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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 28, 2016
Two lawmakers' post-mortems on the Legislature

They say House members are all about power and climbing to the next level and that state government is not as bad as people think.

  • Opinion
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 7, 2020
Plant a seed: Fledgling industry's early entrants see profitable harvest

Gulf Coast makers of medical marijuana and CBD products are reaping rewards from their early entry into the market.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • July 11, 2023
Celebrated private air service firm faces backlash from jilted members, investors

The company's recently appointed turnaround CEO tells the Business Observer that he doesn't have an official start date.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 1, 2005
Crisis Management 101

Eleven months after Florida's nightmarish hurricane season, roofers are still stressed. Here's how four company leaders managed in the eye of the storms.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 6, 2008
Coffee Talk

Check out on aisle nine: Sweetbay boss moves on: Unless she stays local, the Tampa Bay area may soon lose one of its more colorful and candid chief executive officers.Housing comeback might not be soon: Don Atha might not have the polished resume of well-known Florida housing economists such as Hank Fishkind or David Denslow.Analyst rates Chico's a rare 'sell': Even after all the brokerage scandals earlier this decade, few stock analysts rate the equities they cover a "sell" for fear of incurring the wrath of the management of the companies they follow.Peaceful, easy feeling as Bayshore hooks up park: This one may go down as one of the most interesting projects ever for Tampa-Based Bayshore Technologies, an IT services firm.Growth on agenda in Sarasota County, again: The pace of growth in Sarasota County is yet again primed to take center stage on Election Day, this time in a race for an open seat on the county commission.Bonus commissions could spur more deals: Everyone knows these are not the best days for the real estate industry, but people are taking creative approaches to kick start activity.GULF COAST RETAIL: What the data show: The index of retail activity is constructed to measure personal consumption and it combines the categories of autos, consumer durables, tourism and consumer nondurables.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • June 18, 2010
New Urbanism, Old Problems

Sarasota County is a landowner and regulator in an innovative public/private development partnership featuring new urbanism designs that has run smack into old growth problems.

  • Florida
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 25, 2016
Pair up

Public-private partnerships offer lots of benefits for business — and lots of challenges. Opportunities are on the rise.

  • Florida
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 9, 2022
Chicken sandwich-making sisters go from porch to nearly $1 million business

With a counterintuitive approach — what business plan? — two sisters find fast success by sticking to one key nugget: give customers what they want, with good service.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2006
'All About the People'

Last year was a banner year for new community banks in Florida, with 25 de novo applications filed with state regulators. This year might come close.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2008
Blueberry Bingo

Big-ticket customers sometimes bring big challenges, too. One company's trick: Be flexible.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 17, 2006
High-growth ProS

India native Ajit Nair has built two companies into high-tech players. More revenue growth and possibly an IPO are up next.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 27, 2005
Coastal Erosion?

Bradenton's Coast Bank finally made a profit last year. The CEO says a big incursion into Pinellas County won't jeopardize 2005 earnings.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 5, 2003
Real Estate Briefs

This week's items: RBC Centura Bank buys Provident's Florida operationsRidgewood starts Ventura Village in VeniceTampa's Victory Lofts construction startsLocal operator sellsLakewood Ranch gas station

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2003
Customer Satisfaction

Stephen Garber lives and works in the Sarasota area coaching organizations and individuals in improving high performance behaviors and attitudes. Questions and comments are always welcome at [email protected].

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2008
Logical position

Why should air-traffic controllers have all the fun? One Gulf Coast-based company has developed software to track almost any global-positioning device anywhere.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By John Haughey |
  • November 11, 2021
Entrepreneur: dying drive-in movie business worth saving

The disappearance of iconic drive-in movie theaters from America’s landscape is well documented — an inevitable consequence of obsolescence. This is not one of those stories.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 17, 2017
Fort Myers emerging

The Lee County city's downtown has struggled to gain traction, but a slate of new projects would change that in a big way.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Ted Carter |
  • June 9, 2017
Fame Game

Sandy Stilwell acquired her first motel just out of high school. Teri Hansen got into marketing when the 'emerging technology was the fax machine.' Together, they have some powerful business insights.

  • Strategies
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • January 24, 2014
On tap

When Mike Harting asked his head chef at Bella Brava to brew a beer, he didn't dream that a year later he'd be opening his own brewery. Using connections from his 15 years with Outback, he's doing just that.

  • Strategies
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 1, 2025
Colson Hotel to be restored as a business incubator

With a goal of providing business startup space across all demographics, the group preserving the Colson Hotel plans to renovate it as the Colson Collective.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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