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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • September 3, 2024
Tampa entrepreneur grows goat yoga business with grit, good times

How a small family and half a dozen goats jumped to new heights.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2003
In Pursuit of Sand and Tan

Move out of the way: Tourism on the Gulf Coast has returned to 2000 levels and is expected to go higher next year.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 1, 2009
Your Money Back

The role of court-appointed receiver in an investment scam case — such as an alleged $400 million Gulf Coast-centered fraud — is one part Sherlock Holmes and one part Robin Hood. Burton Wiand plays both roles.

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2010
The Debate Rages On

The battle over federal health care reform has shifted from the merits of the bill to implementation. Five local experts weigh in on the issues for the Business Review.

  • Industries
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 12, 2021
Game on: County tourism leaders break away from Florida stereotypes

With a massive sports complex, soon-to-open adjacent hotel and signature craft beer, Pasco County has embraced its new identity as Florida’s Sports Coast. Competition abounds.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Amanda Postma, Brian Hartz and Louis Llovio |
  • February 3, 2022
Affordable housing crisis continues as many search for answers

The affordable housing predicament has reached crisis level for many in the region. Some creative leaders, in business and government, are on the front lines of delivering sustainable solutions.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 30, 2023
Local businesses encouraged to take damage survey

The survey asks for both physical and economic damages caused by Hurricane Idalia.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2009
Veterans team up for turn around

Sensing an unfilled niche, a pair of veteran Sarasota developers is teaming up with a Tampa real estate marketer to create a broad-based development turn-around firm.

  • News
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 1, 2010
In Search of Perfection

It takes fortitude to reexamine every aspect of your business during a downturn. But Pelican Wire Company has done just that and is betting it will be better prepared for the economic recovery.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 10, 2010
Daring Dude

A Gulf Coast boat builder discovered a far-out opportunity in his recession-forced heartbreak. 'Don't be afraid to try something different,' he says.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 31, 2021
Year ends with a flurry of deals, including $85M hotel sale

The last two weeks of 2021 brought several major closings across the region

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 6, 2019
Dining delivery: Il Ritorno, St. Petersburg

With high fees and low quality control, David Benstock passes on meal delivery.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 10, 2017
How to ... create core values that are timeless

Brothers Chadd and Keegan Hodges first looked to add services when they took on leadership roles in the family electrician business in 2010. That included plumbing and air conditioning work.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 24, 2015
Let in the sunshine

Sunshine Ace Hardware eyes more acquisitions as the industry consolidates. How will it keep its family-business culture as the company grows?

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2007
Out of a Pinch

Tony Phelan was a successful restaurateur in Texas when the oil bust shattered his life. But he rebuilt a stronger chain in Southwest Florida.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2004
'We all have to eat'

The legal community and insurance industry await a decision by the Florida Supreme Court on a challenge to insurance tort reforms enacted in 1986.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 21, 2011
Scrap public education; make all of it private

Last week provided great political-media entertainment in our little part of Florida. It also brought to light the fatal flaw of public education.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2004
Waterfront Harvesters

Mark Miller and Terry Conti's Waterside Investment Group Inc. has grown, in less than five years, to more than $100 million worth of high-end residential construction.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Schlichter |
  • November 22, 2019
Prolific builder: Region succeeds because it isn't Miami

A developer looks back — to the recession, for one, when he had to let go of 85% of the staff — and forward on a host of new projects. Controlled growth is a key component of the business model. .

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 10, 2014
Won't back down

A Tampa attorney went on the offensive in a rare way for a client. The result is a vindication of the firm's ethics and standards — and a potential for more than $15 million in legal judgments.

  • Law
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