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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 24, 2013
USF professor named 'most prolific'

A business professor at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg hasn't let his teaching load stand in the way of scholarly publication.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2011
Entrepreneurial firm hopes to occupy Orlando

An entertainment entity homegrown on the Gulf Coast might soon bulldoze its way into Orlando, the worldwide capital of theme parks.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 31, 2012
Tampa Prep isn't the only STEM-smart program

Many similar techniques and technologies are already transforming the way students learn science and math in Sarasota and Charlotte counties' public schools.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2015
Atlanta real estate firm Carter buys one of two Biter development parcels

Sarasota property owner and entrepreneur Jesse Biter has sold one of the two parcels he purchased for a proposed downtown apartment development. Atlanta-based real estate investment, development, and advisory firm Carter purchased the 13,881-square-foot former United Way Building for $3.04 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 28, 2009
Foot Patrol

Bill Johnson's entrepreneurial spirit — and his inner inventor — can be traced to his wife's un-tanned feet. His next step: Sales.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 19, 2017
Sun Shines

Steve Herrig, with multiple businesses during his career, emphasizes a key business axiom: Stick to what you know.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 17, 2021
Mother-son duo conquer Wall Street trend — from Sarasota

Betsy Cohen and her son Daniel, despite living 1,200 miles from Wall Street, are SPAC leaders.

  • Finance
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  • By Barry Friedman |
  • September 4, 2015
That's Amore

Kate Lake aims to set the right atmosphere for entrepreneurs to prosper in a new kind of business incubator. The premium is on commerce over creativity.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • May 28, 2009
Making the Grade

Two-thirds of Gulf Coast House members get A's from two prominent business groups, but only one of 11 senators goes to the head of the class.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2007
Corporate Report

Chico's reports strong March sales, comparables NCircle lands deal with Bert Smets ProductionsTIB Financial, Bank of Venice set to close April 30Javien Digital licenses NeoMedia's qodeRaymond James shuffles board membersGeoPharma completes $12.5-million equity deal Paradise promotes SolutionsSirion raises $45 millionGolfer Morgan Pressel signs endorsement with GemesisPersystent product in GSA ConnectWise adds COOWorld Energy purchases Sol-GelSmith president of OutbackInternational Realty name-change

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 28, 2011
Libby's Cafe + Bar: Food with Flair

A key to Libby's success: retaining Executive Chef Fran Casciato, who over the course of his career has crafted the menus of several prominent restaurants.

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  • July 11, 2020
Doctor seeks entrepreneurial cure to waiting room delays

DocClocker founder says product solves a big health care conundrum.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 15, 2023
As insurance costs rise, property owners consider self-insurance

Self-insurance, on the surface seems like a wild and desperate choice. Yet Florida's reformed — but still rather messy — insurance market has some property owners considering it.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 9, 2007
Sales a tough swallow

HQ Inc. makes a high 'wow' quotient product, carries a starry client list and boasts top-notch testimonials. What it doesn't have - yet - is soaring revenues.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 21, 2006
Hungry for Growth

The second largest public real estate brokerage in Florida fills holes in its market coverage by buying a firm in two Gulf Coast counties. It looks to get bigger by acquisitions and agents.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 30, 2022
No cane, no gain: Niche fashion company sticks it to the competition

Largo, Florida-based Fashionable Inc.’s Fashionable Canes brand offers more than 1,000 styles of canes, many of them custom-designed.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 9, 2025
Morgan Tiefenthal, 37

40 Under 40 winner Morgan Tiefenthal is owner of Animal Health Center.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 4, 2020
Storage industry pioneer rides high into another high-stakes venture

Self-storage might not be sexy — but for Peter Warhurst it has sizzle. And now, two decades after a major industry victory, he’s back for more.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 17, 2018
What bubble? Homebuilding executive believes region is well 'behind the supply curve.'

Accountant Mark Metheny in 2001 seized an opportunity to join Lennar, a leading U.S. homebuilder with a strong presence in southwest Florida, and never looked back. Now he's president of the company's central Florida division, based in Tampa.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • February 17, 2017
Lifelong learner

The odds were against Scott Vigue when he launched his own home services business. But he had a secret weapon: an innate ability to enact and embrace change.

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