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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 3, 2006
How Bankruptcy Saved the Tidemark

Out of money, Nick Easterling and his partners saw one way to save the Tidemark Lodge and Marina: bankruptcy.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 24, 2006
Low-Ender

Warren Hickernell is profiting while working against the tide. 'I really see my job as preservng the low-impact mom-and-pop hotels.'

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2004
Sarasota's Mr. Friendly

From Sarasota to Orlando, Steve Sandor and partners are opening new Friendly's restaurants and discovering success. Their first location, in Sarasota, is third in the national chain in annual sales.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2004
Capital Guy

At 37, Trenam Kemker's Nelson T. Castellano is one of the area's top lawyers in complexbusiness transactions.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • July 30, 2010
Shaken, Not Deterred

Beachfront resorts and tourism groups in the lower Gulf Coast counties take on the economic challenge posed by oil, while legislators tackle what matters most.

  • Florida
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • November 29, 2019
Commercial broker sees promise in part of town others avoided

Frank Bozikovich's never-quit strategy is a lesson in commercial real estate persistence.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 24, 2020
Shop for growth: Firm assembles formidable lineup of subsidiaries

Vector Solutions, a Tampa, Florida-based e-learning company, has been on a run of growth over the past few years, acquiring 10 companies to diversify its offerings.

  • Strategies
  • By Michael J. Wilson |
  • September 9, 2019
Want to Join a Nonprofit Board and Have a Rewarding Experience? Increase Your Odds

Membership on a nonprofit board can require a big investment of both time and money, so make sure you are a good fit with the organization.

  • Williams Parker
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 12, 2014
A large interest

Businesses in any industry constantly seek new revenue sources. The concept has a thundering immediacy in banking.

  • Finance
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 3, 2025
CEO on waterfront restaurant acquisitions, despite storms: 'Like a dream'

Greg Powers, the CEO of Beachside Hospitality Group, a company with 15 restaurants in Florida, dishes on its latest portfolio additions.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 8, 2022
With 'GOAT' cake, Tampa bakery scores a birthday touchdown

The Cake Girl produced a custom confection for the ultimate local celebrity: Bucs quarterback Tom Brady.

  • News
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 30, 2022
Real estate executive’s home flooded by Hurricane Ian

Premier Sotheby's International Realty CEO Budge Huskey was on a business trip in Colorado when the monster storm hit his Bonita Springs residence.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 14, 2022
Peter Cecora, 31

JLL, executive vice president

  • Class of 2022
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 21, 2022
Who needs sleep? Creative interior design entrepreneur finds another purpose for warehouse during Ian

Daniel Lubner says the night was long as he waited to reconnect with team leaders.

  • Leadership
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2006
Bruising Broker

The competitive field of commercial real estate in Greater Sarasota can now count a true fighter among its ranks: Former national boxing writer - and long-ago retired amateur boxer - Joe Bruno.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2004
Prepare for War

Lou Lasday: Motivate your attack force. Take aim and help them move out.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 17, 2013
Open the shutters

Brian Rist didn't let the housing recession slow him down. When things got tough, he went to Cancun.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 5, 2013
Fly boys

A trio of executives takes aim at what they call an 'underserved and overpriced' niche of the aviation insurance market. The plan has rocketed to success.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 20, 2012
Schweet!

Benjamin Fleischer is on a mission to sell a healthier sweetener. Pyure Brands became profitable last year.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 10, 2020
Ace announces plans for new place in Plant City

Ace Hardware chain to more than double existing distribution center capacity with new Blue Steel development in Plant City.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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