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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • September 17, 2024
Clearwater private air service firm nearly doubles revenue, to $40M

Keeping ultra-high-net-worth clients happy is what drives entrepreneur Barry Shevlin and his team at FlyUSA. A new enhanced membership program is a big aid in that effort.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kristen Lessig-Schenerlein, Hannah McGowan |
  • January 14, 2026
Leaders can help promote humble confidence, erase impostor syndrome

Helping teammates overcome impostor syndrome starts at the top.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2004
Ready to Go

After a year and a half of delays, Liz Breuer is anxious to get started next month on The Savoy on Palm, an 11-story condominium tower.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Real Estate agents buy Fishermanis PlazaNation 1031 sponsor buys Ranch Lake PlazaNokomis developers buy land at Woodmere Horse FarmThree flex buildings headed for Centre ParkDeveloper seeks approval for 16-story Ros

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • April 23, 2010
Ongoing Legacy

Tampa business legend John Sykes continues to build from both business and community standpoints. People listen when he speaks, even if it isn't always what they want to hear.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 13, 2019
Builders race to capture a trendy crowd: 55-and-up buyers

Some homebuilders have found an edge in the growing niche.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2021
Bradenton law firm stays small, but mighty

After 20 years, a Bradenton law firm has been able to keep its goal of staying small. Never growing over six attorneys at a time, Harllee & Bald found a way to maintain a good chemistry in the office and be selective in clients all while continuing to gro

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 2, 2012
Freeze Frame

Three friends and hospital colleagues sought an entrepreneurial challenge. They found it in ice cream.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 2, 2011
Transatlantic Triumph

The recession is all about perspective, say a pair of British siblings who recently moved to the Gulf Coast. Now they aim to make a go of American entrepreneurialism.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 17, 2006
The ADDY Awards

No commercials were skipped as the local advertising industry celebrated the best in its field. Winners hope to compete regionally, and possibly nationally.

  • Industries
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 18, 2006
Lee-Collier Runner-Up 3

Daniel Dosoretz, CEO, Radiation Therapy Services: When Daniel Dosoretz arrived in Fort Myers in 1980, cancer patients who needed radiation therapy didn't have many choices in town. That was about to change.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2013
Manufacturing, financial firms relocating to Pasco

Officials say county job creation incentives help attract new companies.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2012
Bank's troubles exposed, possibly prematurely

There's an unusual postscript to the recent news that federal regulators shut down Lutz-based Heritage Bank of Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 10, 2011
Alico, NeoGenomics post losses

Alico's quarterly net loss was $92,000; NeoGenomics lost $3 million in 2010.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 10, 2020
Bank's expansion creates new space for symphony

An offer for a new office comes at the right time for the Southwest Florida Symphony.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2020
Chip away: Uncertainty, new organizers delay program's awards ceremony

One of the premier business events in Southwest Florida, the Blue Chip Community Business Awards, is going through a pair of pandemic-led changes.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 18, 2019
St. Pete Pier names tenants

The City of St. Petersburg has selected 17 mercahnts to be tenants in the St. Pete Pier Marketplace retail concept at the $76 million attraction, slated to open in March.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 2, 2016
Hotel projects fill voids

The past few months have brought good news for Manatee County hotel developers and hospitality officials.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2016
IN MEMORIAM | David Stone 1942-2016

NorthStar Bank Chairman Jim Cantonis recently had a fleeting and rare told-you-so moment with his friend of 40 years, David Stone. The victory: Cantonis rightly said the Fed would hold interest rates, while Stone predicted an increase.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2017
Firm fails to hit jobs target, owes county $200K

Sarasota County wooed Enzymedica from Charlotte County in 2012.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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