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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2006
Making their own mark

One investor finds the Gulf Coast an inviting place to do business despite the rise in property insurance premiums. All those cars on the road mean customers for merchants creating demand for commercial space.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 23, 2007
Earning the American Dream

EMSI outsources its medical device manufacturing to India, China and Taiwan. Its founder and CEO started with more faith, persistence and determination than capital.

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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 Adam Hughes |
  • February 11, 2005
A Green Lumberjack

Kimal Lumber Co. looks to technology for increased efficiency and environmental sustainability.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 21, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Apprentice runner-up frontlines seminar: There are a lot of businesspeople with energy and drive, but very few attract the interest of Donald Trump.Thanks, Kelo: Some Florida legislators held a private property meeting on Tuesday in Tallahassee.H2O or champagne: Harry Owen, owner of H2O Marine, has reason to party.Cheers to Chris-Craft: After spending eight years at a place where everybody knew his name, John Ratzenberger last week visited Sarasota-based Chris-Craft Corp., one of the most recognizable names in the boat-building industry.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 15, 2020
Veronica LeBlanc, 37

Sanibel Captiva Community Bank, vice president, office manager

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 15, 2020
Brandy Wiesner, 33

St. Armands Circle Business Improvement District, operations manager

  • Class of 2020
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 9, 2022
Restaurant company, behind 5-star fun motto, nearly doubles locations in less than a year

Fun-loving restaurant owner John Horne takes a "why not now" approach to growth.

  • Strategies
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 13, 2006
A Stock Picker's Market

Money manager Keith Moored Jr. forecasts single-digit percentage growth for the stock market in 2006. Buyers should be extra selective. Go for the low price-to-sales ratios.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 21, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

Royal Palm Terrace Apartments planned for north of theaterAtlanta pays pretty penny for Sarasotais Admiralis WalkSplash Pools developing Bradenton flex parkSarasota developers buy 17th Street churchTringaliis G&T Land buys 289 acres

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 6, 2020
Get to Know ... Jordan Wean

New director of leasing and business development for New Jersey-based Denholtz Properties will quarterback growth throughout Florida.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2020
Logistics firm plots new $11M HQ project, 140 new hires

Scotlynn USA was founded in 2010.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 1, 2018
School's quest to attract students for new program takes simple, straightforward approach

Sarasota's Ringling College of Art and Design will introduce a new major — virtual reality development — this fall. The communications team is marketing it with simple, straightforward approach.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 24, 2016
Boomtowns

As many as 22 new towns and a new Interstate 75 exit are in the plans for eastern Collier County.

  • Strategies
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 6, 2025
Boston restaurant chain opens Parrish location

Kelly’s Roast Beef opened a new restaurant in Creekside Commons in Manatee County, the sixth for the chain in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 31, 2025
Naples hospital gets $7.5M donation for orthopedic surgical center

The gift is from Naples philanthropist Scott and Kathleen Kapnick.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 15, 2026
Tampa Bay Rays, local officials agree on a framework for new stadium

The agreement, which still needs final approval by the relevant governing bodies, calls for the team to pay $1.7 billion of the cost for the $2.3 billion ballpark.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 27, 2025
Sarasota County resort blends old with new in $1.5M double-storm recovery

To recover from the 2024 storm season, Manasota Beach Club is blending the tried-and-true with the modern-day.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2003
1st Runner-Up: David Dunbar Chairman

President and CEO Peoples Bank/Peoples Floriday Banking Corp.In his 28 years of banking, David Dunbar has worked for the largest bank in the state and the smallest bank in the state.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 3, 2020
Retailer reframes industry, internal challenges

A move to refine brands within Chico’s FAS — focusing on simplification, elegance and commitment to customer’s first — will be in full swing in 2020.

  • Strategies
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