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  • April 28, 2006
ES: Andrew McElwaine

The Review sat down with the President and CEO of Conservancy of Southwest Florida

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Come Together

A resort properties guru and a respected commercial Realtor are out to reinvent how deals get done in the real estate industry. They might be on to something.

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  • February 12, 2009
Courting Business

Executives and entrepreneurs seeking to get in and out of court before seasons — and sometimes years — change, have found their spot in Hillsborough County. Other Gulf Coast courts could follow.

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  • October 15, 2004
Imagine: No Fax Machines

It's not hard to do. Visionaries foresee legal documents soon zipping invisibly through the air with the greatest of ease.

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  • November 26, 2004
Feds Buck Trend

Why did federal civil trials increase in the Florida Middle District?

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  • August 29, 2008
Young Minds

Steve Morris saw an untapped market in teaching kids and teens the ABCs of entrepreneurialism. Now he's gone global.

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  • February 25, 2010
Silver Lining

Cloud computing is one of the hottest trends in technology. A Fort Myers entrepreneur is getting ready to take your business there.

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  • September 24, 2010
Precious Coral

Naples-based Coral Hospitality is quickly gaining a reputation for managing luxury resorts. Demand for the firm's skill will grow as banks foreclose on extravagant hotels financed during the boom.

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  • February 1, 2013
$2,500 won't do it; abolish the system

The cynical view is this: Florida Gov. Rick Scott has turned out to be just like the others — another narcissistic politician who lusts for power and will do whatever it takes to buy votes with government payoffs.

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  • June 24, 2011
CHASE-ing the Sunshine

Making up for lost time, Chase bank is making a big expansion push into Florida. The company is snapping up a variety of properties for at least 13 new branches planned along the Gulf Coast this year.

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  • July 6, 2012
Ich Liebe Florida

Crisis? What crisis? More Europeans plan to visit Southwest Florida than last summer despite trouble brewing at home, tourism professionals say.

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Jessica Stanfield, 31

Guardian ad Litem Foundation, 20th Judicial Circuit, Executive Director

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  • March 20, 2020
Insurance executive gives up CEO life for real estate venture

Not content to take it easy in retirement, a longtime insurance industry executive risked his nest egg on a real estate venture. One key to pulling it off? Knowing there are things you don't know.

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Top Entrepreneurs: Founder grows company, builds strong culture through challenges

Entrepreneur Deanna Wallin has built a successful retail and ecommerce business by addressing a personal need and focusing on company culture.

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  • January 27, 2022
$200 million Bath & Racquet project seeks to gain momentum — quickly

Developers hope to capitalize on persistently hot market.

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  • May 26, 2017
Smarter, not harder

Don Phillips has refocused in recent years, with an eye to the future.

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2014 Entrepreneur of the Year

Entrepreneurship isn't for the faint of heart.

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  • August 5, 2016
Niche player

Industrial Realty Solutions focuses on one thing as a formula for success.

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  • March 25, 2025
Prominent Sarasota civic leader, lumber entrepreneur dies at 95

Charlie Stottlemyer was known as being easy-going, all-around friendly and the "epitome of a pillar of the community."

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  • October 12, 2023
Jessica Plazewski, 36

A rising mental health care exec credits an "unfailingly supportive" mentor.

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