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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2008
Market Focused

Christoph Trina wants to take innovations from university labs, government facilities and private industry and get them into the marketplace.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 19, 2010
Scary Times

Paul Purcell, chief executive of a nearly $700 million financial services firm, reveres free markets, entrepreneurs and capitalism. No surprise: President Obama gives him nightmares.

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 1, 2010
Flat Lands

The management style at one of the most prominent publicly traded companies on the Gulf Coast is flat. Fortunately for long-term shareholders, the company's returns have definitely not been.

  • Strategies
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • July 23, 2010
Riding a Wave

The Media Crew, a Largo ad agency, is realizing unprecedented revenue growth through online displays. Its principals are staying focused on managing their business to avoid getting swept up by a rising tide.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 5, 2011
Build Back

New hires. At least $20 million for land deals. More homes. There's no doubt Taylor Morrison is in comeback mode on the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Dan Ping |
  • April 8, 2011
David and Goliath

Competing against a well-known brand is a challenge for small businesses. Three small theme park operators share how they have found success in Disney's backyard.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 7, 2021
Saya Heathco, 39

Moving to Florida "for a guy," marketing expert Saya Heathco's career took off despite Chicago colleagues' doubts.

  • Class of 2021
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • December 2, 2020
Area company aims to reinvent how hospitality industry handles linens

Richard Ferrell, behind the company Pürlin, thinks the firm's sheet recycling process can help put more heads in beds at hotels.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 24, 2020
Seagate Development's NeoGenomics' deal the result of being in the right place and having the right relationship

Seagate Development nurtured a long-standing landlord-tenant tie with cancer screener NeoGenomics Inc. for more than a decade. It's paying off now through development of the company's new 150,000-square-foot, $60 million headquarters.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 14, 2020
How to be a better leader

Beck Besecker with Marxent is so versed in how-to, he's writing a book on it.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 8, 2016
The X Factor

Co-work office space is in high demand as the ranks of freelance workers swell. Entrepreneurs David and Brett Diamond plan to franchise their concept, Venture X.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 15, 2016
Exit strategy

Osprey Real Estate Services spent years amassing an enviable office portfolio along the Gulf Coast. Now, it's for sale.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 17, 2016
Drone on

Unmanned aircraft are replacing aerial photography as the method of choice for capturing commercial real estate images — and more.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 29, 2016
Commercial repeat

Despite high valuations and concerns about economic growth, experts say commercial real estate will repeat with another year of solid performance.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • May 15, 2015
Entrepreneur of the Year Hall of Fame

Every year we run the numbers, certain names keep topping our list of candidates. Here, we recognize past winners who continue to drive extraordinary growth.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 4, 2015
Plugged in

Wayne Kirkwood wasn't going to get tagged as the generation that shut down the electrical contracting business his great-grandfather started. Here's how he kept things going during the downturn.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 11, 2015
Familiar bankers

Fifteen former bank CEOs work for Seaside National Bank & Trust. The bank is expanding its network from Tampa to Sarasota and Naples.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • July 31, 2024
Tampa deli owner reflects on five decades of lessons

Jeff Mount never saw himself as "just" a sandwich guy. "If we’re selling sandwiches, we’re in trouble because a lot of people sell sandwiches. We’re in the experience business."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 17, 2025
Realty team helps shape condos across the region

Simon Bacon, executive director of Development Services for Michael Saunders & Co., says variation is ahead in the condo market.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • September 1, 2023
Tampa Bay, Sarasota become alluring options for financial services

With Miami and New York becoming more expensive, a number of firms are looking at Tampa Bay and Sarasota for locations and talent.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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