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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 22, 2025
7 job fairs from Tampa to Fort Myers coming up

From local government to luxury resorts, employers across the region are hiring.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 12, 2023
Sinead Carr, 26

Staffing agency co-founder undated by pandemic — or making 20 in person cold-calls a day.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 25, 2010
Exporting ranks low but can improve

The Gulf Coast's port cities ranked near the bottom of Brookings Institute rankings released earlier this summer for exports measured against the metropolitan economy.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 3, 2010
Company non-local, company non grata

In St. Petersburg, the city's purchasing department might need to re-read its own mission statement. And throw in city ordinances, too.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 14, 2013
Founding Fathers honored

The Florida Venture Forum honored Jan. 31 two of the Founding Fathers of Florida's venture capital industry.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2012
The sun rises for global business

SunTrust Bank, one of the largest regional lenders on the Gulf Coast, has zeroed on a strategy to grow its loan portfolio: Go global.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2021
Over 50% of homes in sustainable community sell during pre-sale period

Hunters Point, from homebuilder Pearl Homes, will have 86 single-family, zero-energy homes.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Jennifer Fowler-Hermes |
  • June 4, 2021
Hurricane Season is Here: Understanding Employee Pay During and After a Hurricane

Hurricane Season is Here: Understanding Employee Pay During and After a Hurricane

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2020
Restaurant chain tells area landlords it won’t pay April rent

The Cheesecake Factory has four locations on the west coast of Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2020
CEO of $837M insurance firm uses video to connect with large team

FCCI Insurance Group President and CEO Craig Johnson host a bi-weekly video conference.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2019
Master class: Museum wants to help leaders tackle big questions

On Sept. 28, the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, will host an innovation lab that serves as an introduction to creative thinking and how people’s different cognitive styles contribute to the creative problem-solving process.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 30, 2018
Growing auto marketing company acquires video production firm

Sarasota-based auto marketing company Dealers United plans to integrate Seattle-based video production company What's Next Media's work into digital and social media campaigns.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2016
#CrisisCommunications

Officials with the Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau spent some time recently recovering from a bout of the oopsies.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 21, 2015
Conference center back in play

When Sarasota developers Charles Githler and Andy Dorr attempted to build a $100 million conference center downtown six years ago, the project stumbled.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • June 29, 2024
Tampa General appoints CEO of behavioral health hospital

Doug Leonardo has been named CEO of Tampa General Hospital's behavioral health hospital, which is slated to open in 2025.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 13, 2025
Foot Locker backs out of HQ move to St. Petersburg

The retailer informed the city it was no longer moving here after sale to Dick's Sporting Goods.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 19, 2023
As more multimillion-dollar homes enter market, Realtors look to cash in

Despite the price tag, luxury agents say the skills needed to sell a mansion are not so different from those needed to sell an average house.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 8, 2006
Growth's Anatomy

Sure, Alan Zirkelbach, founder of a $48 million-dollar construction firm, knew he had to delegate to keep growing. The hard part: How?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2007
Chasing the Best

Secrets are for sharing, not storing. So says the founder of a Gulf Coast-based business who lets all his employees see the firm's financials.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2008
Bill Business

With property taxes and insurance hogging the front burner, the state Legislature still managed to eke out a new cable TV franchise system, seed money for venture capital firms and other pro-business legislation.

  • Entrepreneurs
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