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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • April 17, 2015
Unfriendly fraud

Online retailers lose nearly $12 billion annually in credit card chargebacks. A Clearwater firm found a solution, and turned it into a fast-growth business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 19, 2025
Boston restaurant chain opens new Naples location

Kelly’s Roast Beef now has two restaurants in Naples with others on the Gulf Coast in development.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • July 15, 2025
Sarasota water bottling startup looks to grab market share

WellHouse has successfully gotten past some initial challenges — sourcing, partnerships, licensing, to name a few. Now the founder looks to scale the startup.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 25, 2025
Noted restaurateur Paul Fleming moves brand from California to Florida

Veteran restaurateurs, with brands in several categories, make an all-in choice on Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • April 1, 2026
$135M SWFL builder enters affordable housing sector with big projects

Curran Young Construction draws on its past expertise to shift into affordable housing.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 19, 2022
Airport lands $72 million project to address passenger traffic surge

Expansion couldn't come at a better time for Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2006
Lessons from a Tech Survivor

Fox Electronics' survival during the years that followed the tech bust offers lessons to other businesses facing declining sales.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2007
Aysegul Timur: Where are the jobs?

Southwest Florida's economy has benefited from population and income growth. Expect Gulf Coast counties to continue generating service-related jobs in the years ahead.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 25, 2007
The Investment Slip

The rising tide of Wall Street money is lifting Steeven Knight's business as he aims to develop a network of private yacht clubs in Florida and beyond.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 23, 2006
Not Par for the Course

A college student juggles class assignments with selling golf novelties. It's a crash course in entrepreneurial spirit.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 20, 2006
Governor candidates fit the mold: hackneyed

Judging from the surge in daily e-mails from Florida's gubernatorial candidates, the calendar must be closing in on the September primary.Please, someone call the Spam Patrol.It's thick.

  • Opinion
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 28, 2006
Coffee Talk

Turner still headed for the top: Tragedy recently struck Tampa businessman John Turner's team as it struggles to climb Mount Everest - the world's highest peak.Kvetko returns to Fifth Third: Colleen Kvetko has returned. And she wants her customers back.Tax surprise: Which states are burdening business with the heaviest tax load? The Golden State, run by those Hollywood liberals? Taxachusetts?Faster than an Insignia: It sounds like the organizers of the not-yet-chartered Insignia Bank are itching to start lending and spending some of its initial capital.Report: Foreclosures up: Houses going into foreclosure across the nation climbed 38% to 323,102 in the first quarter from the previous quarter; Florida had the second-highest number of foreclosures at 29,636, even though the state's foreclosures dropped 14% from the same period a year earlier, according to an online real estate company.TIB Bank joins the billion-dollar club: TIB Bank recently joined the small club of Gulf Coast-based banks and thrifts with more than $1 billion in assets.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 28, 2006
Market Interrupted

A Naples condo developer halts sales of a project, citing the soft market. Expect others to follow.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 14, 2005
Ready for Take-Off

A new study by the MEA Group could make the skies a little friendlier for airline traffic and give theaviation consulting company an edge over the competition.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2008
Injecting Innovation

Entrepreneur Frank Daniels carries on a family tradition of leading a water-powered chemical injector company in Largo into new markets.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2008
Power Hitter

Michael Morizio did customized software development for various clients before carving a niche with Major League Baseball.

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2008
Tapping Technology

Scott Riley has successfully focused Fintech.com on one activity: Helping clients pay liquor vendors electronically.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2008
A Second Act

The multi-level marketing, mail-order vitamin business doesn't have the most stellar reputation. But for one desperate, riches-to rags entrepreneurial couple, it was the million-dollar answer.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2003
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: ResortQuest International buys Longboat's Silver SandsCommodore Realty buysBradenton Kash n' KarryNew Sarasotans take over Parkview ApartmentsMinneapolis franchise owners plan Sarasota DQ Grill and Chill

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2004
Happy Employees Create Happy Customers

Employees need managers who can empathize with their stress and pain and who honestly try to create an environment in which they feel valued and respected despite all the changes going on around them.Barbara Glanz is an author and motivational speaker.

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