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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 27, 2014
Search for Space

A look at one fast-growth firm's frantic hunt for a new facility reveals a gap in the marketplace. Will the company, a $4 million product design business, stay here?

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 15, 2013
Open book

Most private companies don't share financial results with employees. But Conditioned Air in Naples does, and it reaps the rewards.

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  • By Alicia Ceccarelli |
  • September 16, 2016
Big ideas

Forget the comedy clubs and seafood joints. Brien Spina has some grand plans for a new performing arts hall.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 7, 2016
MY VIEW | Why I ran for the U.S. Senate

By Carlos Beruff

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 6, 2016
Big bite

After more than a decade and at least a $1 million investment, the big test for a locally made mosquito protection product has arrived.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 13, 2016
Gulf Coast apartment growth to continue

The 2008 foreclosure crisis, an improved job market, population gains, increased household formations — especially among millennials aged 21 to 37 years old — have combined to make the multifamily sector along the Gulf Coast one of the hottest in the country in the aftermath of the economic recession of the last decade.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 12, 2016
Gig economy

Victory Marketing Agency maintains a roster of 23,000 people to staff thousands of corporate events a year.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 26, 2016
Relationships count

The commercial real estate industry is consolidating into ever-bigger players, but one firm shows how boutiques can capture a market.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 18, 2016
Goats over Gucci

A novice farmer found a new purpose in life when she left the daily grind.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • March 25, 2016
Corporate report

Nonprofit names full-time CEO; Chain partners with analytics company; Swimming organization lands leader; Wealth firm opens new office; Pest control giant expands

  • Strategies
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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • May 22, 2015
Finding home

Site selection for fast-growth firms made easy? Sounds like fantasy. A Tampa-based startup aims to make it real.

  • Industries
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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • June 5, 2015
THE CREATIVITY ISSUE: Brand new

A firm took on the kind of rebrand challenge it normally does for others. It went for timeless.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 19, 2015
'No bull'

Can a lender with $3.2 billion in assets be run like a community bank? Sure can, says one executive.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • July 10, 2015
Healthy hiring

David Schlaifer's hired dozens of people for his health care management firm. The secret: Hire people good enough to make their jobs obsolete.

  • Strategies
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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • August 7, 2015
Steel deal

P.J. Callaghan has built relationships, and projects, in the steel building industry since World War II. But even older companies need to reinvent.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 18, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: Rick Harcrow | Developer, Tampa and Sarasota

Rick Harcrow and his company, GreenPointe Communities, could have more influence on Sarasota's future — from an urban planning perspective, at least — than anyone since John Ringling established winter quarters in the area decades ago.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • October 2, 2015
Dream job

Going from the field to a management job can be tricky for anyone. Even a seasoned criminal prosecutor.

  • Law
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 12, 2014
Port of call

One of the fastest-growing banks in Florida has entered the Gulf Coast, with a start in Bradenton. The growth won't likely stop there.

  • Strategies
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • December 26, 2014
Assuming risk

HCI Group continues to grow rapidly by assuming policies from Citizens Property Insurance. Its most recent batch helped it set a new record for premiums.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 20, 2015
Line of fire

Onetime business owner Sara Riley now has a job where she helps people in times of major crisis.

  • Entrepreneurs
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