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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2004
On the Horizon

After a slow start, a community bank that stresses commercial lending over residential in booming Manatee County sees higher profits ahead.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • November 5, 2009
Tallahassee Knows Best

How much land is needed for what purposes is not really up to local governments and developers through a tedious planning process, but instead depends heavily on a state agency's belief that it knows best how much land should be used for what, where and when, from Pensacola to Naples.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2010
How to Stave Off the Commercial Crisis

Lawmakers can mitigate a coming disaster in commercial foreclosures by adopting new procedures that give lenders, borrowers and guarantors more flexibility.

  • Florida
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • December 17, 2010
Positive Impact

A growing chorus of local governments are singing the praises of cutting impact fees, but curiously it's not all about jobs or the economy.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 1, 2011
'Coffee with Craig'

One of the largest insurance firms on the Gulf Coast has a new leader for the first time since 1999. Expectations are high.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 9, 2021
Waste not, want not

Shawn Handrahan’s journey to running a Tampa apartment concierge services firm ValetLiving was anything but linear.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 10, 2021
Ybor City ad agency finds being ready is what it takes to make it for more than 40 years

Tampa ad agency ChappellRoberts survived the pandemic and is now welcoming a new generation of leadership. One core attribute? It always looks forward.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 12, 2020
Private jet firms in region hope to land new opportunities during pandemic

The pandemic has caused turbulence for the commercial aviation industry. Area companies involved in private aviation, on the other hand, are seeing new customers in the midst of the coronavirus.

  • Strategies
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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 Brian Hartz |
  • April 14, 2020
Recently hired executive makes immediate shift to crisis mode

The coronavirus pandemic delivered one of the region's newest big-company CEOs, Frances Allen, a supersized jolt. She's already pivoted to Plan B.

  • Leadership
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 26, 2019
Stealth run: Realtors reveal inner workings of a secret mansion sale

In January, two Clearwater, Florida, realtors celebrated one of the priciest residential real estate sales in the history of the Tampa Bay market — a $16.5 million deal that saw a Belleair Shores mansion belonging to former Philadelphia Phillies superstar

  • Strategies
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • May 3, 2019
Utility executive blazes new path on way to the top

Nancy Tower, behind a never-stop-learning ethos, worked her way to the top of major Florida utility. She has more she wants to do — and learn.

  • Leadership
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 12, 2019
Disrupting the dermatology model

A CPA consultant hired to position a dermatology practice for investment is now its CEO. Behind data-based efficiencies, he eyes a storybook ending.

  • Healthcare
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 17, 2022
No end in sight: Health care providers keep building and building in region

Health care groups are busy building across the state to reach more patients — and more people on their way to the region.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 9, 2022
Healthy pet food firm chews on bigger market

After a pandemic-forced sales tumble, The K9 Kitchen considered shutting operations down. A customer-turned-investor helped give the startup new life.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 3, 2022
Sauce is the secret for young entrepreneur with an 'old soul'

Starting out with just a dream in his parents' kitchen, David Habib's star has risen like a rocket in the food industry as his Clearwater, Florida-based company, Yo Mama's Foods, sees rapid growth.

  • Entrepreneurs
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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.

  • Healthcare
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 28, 2018
Table top: Entrepreneur revs up his operation to deal with unexpected success

Tony Utegaard and the unique products made by his Safety Harbor, Florida-based company, Car Pool Tables Inc., are about to be introduced to a whole new market thanks to Costco.

  • Strategies
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 21, 2018
Teaching by example

Florida Gulf Coast University Institute of Entrepreneurship rockets to success under leadership of Sandra Kauanui

  • Entrepreneurs
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