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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 18, 2004
Bruised, Pruned But Budding Again

A lesson for not-for-profit and corporate boards. What happens when directors are out of sync.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 18, 2023
Beachfront communities grapple with post-hurricane rebuilding issues

The mayors of Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel spoke at a Real Estate Investment Society meeting about their cities since Hurricane Ian. The future is in flux as leaders respond to multiple demands.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • May 4, 2023
2023 Top Entrepreneur: Teri Hansen, Priority Marketing, president and chief creative officer, Fort Myers

Some shrewd and counterintuitive decision-making has led Teri Hansen to prosper in a hypercompetitive field for 30 years.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • August 23, 2022
Point/Counterpoint: Will rent control solve housing crisis?

A tenants rights’ advocate argues that landlords have wrongly been granted the high ground in the debate.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2007
Turnaround, Anyone?

In three years, Larry Scott has dramatically improved the fortunes of woman's professional tennis. It started with a deft touch, a balance of listening and leading.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2007
The Fast Track

Elaine Kaup has spent her entire life defying odds, both personal and business, including a meteoric rise to the top of the AT&T corporate food chain.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 26, 2007
Two for Three

A former ER doctor turned entrepreneur strives to be really great at two parts of his medical imaging business while still being decent at the third. The formula is working.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 13, 2007
On a Roll

Rick Collins had to cajole about 1,000 customers to rescue hurricane-shutter company Rolsafe. Now, he's marching up the West Coast to Sarasota and Tampa with ambitious growth plans.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 13, 2007
How to Sell Yourself

Forget the Internet and help wanted ads, a career adviser says. Expand your network to hear about the best jobs and learn how to sell yourself.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2008
Bill Business

With property taxes and insurance hogging the front burner, the state Legislature still managed to eke out a new cable TV franchise system, seed money for venture capital firms and other pro-business legislation.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2008
Happy Days, Again?

Three Gulf Coast banks raised a combined $55 million in start-up capital in less then three months - all from local investors. Didn't someone say something about a recession?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2008
Brand Builder

Colleen Chappell, the new CEO of Roberts Communications in Tampa, aims to strengthen companies through strategic partnerships.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 9, 2005
Family Jewels

After Hurricane Charley destroyed one of the jewelry stores of Scot Congress, left, and brother Doug onSanibel Island, the Congresses had $10 million of jewelry sitting in an uninsured safe. "Until you take your policy for a test drive, you really don't know what's going to be covered," Scot says.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 20, 2006
Coffee Talk

A Love bite for Valentine's: No sooner was the ink dry on our profile of Norman Love Confections in the Jan. 6 edition of the Review than the Fort Myers chocolatier won top honors from Consumer Reports in the magazine's February issue.Private Capital likes newspaper cash flow: Bruce Sherman, the I-don't-talk-to-the-press chief executive officer of Naples-based Private Capital Management, has shaken up the wobbling world of publicly traded newspaper companies.Making Sarasota a tech-town: Is Sarasota a technology community? Not yet, according to Barry Tuchfeld, founder of The BT Group in Sarasota, which consults for businesses in the areas of strategic thinking and planning for effective growth.No more Crews control: Charles G. Brown III is taking up with a new hometown bank, this time in his real hometown.Sosso family ties: The region's newest developer has a familiar last name. The investment group OSSO LLC, which purchased the 200-unit Avondale Estate Apartments in Bradenton and four homes for $15.4 million, is headed by Mark Sosso.Investor relations pays: David Dragics has a simple justification for his place on the payroll of CACI International Inc.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 1, 2005
The Spartan Approach

Keeping it simple and operating in the shadow of the big financial services giants, a Raymond James alumnus hopes to be the investment banker of choice for Florida banks.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 24, 2006
Postcards from the Edge

Backstabbing isn't allowed at Joy Gendusa's PostcardMania office. The goal is to have fun. It works.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 24, 2006
Open Runway

2006 has been happy so far for Aerosonic Corp. A lawsuit has been settled, and the stock price is on the rebound.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 12, 2006
A Known Entity

From storefronts three decades ago to museums, hospitals and schools today, Creative Contractors has strived to build a reputation based on quality. It has projects up and down the Gulf Coast.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 15, 2005
Government's Inane Rules

Editor's note: The following is a letter sent by Clearwater attorney Robert G. Walker, owner of a new pet shop, Fluffy Puppies, to Clearwater City Planner John Schodtler on April 7. It's available free of charge.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2008
Sleep on it

Turns out that turnaround jobs of underperforming hotels is management- and labor-intensive work. And a slowing economy only means growing opportunities.

  • Entrepreneurs
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