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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 18, 2021
New season: Work begins on beloved resort

After several months of delays, a massive redevelopment of the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club is underway.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • August 1, 2019
Our View: English binds us together

The Voting Rights Act created a special class for Puerto Ricans. Once of the consequences is the weakening of the incentive to assimilate.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 7, 2018
Skyhouse Channelside deal shows investors are still hot on Tampa's rental market

Investors continue to clamor for downtown apartment buildings in Tampa and St. Petersburg, despite rising interest rates and an eight-year economic cycle, because of continued job growth and other factors, experts say.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • September 16, 2016
Brand hand

Personal branding in the digital age requires more than your name and a bio. It's also a long-term commitment to authenticity, says one national expert.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 17, 2013
Bold business

Startup struggles are so 2007 for Tricia Bolds. Now, with a company nearing $5 million in annual sales, she has other pressing challenges.

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  • By Denise Kalette |
  • February 15, 2013
Small Budget, Big Impact

Using non-traditional methods to promote her hand-blended skincare products, Jennifer Devlin has gained customers from San Francisco to Boston.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 19, 2011
Zen Bears

Deb Canham's hobby-focused business is down more than 50%, courtesy of the recession. Her story of career transformation, and now, business survival, is nonetheless stirring.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 20, 2011
Smart brand

Brian Rist saved his hurricane-protection company from the economic downturn by boldly seeking new business in untested markets.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 30, 2012
Bureaucrats to Account

A new free-enterprise organization on the Gulf Coast seeks to identify and remove government obstacles.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 16, 2012
The Full Deck

Brian Lewis turned a hobby designing playing cards that lampoon left-wing politicians into a business.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • July 21, 2021
Remain calm: planning ahead for a crisis is critical

While surprises, by nature, are unexpected, a business can, and should, prepare for a range of unseen situations.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 5, 2021
Manufacturer opens new plant in region — and away from its longtime home

PGT Innovations plans to hire some 250 employees in Lee County.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • February 14, 2020
How to review your brand

Stale brands need full assessments to come back to life.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 25, 2018
Shannon Kirsten Couch, 33

Owner and artist, Shannon Kirsten Studio

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  • October 21, 2016
Interactive tech

Millennial makes a play to bridge the social connection gap in the alternate reality gaming world.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • November 4, 2016
Stand up

Bringing a product to market has a steep learning curve. A St. Petersburg tech entrepreneur has firsthand experience.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 23, 2016
Honor to fly

Debi and Sean Lux launched a nonprofit organization that flies area veterans to visit memorials in Washington, D.C.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 21, 2017
Sauce Bosses

A business run by teens pursues some unusual think-big goals.

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  • By Will Powell |
  • August 26, 2016
Campaign climb

Want to succeed at crowdfunding? Follow the two P's: planning and publicity.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • July 31, 2015
'Everything's Possible'

Hands-on meets high-tech at a startup that created a unique kids building kit. The next goal: big-time sales and chain stores.

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