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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2007
Florida 'edupreneurs'

Donald Jones and his family have created and managed schools and career colleges all over Florida. Their formula for success has been based on this basic business tenet: Pay attention to the customer.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2008
CEO Solutions

CEO groups, such as the CEO Council and The Executive Committee, help chief executives manage their companies and lives.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 18, 2010
Dare to Dream

Scott Miller has successfully blended a corporate life with an entrepreneurial one. He's found there's a lot more similarities than differences between the pair.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • February 18, 2011
Pension Bomb

Government employee pension plans are a time bomb for cities and counties on the Gulf Coast. The recession has lit the fuse.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 23, 2010
Death of a Partner

What happens when the founding partner of an architecture firm dies? Dan McGahey reflects on the last 18 months since his business partner, Bruce Gora, died of cancer.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 22, 2006
Top managers optimistic for 2007

The correction in the real estate market has the public's attention, but Gulf Coast business decision-makers do not see rocky times ahead. In fact, most of them expect strong growth in 2007 and are are planning accordingly.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 21, 2025
Top 50 contractors from Polk to Collier County surpass $9B in annual revenue

The Business Observer's list of the largest contractors in the business.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2003
Real Estate Briefs

Richard Zipes and Tarragon Realty Investors pay more than $200 a square foot for downtown Sarasota property.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 4, 2022
Born from experience: A new twist on senior housing

A Fort Lauderdale company moving into the Gulf Coast is looking to expand options for seniors who want the benefits of aging in place but the services they need to flourish in their new situation.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • August 27, 2010
Intelligent Growth

Celestar Corp., a low-profile defense contractor in Tampa, doesn't have to operate in the shadows to perform its best work.

  • Strategies
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 16, 2024
Sarasota window company declares bankruptcy, owes more than $1.2M

Sash & Sill owner Todd Hoch has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy and been censured in Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 23, 2024
Secretive Naples' exec on how to build a $3B medical device business

Reinhold Schmieding says little publicly about the company he founded, Arthrex. His silence belies the company’s resounding, generational success.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 8, 2006
Poultry Prosperity

Dan Cathy, president and chief operating officer of Chick-fil-A, gives a candid look at how his unique fast-food chain doubled its revenues in five years without borrowing a penny - and the strategy that makes it family-friendly to run a franchise.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2007
There's Something in the Water

A close-knit family has built a one-shop boat retailer into a $200 million Gulf Coast juggernaut. It helps to not be shy about spending money.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 10, 2020
Chart a course: Boat show operator adapts to new reality

Informa Markets, despite the pandemic, has decided to stage the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in late October, followed by the 43rd annual St. Petersburg Power and Sailboat Show in mid-January.

  • Strategies
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • February 25, 2022
Restaurants turn to automation to fill positions — and increase productivity

As the hospitality industry grapples with a shortage of workers, robots are becoming more enticing.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 27, 2022
Atomic age: Next-gen cancer treatment centers coming soon

Proton therapy, a next-gen cancer treatment option, is coming soon to several Gulf Coast communities.

  • Health Care
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • November 26, 2010
Moving Targets

Hillsborough County's proposed strategic plan for economic growth aims at a smaller group of targeted industries, but leaves regulatory issues for another day.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 17, 2011
Recharged Batteries

Lower prices from overseas competition squeezed an electronics manufacturer to the brink of failure. Rather than break, however, it fought back.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 30, 2024
Mall owners turn from new tenants to complete redos

While the future of traditional malls continues to be in flux, new mall owners see the huge pieces of land as an opportunity to reinvent.

  • Florida
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