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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2003
Coffee Talk

This week's items:Entrepreneurial slump over?Fraud detectionMCC offers security technology certificateLegal appealThe missing linkOne more dig at the anti-bridge crowdBanker of the Year Nomination

  • News
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 14, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

Kodiak Capital Partners buys Edwards Systems buildingNew hotel planned next to RenaissanceManatee Glens, Nelco Cos. buys space in PinnacleWagner Realty plans Manatee Avenue officeCNC Investments buys Sunchase apartments

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 1, 2009
Broadband faith

What happens when a satellite-television broadcaster loses its transmission? Sky Angel faced that calamity three years ago and gambled on nascent Internet TV despite the risks. How the company survived is a great lesson for any executive facing corporate extinction today.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 10, 2009
Long for Short

Tony Leo is trying to save Peninsula Bank short term by long-term planning.

  • Finance
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 4, 2011
In Good Time

Scott Boose brings a host of leadership lessons to his new role at the helm of a $200-million company on the cusp of a transformation. His refined attention to detail will surely be tested.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 16, 2018
The road to a new warehouse was long and winding

Maintenance Too Paper Co.'s John Hargreaves' plan to move into a bigger building in Bradenton took more than three years and a lot of heartbreak.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 25, 2019
Cousins Properties succeeds by being customer centric

Cousins Properties is preparing to develop a new six-story office building in Tampa's Westshore submarket, amid heightened competition. But the company believes it will succeed through superior customer service and focusing on its customers.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 19, 2017
Act Two

Two forward-thinking manufacturing partners weren't content with guiding one business to nearly $500 million in annual sales. Now they are at it again.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 23, 2017
New World

Sarasota might never be the next Silicon Valley. Yet two tech-centric firms, with more than 100 combined employees, recently relocated to the area. What was the attraction?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 6, 2024
High-end steakhouse president leads by taking others with her

Leadership, says the president of a high-end steakhouse, can be a learned skill you can adapt to, not just muscle memory.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 26, 2003
LEGAL calendar

Oct. 10 - The Clearwater Bar Association will host its annual Bench & Bar conference, beginning at noon, at Stetson University College of Law, 1401 61st S., Gulfport. (727) 461-4869.Nov. 13 - The Clearwater Bar Association will host its monthly membersh

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 9, 2010
Unusual appearance yields contention

Recent comments from Boar's Head chief financial officer Steve Kourelakos featured a refrain common among Gulf Coast leaders.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2020
Area summit announces speakers for annual event

The one-day Voice + Visibility Women’s Summit is designed to convene diverse female leaders.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2020
Vocational training nonprofit, in response to crisis, offers career reboot

AmSkills, a Tampa Bay nonprofit focused on training workers for manufacturing jobs, is staging a series of “boot camps” to give job seekers a taste of a career in manufacturing.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2020
Restaurant patrons set up GoFundMe campaigns for laid-off staff

Fans of Gulf Coast restaurants affected by the COVID-19 crisis aim to raise $110,000 for workers who've been laid off.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2020
Prominent chocolatier shifts to capture business in crisis

'Our doors are still open,’ Norman Love Confections co-founder Norman Love says.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 22, 2019
Hospital breaks ground on $27 million oncology center

Sarasota Memorial's radiation oncology center is expected to opens in summer 2020.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 22, 2017
Join the club

Gather round the Campfire for some glamping.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 23, 2024
Key West hotel brand readies $80M Naples property

Developers behind a 160-room boutique hotel along the Cocohatchee River in North Naples say the property is scheduled to open this fall.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 29, 2024
Two capital-raise execs from region to speak at South by Southwest conference

A pair of executives from the region, one based in Naples, the other in Sarasota, will be co-hosting a panel at the famed South by Southwest conference in Austin in March.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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