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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • March 27, 2015
Elegant flair

Brent Kraus is in his third year of building his Tampa-based bow tie business, Ella Bing. Jonathan Boos, a successful Sarasota-based entrepreneur, shares advice for growth.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2018
Get to know the Tampa Bay 40 Under 40 honorees for 2018

From the personal to the professional, the honorees share what makes them unique.

  • Class of 2018
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2018
Get to know the Sarasota-Manatee 40 Under 40 honorees for 2018

These standouts reveal the top people they'd like to have dinner with.

  • Class of 2018
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2003
Regional Roundup

This week's items:REALTOR SUES ASSOCIATIONMINING CHALLENGE DELAYEDMALL REDEVELOPMENTCONVENTION CENTER STUDYREPTRON ELECTRONICS FINANCIALSSURPLUS SALE

  • Industries
  • By Williams Parker Attorneys at Law, Sarasota, Florida |
  • April 3, 2020
Addressing Business Concerns Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic

Addressing Business Concerns Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic

  • Williams Parker
Sponsored Content
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 20, 2026
Marriott-branded hotel breaks ground in Wellen Park

The 149-room Wellmar hotel will feature event space and a rooftop restaurant in south Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 23, 2007
Thermometers & Touchdowns

A product originally designed for astronauts scores with football teams.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 29, 2008
Mission: Achievement

Gulf Coast nonprofits are suffering when it comes to donations, another byproduct of the economic slowdown. At least one group though, is looking to raise its entrepreneurial profile.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 21, 2005
Business Links

Former Kraft Foods executive David Kakkuri wants Florida Gulf Coast University to become a resource for Southwest Florida businesses.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 31, 2013
The unintended consequences of Dodd-Frank

How provisions in the law will impact real estate transactions and Florida's economy — and promote the opposite of the law's intent.

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 6, 2013
Sandwiches in Paradise

Chip and Katie Beeman own two popular downtown Sarasota eateries. The couple's mantra, built on making subs in the Northwest, is consistency sells.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 27, 2022
Wedded bliss: 'Shark Tank' darling Honeyfund seeks additional capital

After raking in $1.7 million, Clearwater-based wedding registry website Honeyfund launches a second round of investment.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2018
Builder and retired Lightning hockey star team up on luxury projects

Ruslan Fedotenko was a key player on the Lightning's 2004 Stanley Cup team. Fedotenko is teaming up with custom homebuilder Paul Wiezorek on Blue Line. The duo’s first development is a luxury waterfront townhome project on Treasure Island in Pinellas Coun

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 22, 2014
Business Shift

Successfully recognizing opportunities sometimes means shifting focus and letting some business go.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 27, 2016
Site selector: Sarasota made 'big mistake'

One of Florida's leading site selection executives — a former state official who oversaw the deal that brought the Hertz corporate headquarters to Lee County — has harsh words for Sarasota.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 8, 2016
Up in the air

Flying through air, suspended by fabrics, is an important part of this busy CEO's life.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • June 24, 2011
The $1.5 Billion Loophole

The inability to pass legislation aimed at collecting billions in unpaid sales taxes from out-of-state businesses puts Florida's retailers at a competitive disadvantage.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2007
Building Trust

A Venice-based family trust is receiving a big payoff by sticking to its independence.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 17, 2009
Survive to Win

Lee County has been at the epicenter of the residential real estate bust and the ranks of homebuilders there have been decimated. But the survivors will benefit from the eventual rebound.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 17, 2010
Different Directions

The founder of a local seized bank ponders what could have been, while a banker new to the Gulf Coast muses about what's next.

  • Industries
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