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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 4, 2013
A Young ASsist

A young couple, newly married, is in the business of helping the elderly. It's a perfect fit.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 11, 2013
Business planning

A Midwest law firm followed its clients to Naples to provide estate planning. What it found was a new avenue for growth.

  • Law
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 14, 2014
Back to the boutique

James Humphrey rejoins the firm he founded in 1982 to focus on government representation.

  • Law
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 9, 2014
Served in the Cloud

The days of bulky point-of-sale machines in restaurants may be numbered as eateries turn to mobile cloud-based systems like the one being designed by Benseron Information Technology in Naples.

  • Industries
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2016
Luxury builder goes from bankruptcy to $643M sale

Deal is culmination of a turnaround from bankruptcy for WCI Communities.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2016
Bank, after seven years, lands $10M investment

Bank of Commerce Holdings Inc. filed for voluntary bankruptcy in order to facilitate the recapitalization.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2016
Take that chain and shove it

The city of Holmes Beach, between Bradenton Beach and Anna Maria Island in Manatee County, has a message for franchise and chain businesses: go away.

  • News
  • By Anita Todd |
  • March 11, 2016
Mediation mojo

A litigator turned mediator finds success away from the courtroom.

  • Law
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2014
Attorney dives into the muddy spill battle

Tampa attorney Tom Young believes the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has sold out some smaller chambers in a dispute over the multibillion-dollar BP oil spill settlement.

  • News
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • October 15, 2015
5 ways to ensure an effective benefits renewal

A bad benefits renewal period is preventable by following some basic steps to ensure that a business has an effective benefits renewal process, one that works for both the company and the employees.

  • AllTrust Insurance
Sponsored Content
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 25, 2015
Major undertaking

A $1.5 billion credit union based on the Gulf Coast hopes to find success in an unlikely place: buying a bank.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • August 15, 2015
Trader Mac

A Tampa e-commerce business with an outsized commitment to advertising and marketing competes against industry giants Craigslist and eBay.

  • Strategies
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 15, 2015
Master scribe

Speech-recognition software and talented U.S.-based employees give MedScribe Information Systems an edge in the medical transcription business.

  • Strategies
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 28, 2015
Good visibility

U.S. Bank's wealth management arm is boosting its presence and visibility in Naples. Other areas of the state are on the radar.

  • Strategies
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 28, 2015
Urban focus

David Fry, the former CEO of WCI Communities, has big residential and commercial projects in the pipeline.

  • Strategies
  • By Flint Stephens |
  • February 4, 2015
Employers eye savings, other benefits through telemedicine

Telemedicine is showing promise for employers by lower costs and improving outcomes.

  • AllTrust Insurance
Sponsored Content
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 16, 2025
Historic $25 million grant to fund nature experience in Naples

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida received a record donation from the John & Carol Walter Family Foundation.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 6, 2025
Hertz names former TikTok, Home Depot execs to leadership team

The Estero-based company has grown its executive team months after naming new CEO, CFO and six new VPs.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Chad Campbell |
  • April 25, 2025
Q and A with Chad Campbell, Florida President for Sunwest Bank: Gulf Coast CEO Forum Member and Treasurer

Chad Campbell with Sunwest Bank shares his experience as a member of the Gulf Coast CEO Forum and Board of Directors’ Treasurer.

  • Gulf Coast CEO Forum
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 19, 2025
Pinellas eye care practice to pay $600K in kickback scheme settlement

Pinellas Eye Care P.A., doing business as Gulfcoast Eye Care, will also cooperate with the federal government in the ongoing investigation.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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