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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • April 14, 2017
Enter Interns

Sarasota-based accounting firm Kerkering, Barberio & Co. has 13 interns this semester — a firm record. The move is a key strategy to help the company grow its talent base.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • November 3, 2017
High Ranks

Seeking an underserved 'dark corner' of the health insurance industry was a good move for Kenneth Hannigan. Good enough to go from startup to nearly $50 million in sales in five years.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • November 10, 2017
Hit the Sauce

Robert Boyland went from sampling the Tijuana Flats sauce bar to building a business based on crafting sauces from scratch. He has big plans.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 19, 2017
Family affair

The need to stay one step ahead of competitors in hospitality is urgent. One family does it by constantly shaking things up.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • June 23, 2017
Ice Cream for a Cause

A Dairy Queen franchisee answers to a higher calling, beyond customers and employees.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 19, 2018
Fresh Cycle

Motorcycle entrepreneur Scott Fischer has spent three decades pounding on operational excellence for here-and-now. His best move: Saving time for the future.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2018
Play the Tune

Noel Rosa dreamed of being a rock star — not making the instruments behind the songs. But the shift led him to a lucrative business opportunity.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 9, 2018
Overcoming a business crisis

How to bounce back after something bad happens.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 1, 2013
Curtains Up

Former food service executive Carl Cannova, who once oversaw 750 employees, didn't want to whittle away retirement on the golf course. So now he's back in business. The stakes, again, are tense.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 6, 2013
Top of the table

David Jones became a top seller of life insurance by focusing on its use for estate-planning purposes.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 20, 2013
Travel school

Annalisa Xioutas and her 10-year-old daughter, Eva, travel on business together. Corporate hotels today are more accommodating to busy executives traveling with children.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • January 10, 2014
Brewing Champ

Eric Koenig started brewing beer and barbecuing years before he was interested in practicing law. Now he says his award-winning hobbies help balance him.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 7, 2016
On the rise

A national boom in cases of businesses allegedly defrauding government offices is in full blast, and the Gulf Coast leads the way. Do all the cases have merit?

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 15, 2016
Grand vision

Bold in development doesn't have to be big. That's the key to a notable waterfront project — which comes with a twist.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • May 6, 2016
Make a splash

Waterscapes Pools & Spas gets a good chunk of its business through its affiliation with Neal Communities. Now it plans to exceed that.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 10, 2016
Money makers

Selling the services of finding money isn't always as easy it sounds.Tami Wankoff makes it work.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • June 17, 2016
Corporate report

Credit union named finalist for six-figure prize; Community foundation elects board members; Construction firm selected for expansion project; Hospital expands cardiac rehab center; Virtual reality firm brings in executive; Tampa manufacturer hires CFO

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 14, 2016
Laser focus

Jonathan Sigg started a day spa business in Estero with $500 and eight months of free rent. Now The Laser Lounge Spa has five locations, including Sarasota.

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  • By Anita Todd |
  • January 15, 2016
Take a hike

Conquering mountains is one way a Lakeland insurance executive fulfills his need for the extreme.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • January 29, 2016
Corporate report

Grocery giant headed to college; Company wins Microsoft partner designation; Real estate company adds leaders; Homebuilder executive joins board; Tech firm expanding national reach; Collier cities rank high in job retention

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