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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 30, 2012
Corporate Report: November 30

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 17, 2011
Recharged Batteries

Lower prices from overseas competition squeezed an electronics manufacturer to the brink of failure. Rather than break, however, it fought back.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 26, 2016
Bounce back

Like many developers, Chris Deveso suffered through the recession last decade. But he also learned a valuable lesson about the value of timing and good customer service.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • June 3, 2016
Flavor frenzy

Spend more to make more — sales and products — is an ongoing theme at a St. Petersburg ice cream making business. Growth has followed.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 23, 2015
Stores of love

It takes discipline to manage growth. Chef Norman Love won't add stores until he's sure the quality remains superior.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 16, 2024
Sarasota window company declares bankruptcy, owes more than $1.2M

Sash & Sill owner Todd Hoch has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy and been censured in Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 30, 2024
Mall owners turn from new tenants to complete redos

While the future of traditional malls continues to be in flux, new mall owners see the huge pieces of land as an opportunity to reinvent.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 23, 2024
Secretive Naples' exec on how to build a $3B medical device business

Reinhold Schmieding says little publicly about the company he founded, Arthrex. His silence belies the company’s resounding, generational success.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 2, 2018
Entrepreneur finds fuel for leasing success

Peter Wasmer reconstitutes Chrome Capital as Fuel Capital with plans to capture the pre-owned Harley-Davidson leasing market

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 26, 2022
Once-sleepy office hub aims to capitalize on desirable location

Long viewed as a buttoned-up business cluster filled with 9-to-5 workers, malls and hotels, Tampa’s Westshore District seeks to reinvent itself as a place to call home.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 1, 2022
Manufacturing CEO reflects on successes as company nears $1B threshold

Helios Technologies looks to hit a big revenue milestone in 2023 — two years ahead of schedule.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2007
The Magic Touch

The Forbes Co. uses a four-legged stool to develop centers that get shoppers to stay longer and spend more.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2006
Every Minute Counts

Sarasota Memorial's 30-minute guarantee in the ER wasn't a marketing gimmick. It was like moving the QM2. But it changed the hospital's entire organizational culture - for the better.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 23, 2007
No Strings Attached

CEO Charlotte Baker isn't after venture capital this time. She's clearly in charge, with no one else directing her moves, though she has two partners.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Janelle Makowski |
  • February 18, 2005
W'holy' Grail

John Mackey explains why shareholders don't come first at Whole Foods Market. Not that they're complaining.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2006
Do the Right Thing

Frank Crum was a minister for a year before taking his faith into the business world. Now he leads an employee leasing company with $1.2 billion in annual billings.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 16, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana/Tampa)

Better than Buffet, Branson: The comparison has been made before, but we're just glad he's one of ours.Looking for capital?: The Florida Venture Forum's 2006 conference is Jan. 31-Feb. 1 at the Sawgrass Marriott, Ponte Vedra Beach.WCI stock inflates as competitors deflate: Shares of WCI Communities, the Bonita Springs-based residential builder, got a boost when the company predicted a rosy outlook at its first-ever investor conference in Hollywood earlier this month.How do you pay the bill?: When Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley recently spoke to Sarasota's Downtown Partnership about his suggestions for urban revitalization, Coffee Talk wondered: Who paid for all of Charleston's wonderful improvements touted by the mayor?Make sure you like dad: When entrepreneurs are looking for venture capital, there's a lot more involved than the financial aspects of the transaction.Entrepreneurs speak: The University of Tampa is adding a new wrinkle to its speaker series on entrepreneurship.King of all Bay area media: Joe Redner has done it again.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 12, 2005
Legal Briefs (Tampa)

Top Florida creditors' rights firms mergeLawyer dismisses complaint against child welfare agency6th District JNC chooses judicial nomineesSchwartz joins bar grievance committeeCarlton Fields elects Sasso new presidentPhelps Dunbar adds associateWolfe joins Bricklemyer Smolker & BolvesFowler White adds insurance attorneyCarlton Fields receives awardFoley & Lardner recognized for workAttorneys receive board certification

  • Law
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 17, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Sun Vista Buys South Pasadena ApartmentsMercury Advisors negotiates $119 million financing dealSteinbrenners sell Radisson to Wacksman-Wallace groupAdam's Mark Hotel fetches $31.5 millionTreasure Island B&B sells 220% above prior sale price

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 15, 2009
Caged Growth

Danielle Huff has dealt with a broad range of challenges in running a Gulf Coast-based baseball-dependent metals company, all the way up to union struggles. But she's close to finding her sweet spot.

  • Entrepreneurs
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