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Lou Lasday: Implementation: 'Make it so!'

Make certain your top strategic initiatives spotlight your most unique team talent.

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For Rent: Prime Locations

Real estate is not a one-size-fits-all business. What works for one business can leave another experienced entrepreneur an utter failure. You don't have to teach Stan Rutstein that business rule.

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Commercial real estate echoes ag's collapse

But community bankers say the regulators are unbending today.

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  • March 25, 2010
Commercial real estate echoes ag's collapse

But community bankers say the regulators are unbending today.

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Sweet Success

Gregg Kaplan's executive lessons revolve around a key theme: Don't be afraid to take chances.

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Streaming star: Lawyer-turned-realtor steps into the limelight

Rena Frazier, a “Selling Tampa" cast member, discusses her decision to leave law for real estate and the Netflix reality show’s impact on her nascent career.

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  • August 24, 2018
Proving ground: Area company reshapes the hiring process

Tampa, Florida-based startup eTeki has set itself up as a solution for hiring managers and other HR professionals who are having trouble filling IT roles with the best possible candidates.

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  • September 18, 2017
Miles of Tiles

Some shrewd moves, combined with a competitive spirit mined from the soccer fields, has a tile sales and installation company primed for more action.

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  • January 17, 2014
Cloud growth

The IT industry will get a shot of 'think big' goals from a business with multistate dreams and $40 million to chase them. The Gulf Coast is the firm's command center.

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  • February 10, 2022
Slide rule: Investors flock to innovative insurance exec's latest venture

Investors are flocking to Slide, innovative insurance executive Bruce Lucas's latest venture. The company has already raised more than $100 million in venture capital.

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Entrepreneurial family has invested $500M and is just getting started

The Hoffmanns have made big business waves in Southwest Florida by buying up a bit of everything, centered on hospitality. What drives their success?

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Patient developer tackles several challenges in latest project

Mike Miller uses a bend-but-not-break approach.

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  • January 14, 2005
Parking Plot

A Tampa valet service with alleged underworld ties goes to court - of all places - when a former employee starts a competing company.

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From Prosecutor to Prosecuted

A former prosecutor and Stetson student bar president tried shortcuts to financial success, including the theft of a client's identity.

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  • June 23, 2023
Texas company pays $13.75 million for former Donzi property in Manatee

The building supply company plans to use the nearly 10-acre site to expand its operations and distribution.

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Atlanta homebuilder to build 118 town homes in Lee County

The Pulte Homes will develop the community on 11 acres it has purchased in Bonita Springs.

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  • August 8, 2023
St. Petersburg realty firm names top broker

Premier Sotheby's International Realty appoints Doug Swain as top broker.

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  • July 3, 2023
Intimate apparel entrepreneur, actress, lists St. Pete home for $13M

Rhonda Shear and her husband Van Fagan listed the home in 2021 for $9 million.

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  • February 8, 2023
Statewide pool service firm makes splash with Naples acquisition

Naples Pool Service was founded in 1969.

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  • August 29, 2022
10,000-square-foot retail flex development coming to Bradenton

A group of investors bought the property near I-75 and is building a center to meet demand for flex space.

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