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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • October 12, 2023
Josh Marzucco, 36

From flea markets to a multimillion-dollar real estate agency, Josh Marzucco learned his ethic from father.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: Oct. 22 - OCt. 28

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Lou Lasday |
  • November 12, 2009
The 'Pretzel Shaped' Corporation

Here's a compelling new model for transforming your enterprise, to untwist the profit flow within.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 17, 2013
Corporate Report: May 17

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 7, 2021
Tiffany Bailey, 37

Bayside Sod Inc., President

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 5, 2018
Sarasota law firm rides hiring surge

Several law firms in the region refuse to give up the midsize ship in a quest to do more for current clients and seek new ones. Some are on hiring surges, to keep up with demand, reel in rainmakers — or both.

  • Law
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • April 5, 2019
Athletic academy's head of mental conditioning says bringing focus back to present moment is key

Mental conditioning is crucial for elite athletes to perform at the top of their game. But the training can also help people outside the sports realm.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 25, 2024
Price drops 7% on prime Sarasota property

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a senior living facility to open in North Port, waterfront land hits the market in Hillsborough County, and a warehouse sells in Fort Myers.

  • Florida
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • October 12, 2023
Caroline Rusher, 39

A chief yacht stewardess had an idea to start a business when she tried kava.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • October 12, 2023
Zach Rogers, 29

The CEO of Rogers Well Drilling Inc. cites his father as his mentor, the person who taught him his work ethic.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 10, 2025
Sarasota Starbucks property sells to investors

The Seattle coffee company has a long-term lease on the Fruitville Road cafe.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 9, 2025
A drive to win distinguishes 40 Under 40 class of 2025

The region's top high-achieving young leaders are a driven and determined group — backed by some influential mentors.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • March 14, 2025
Tampa man arrested for $500K in COVID loan fraud

He is facing two decades in prison for eight counts of fraud.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2008
Chemical ROMANCE

A $100 million Gulf Coast family-run business that revolves around chlorine continues to clean up - despite economic uncertainty and other looming challenges.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 4, 2011
Obstacle Course

Jim Harper and Rogers Wells saw a clear need for psychiatric hospital in Lee County. But regulatory hurdles, the banking crisis and turmoil in the bond market nearly wrecked their plans.

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  • August 17, 2007
Coffee Talk

Sarasota company hopes to shine in India: Sarasota-based cartridge valve manufacturer Sun Hydraulics has a good grip on at least six global markets, from Korea to Germany.Lee County: Anotherday, another tax: Not a week goes by in Lee County that county government doesn't dream up another tax on builders.Cold storage creates trifecta for Sarasota warehouse: The latest tenant for the Meridian Distribution Center, a 950,000-square-foot warehouse facility on Clark Road in south Sarasota, is especially apropos, given the sweltering Gulf Coast summerAnother public company going private: First, there was Outback Steakhouse. Now, St. Petersburg-based Catalina Marketing is headed to the private companies club.Nightline dumbs down Ave Maria: Ave Maria, the new town being built in eastern Collier County around the newest Catholic university, has been getting lots of national publicity lately opening to new residents, students and faculty.Good guys sometimes lose: Ethical companies don't always win, even when their employees do the right thing.Call the sign shop, again: MacDill Federal Credit Union, an institution of sorts in the Tampa area financial services industry, is changing its name to Grow Financial Federal Credit Union.Kottkamp bashes Hometown Democracy: Gov. Charlie Crist has been notably absent from the raging debate over the Hometown Democracy movement that seeks to put every major land-use change in Florida on the ba

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  • March 11, 2010
Downtown Champion

Fort Myers residents elected Randy Henderson Jr. as mayor last fall, a longtime entrepreneur and former commercial banker. With a grand vision for downtown Fort Myers, he's not letting the slow economy stop him.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 13, 2020
Top Entrepreneurs: CEO succeeds by focusing on what's ahead

An inventor and entrepreneur with more than 100 patents, Charles Murray has built a successful company that has filled a variety of needs for businesses and consumers around the world.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 28, 2023
Cancer center creates nonprofits to oversee construction of 775-acre campus

The new nonprofit corporations will handle the development of the land and land holdings for Moffitt Cancer Center's massive new campus under construction in Pasco County.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2023
SMH breaks ground on research and education institute

The $75 million project will enhance training programs and help retain physicians locally.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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