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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 29, 2021
Net-Lease Nirvana

Marcus & Millichap's Daniel Hurd is making a career selling Dollar General stores to eager investors, and he believes he's just getting started.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2007
The Capitalist

Our survival is not automatic. What we do will determine that.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 14, 2012
Character Lending

The Microenterprise Institute of Goodwill plans to launch a microloan program for entrepreneurs to start a business in partnership with local banks.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Jennifer Fowler |
  • December 12, 2025
Technology, the Company Holiday Party, and Avoiding the Naughty List

No company wants to wake up the day after the holiday party and find that its organization’s CEO or VP have been added to the naughty list, and all the world knows.

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  • November 10, 2010
Yesner & Boss enter Sarasota

Jo Ann Koontz will lead the law firm's new Main Street location.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2010
Algenol opens new R&D plant

The Fort Myers firm will develop biofuel technology at a brand new facility.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 13, 2011
L-3 names new divisional leader

R. Michael Smith is Sarasota's L-3 Aviation Recorders' new president.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 8, 2013
Tampa law firm opens Clearwater office

Hill Ward Henderson says the new location will help it serve its Pinellas County clients.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2011
Lee permits $6.5M in projects

Seven new commercial projects are slated for unincorporated Lee County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 2, 2011
Lee home building picks up

Permits pulled in May for new home construction reach a three-year high.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 14, 2013
Hertz to spend $100 million on The Big Move

Moving the corporate headquarters and hundreds of Hertz employees to Southwest Florida from New Jersey is a huge undertaking.

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  • June 5, 2012
Southwest makes changes

Southwest Airlines changes up its Gulf Coast winter schedules.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • July 16, 2012
Nicholas Financial expands

The financial services company adds three branches to its Midwest presence.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 31, 2012
Gov't gives $3.8M for 235 jobs

Officials approved $3.8 million in incentives for Feld Entertainment.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 2, 2017
Hospital selects chief operating officer

Wyatt Chocklett is the new chief operating officer of Doctors Hospital of Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 18, 2008
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  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 28, 2018
Table top: Entrepreneur revs up his operation to deal with unexpected success

Tony Utegaard and the unique products made by his Safety Harbor, Florida-based company, Car Pool Tables Inc., are about to be introduced to a whole new market thanks to Costco.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 13, 2018
Food truck marks business owner's transition from the traditional

A Lakeland business owner is trading her storefront for a truck.

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  • May 29, 2015
Excerpts of the ad:

Here's who you have to be — crazy passionate about cheese and you have to love food, and want to know where it comes from.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 14, 2008
Ship Shape

Bill Michel's thriving boat parts company is stillgrowing in an industry that is rapidly doing the opposite. Accepting, not fighting, change has been a big key.

  • Entrepreneurs
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