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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2017
Joseph Serrano, 39

Co-founder/president, CX Insurance Services

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  • October 4, 2013
Joel Chaffins, 34

President, Owner and Operator, No Place Like Home Care

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  • October 4, 2013
Bobby Harris, 39

CEO, Blue Grace Logistics

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  • By Will Powell |
  • August 26, 2016
Campaign climb

Want to succeed at crowdfunding? Follow the two P's: planning and publicity.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2015
Bart Knellinger, 32

Founder, CEO, Progressive Dental

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  • October 16, 2015
David Connolly, 31

President, Mister Sparky Florida

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  • October 16, 2015
Patrick Duggan, 37

Senior assistant general counsel, Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office

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  • October 16, 2015
Erika Nikla Quartermaine, 37

Judge, Sarasota County

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 2, 2015
Intellectual Capital

Charles Grimes, a leading intellectual property attorney, relocated his firm's corporate headquarters to Bonita Springs from Connecticut. More are coming, he says.

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2024
National fraud allegations include Tampa nurse for siphoning fentanyl

Four people in the region were charged in a variety of cases.

  • Florida
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  • By Sharon Hillstrom |
  • February 28, 2025
Manatee Technical College, Bradenton Area EDC partner for talent pipeline success

The school and the EDC work together to prepare students for local jobs in manufacturing and aviation maintenance, among other sectors.

  • Opinion
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 21, 2025
Tampa family-run firm exits hotel business after 45 years

The Liberty Group sold the last six hotel in its portfolio ending an era that began in 1980 in Youngstown, Ohio.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 2, 2024
Sarasota's 'Annuity King' sentenced to 15 years for defrauding seniors

A federal judge in Tampa sentenced the 67-year-old agent for a scheme that stole millions from elderly clients.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 28, 2024
Done deal: $3.1 billion acquisition for PGT Innovations closes

Venice window and door manufacturer PGT Innovations, founded 44 years ago, is no longer publicly traded.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 20, 2005
Bank Turn

A group of south Hillsborough County business owners, rebuffed by thrift regulators, decide that starting a state-chartered bank makes better sense.

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  • June 15, 2007
Strategy Combo

A slowing market means First State Bank's growth rate might drop as much as 10% this year, even as executives bank on a strategy that combines two methods. Says its new president: "We have to hustle."

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  • September 15, 2006
Pub Crawl

After 15 years of deliberate growth, a pair of lifelong friends running a bar and grill chain are about to pass $11 million in annual revenues. Expansion throughout the Gulf Coast is up next.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • March 16, 2007
Not Just Talk

An entrepreneur's chat with others about starting a bank turns into reality as the group hires a CEO and files an application with state regulators to form GulfShore Bank. It has raised several million dollars in the first couple weeks of its capital campaign.

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  • May 21, 2007
Revenue Rescue

Cliff Carothers grounded his corporate career to invest $500,000 in life savings - plus $1.5 million in loans - into a flying ambulance firm. The results have been sky-high success, with more expansion on the horizon.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2008
Unique 2.0

Mike Montgomery couldn't believe how little technology there was inside a $15 million air conditioning company. So he bought it. And then he changed everything.

  • Entrepreneurs
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