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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • May 27, 2016
Cash hunters

The ways to fund a business are varied, but getting big-time capital takes some core principles.

  • Finance
  • By Steven Benna |
  • June 17, 2016
Hub for millionaires

A wealth management office for uber wealthy people is addressing the millennial issue — both for future clients and employees.

  • Finance
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 22, 2016
Sembler expands its portfolio

Sembler expanding its portfolio; Tampa's GE bid short-circuited; Validus Senior Living adding projects; Power brokers change firms to start 2016

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 24, 2014
Relax max

David and Julie Nodland run the best franchise store in the Relax the Back chain of more than 100 stores. Working with the health care industry is part of their success.

  • Strategies
  • 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
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 19, 2015
Commercial real estate profile: Ray Sandelli managing partner, CRE Consultants, Fort Myers

When Ray Sandelli got into the commercial real estate business after years as a pilot for the U.S. Navy and the famed Blue Angels, he found sales, especially cold calling potential clients, to be especially hard.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2015
Corporate report

Dukane Seacom debuts longer-lasting underwater beacon; TransGenex Nanobiotech receives Florida Institute funding; Municipal lien search company hires chief operating officer; Industrial Plastic Systems hires former Ershigs executive; Chiles Group COO moves to Anna Maria Oyster Bar; Draken International plays 'bad guy' for Air National Guard training; Spectrio sale finalist for Deal of the Year

  • Strategies
  • By Michael Hinman |
  • July 17, 2015
Seeing stars

Going from sales to owning the company can be a big leap. A Tampa entrepreneur has a plan to navigate the challenges.

  • Strategies
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 13, 2015
Jackets required

Celebrities and executives seek out Dominic Lacquaniti's suits, preserving a craft that's disappearing.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 11, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: Nathan Lehoux | Developer, St. Petersburg

To obtain his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of South Florida a few years back, Nathan Lehoux had to complete an unpaid internship.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 2, 2016
One million passengers

Punta Gorda Airport could reach 1 million passengers a year in 2016, just in time for the opening of the new terminal.

  • Strategies
  • 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
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 28, 2015
Warehouse wishes

Mega-deals by institutional buyers spark concerns about a lack of supply in the market.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 16, 2015
On a wire

Dave Chism might be relatively new to running his own company. But he's not afraid to take chances.

  • Industries
  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • February 20, 2015
Trading titan

Mark Yegge retired at 40, but the serial entrepreneur couldn't stay idle for long.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 17, 2024
Prosecutors seek second contempt charge, jail for AeroVanti founder

Maryland prosecutors are asking a federal judge to force Patrick Britton-Harr to produce documents related to his finances or incarcerate him until he complies.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Laura Lyon |
  • July 21, 2024
People-focused CEO and chairman of Lakeland fertilizer company dies

Jack Harrell Jr. was 68.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Steven Benna |
  • August 26, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Plant City multifamily complex sale for nearly $35 million paces transactions.

  • Transactions
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 3, 2025
30 companies in region ranked among fastest-growing in Southeast

A Bradenton firm was No. 2 on the 2025 Inc. Regionals list for the fastest-growing companies in the Southeast, and dozens in the region made the cut as well.

  • Florida
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 21, 2025
Sarasota condo project gets $208 million construction loan

The developers of One Park Sarasota received financing for construction of their 18-story condominium in The Quay.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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