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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 24, 2013
You be the publisher

Publisher Tony Spano lets Realtors sell ads in their own custom magazines. Circulation is growing.

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  • June 7, 2013
Raise your glass

Say goodbye to the paper menu. Restaurants are adopting computer tablets to help them grow sales and set them apart from the competition.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 21, 2013
In Minto condition

Canadian developer and homebuilder Minto Group is making an aggressive push on the Gulf Coast. Michael Belmont leads the charge.

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  • July 13, 2012
ELECTION 2012: State Attorney 12th Circuit

Long-time local prosecutor Ed Brodsky is facing one-time prosecutor Peter Lombardo to be State Attorney for the 12th Circuit.

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  • November 18, 2011
Why don't we do what we know we should?

What makes so many of us resistant to making changes in our behavior that we intuitively know could lead to greater success in our lives?

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  • April 19, 2012
Power Lunch

A small group of top Tampa-area executives agree on at least one major concern: the economy is improving — slowly.

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  • December 16, 2011
Serve it Up

A Gulf Coast high-tech communications firm is in attack mode, based on a big bet on a new product. The risk is tangible.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 10, 2012
Better Ventures

The venture-capital business is thawing from the recession's freeze as investors find opportunities to buy and sell stakes in promising Florida companies.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 17, 2012
Fancy Plumage

Mechanical ingenuity, craftsmanship and knowledge of customers have been the keys to success for SA Feather Company.

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  • September 16, 2021
Medical practice, surpassing $10 million, doubles revenue in four years,

Florida Skin Center grows through mastering the basics — such as seizing opportunities and putting patients first. The founder also made a big decision four years ago.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 8, 2021
Senior care firm aims to maintain high standards in succession

Short of cloning the founder, the younger generation's succession mindset is focused on roles, not titles.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 14, 2021
Instead of pushing carts at Publix, an ambitious student starts a tutoring company

After seeing solid results in one student after a single tutoring lesson, high school student Larissa Lippe found herself building a company. Now she aims to grow a sustainable business.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 9, 2021
Startup real estate brokerage targets 500 agents by 2023

The Osbornes have big plans to earn more market share utilizing a different, if not entirely new, mousetrap.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 30, 2021
Hunger game: Upstart pet food maker's appetite for growth is strong

Upstart specialty pet food maker Better Choice Co., based in Tampa, Florida, made big moves in 2021 as it looks to shake up a crowded marketplace.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • December 16, 2020
Entrepreneurial couple starts, grows food business amid pandemic

With years of industry experience to guide them, a think-big couple aims to grab a large bite of the food products industry.

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  • February 19, 2021
Digital marketing firm makes giant leap in annual revenue

Growing annual revenue nearly 700% in two years — partly in the pandemic — to more than $14 million is cause for a major celebration. It also breeds new hurdles.

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  • July 29, 2020
Bicycle store owners see increase in demand as well as supply issues

More people have taken up bicycling during the pandemic, with big implications for area bike shops.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 14, 2020
Truck yeah: Growth rolls on for salesman-turned-entrepreneur

Despite some bumps in the road, Oscar Horton has guided Tampa, Florida-based Sun State International Trucks LLC from $25 million in revenue in 2000 to $160 million in 2019.

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  • August 31, 2020
Philanthropist, businessman, matched kindness with integrity

Stanley Kane built a billion-dollar business before engaging in decades of philanthropy in Sarasota.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 15, 2020
Game On

The 2020 class of 40-under-40 winners shares a key trait: they never give up.

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