The VUCA world invades the supply chain

Even with supply chain issues swirling, don't neglect a company's biggest asset: people

  • Advice
  • By Steven Benna |
  • November 11, 2016
Corporate report

Duke Energy promotes from within; Hospital appoints associate chief medical officer; Company starts with Naples for national expansion

  • Strategies
  • By Denise Federer |
  • February 24, 2017
Create a culture of engagement

To get the most out of your team, sometimes all you have to do is show you care.

  • Strategies
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 15, 2017
Tools for Retention

Hardware store entrepreneur Michael Wynn tackles the conundrum of employee retention with respect, recognition and rewards.

  • Strategies
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 11, 2013
Gone Global

A Gulf Coast law firm recently expanded internationally, to more than 40 countries. Its attorneys, though, never have to board an airplane.

  • Law
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 4, 2014
A wider lens

Paradise Coast TV is expanding its hotel-room programming to visitors in Sarasota by building on its success in the Naples area.

  • Strategies
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 13, 2013
Positive returns

Banks headquartered on the Gulf Coast now have better returns to share with investors.

  • Finance
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 3, 2014
Dogged determination

Elizabeth Dixie Brown acquired a failing veterinary practice in 2007 and turned it around despite the tough economic conditions.

  • Strategies
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 10, 2014
Seismic shift

If disruptive innovation were easy, it wouldn't be disruptive or innovative. That's an acute challenge in some health care sectors.

  • Strategies
  • By Steven Benna |
  • November 6, 2015
Mobile men

Anthony Fernandez turned his knack for fixing things into an entrepreneurial venture. Major expansion plans are on the horizon.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Steven Benna |
  • December 4, 2015
Forever in flooring

Mike Solmonson has developed a system that makes him a top salesperson at his flooring company.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 7, 2015
Corporate report

Leggett & Platt creating 100-plus jobs for Pasco; Transitions Optical launches Spanish-language Web series; Texas hospital first using Spectralink devices with Voalte; Wells Fargo names Moran Advisors Spirit Award winner; Overturf's Floor & Fabric Care acquires Greenway Carpet

  • Strategies
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 4, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: John Harshman, President and Founder, Harshman & Co. Inc., Sarasota

John Harshman formed Harshman & Co. in downtown Sarasota in 1989, seven years after beginning his commercial real estate career.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anita Todd |
  • September 25, 2015
Flying high

The mission at a Polk County business is simply ambitious: to change how global contracted military training is conducted.

  • Strategies
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