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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 9, 2014
Escape from New York

Rick Heine says moving his business from New York to Florida was like going to business heaven. He says there are thousands of entrepreneurs just like him ready to move out of high-tax states.

  • Industries
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 30, 2014
Skin in the Game

Naples dermatologist Srdjan Prodanovich created an electronic medical health program that helps doctors manage patient records more efficiently. So far, it cost $3 million to develop.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 21, 2016
Open wide

Progressive Dental Marketing has grown by retaining customers, layering on new services and becoming an expert in its field.

  • Strategies
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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 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 Matt Walsh |
  • June 5, 2015
READ AND COMMENT | More Medicaid: Federal ransom

The call of media editorialists, state senators and altruists for expanding Obamacare's Medicaid program in Florida remains a cacophonous drumbeat of pots and pans.

  • Opinion
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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.

  • Finance
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • August 15, 2024
SWFL contractor expands services, nears $50M in revenue

The rapid expansion of Duane and Jennifer Lopez's contracting business is made easier with the firm's core hiring philosophy: It recruits people it knows "would run it like (they) would run it as owners."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 24, 2025
Local condo prices fall in aftermath of new safety rules

While condo prices inland rise, a new report finds that owners on the state’s two coast are taking a big hit.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 16, 2024
Behind the scenes of a transformative $50M hospital donation

The children of health care providers decided the best way to honor their parent's life work was a donation to a children's hospital.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 27, 2024
Benderson buys St. Armands Circle boutique property for $1.7M

In the week's top commercial real estate news, the Tampa Bay Rays find a new home for employees, a Punta Gorda retail development is sold, and a Lakewood Ranch adjacent plot is on the market.

  • Florida
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • October 10, 2024
Vanessa Evans, 35

40 Under 40 winner Vanessa Evans is head of public relations at Legoland Resorts, North America.

  • Class of 2024
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 29, 2025
Hospitality group, with debut in downtown Sarasota, to focus on small restaurants

Ten Tables Hospitality's go-small strategy flips the bigger-is-better mantra in restaurants — without skimping on the guest experience.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 24, 2025
Multiple lenders accuse Sarasota brewery of not paying millions in loans

Big Top Brewing Company is involved in multiple lawsuits over allegations it has not made payments on loans. In one case, the business has filed a counterclaim.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 28, 2025
Clearwater insurtech company expands with new facility

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a downtown Fort Myers office building sells, a Tampa dentist buys a new office, and a Bradenton rental community starts its final phase.

  • Florida
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 11, 2026
Mental health text service lands contract with UnitedHealthcare, Optum

The partnership will spread Cope Notes to thousands of Medicaid recipients in major Florida markets.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 7, 2023
Leadership retreat exec’s guide to building a business that’s ‘well done’

Ken Gosnell translates Sunday school soliloquies into a series of guidelines on running — and growing — a high-standards, high-performance business.

  • Leadership
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 1, 2022
BayCare announces new hospital in Manatee County

A new hospital is coming soon to north Manatee County. It's part of a surge in new facilities across the region.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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