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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 1, 2018
College's campaign highlights courage in creativity

Sarasota's Ringling College of Art and Design is promoting the school and its majors through a campaign highlighting that Creativity Takes Courage.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2018
Anchor’s aweigh in Tampa Bay

Part Uber, part driver's ed — but for boaters — Anchor Technologies has opened for business in Tampa.

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  • October 14, 2016
Amy Kinsey, 38

Deputy criminal division director, 20th Judicial Circuit Administrative Office of the Courts

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • February 10, 2017
How to ... Write a standout company manual

Sunshine Bank CEO Andrew Samuel believes a company manual is much more than a standard employee handbook.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
Charles 'Chas' Bruck, 31

Principal, SoHo Capital

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 25, 2015
2015 Top Deals: Charlotte-Lee-Collier

The Mercato retail and office complex has come to be synonymous with Naples luxury, with its bevy of upscale restaurants, European design flare and high-end merchants.

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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 Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 13, 2019
Dufour making "a tremendous run" with multifamily sales

Patrick Dufour has carved out a niche with Tampa apartments at Newmark Knight Frank

  • Commercial Real Estate
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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.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 1, 2025
St. Pete bank posts $19M loss, but execs confident in restructuring

BayFirst National Bank believes selling its SBA loan portfolio, where it was previously a national leader, will help get it back to profitability.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 7, 2016
Florida, I-4, Indys and voters' mood will tip the election

Ah, the deplorables.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 16, 2025
Four-decade restaurant industry veteran ready for her next portion

A high school job at Taco Bell has turned into a high-level restaurant career for Kelia Bazile. Her latest gig? Running $700 million brand Carrabba's.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 8, 2006
Detour Direct

An aspiring star chef took a colossal risk 20 years ago when he took over a tiny Asian-style furniture business. The payoff has been as big as the risk, both in multimillion-dollar revenues and in the introduction to his business partner and future wife.

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  • November 19, 2004
Legal Briefs (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Carlton Fields hires two new associatesFitzgerald to advise on circuit grievancesBroad and Cassel adds two lawyersJNC seeks applications for 6th Circuit judgeship

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  • November 7, 2003
Pricey but Popular

A high cost of living has not stopped growth in the country's pricier towns. The most expensive cities in America - San Francisco and New York - have enjoyed relatively continuous growth, even during the recent economic downturn.

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  • By Denise Federer |
  • August 31, 2012
Managing organizational change: The ultimate test of leadership

Successful leaders who thrive during challenging times consistently demonstrate flexibility and a willingness to move their business in a new direction when necessary.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 10, 2020
What They're Saying: CoStar Group

Apartment development in Sarasota and Fort Myers is among the tops in the U.S., according to a new report by commercial real estate research firm CoStar Group

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 15, 2019
Market Spotlight: Sarasota.Manatee Retail Market

The Sarasota and Manatee retail submarket has enjoyed steady activity over the past four years, with shrinking occupancies and rising rental rates. At the same time, development has largely been limited to certain sectors and projects.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 2, 2022
Ratings agency CEO: Company pulling back from Florida after summer flap with state officials

Demotech CEO says Florida politics and a property insurance market in shambles has created an "extremely limited appetite for additional business" in the state.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • June 5, 2023
Multimillion-dollar gym to open in north Manatee County

The Crunch Fitness is the fifth owned by the franchisee in the Sarasota-Bradenton area.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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