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Bolstering employee engagement during periods of change

Cut through the noise to reach your talent so together you can meet your goals.

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Florida cleans up in energy efficient jobs

Florida is No. 3 nationwide in clean energy jobs.

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Student loans — economic shackles — present looming heartache

A commission assembled by the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) says change is needed in the undue hardship standards that apply to student loans in bankruptcy discharges.Student loan debt “is one of the most significant economic problems facing the Uni

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Burger Time

With relentless passion, Craig Joy — eschewing retirement — aims for the fast-food Holy Grail: consistence and excellence in customer service.

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Health scare leads attorney to forge a new path

Lawyers leave established firms to launch startup practices for a variety of motives. This attorney's purpose was personal.

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Tech startup blows past deadline, leaving miffed investors

Despite obstacles, Sarasota entrepreneur says he's '100% committed to delivering' the product.

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Finding germs

Former Valpak President Jim Sampey is now exploring a new world: fighting bacteria.

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Partners with purpose

Selling cars and trucks is a means to an end for one area couple. What they really love to do is help people find new hope.

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Foster love

Construction executive Brian Leaver has found a novel way to reduce stress: Bring more kids into his life.

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Long division

Consumers, merchants, developers and investors alike are differentiating between quality retail properties and marginal ones.

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Infill Inkling

Benderson Development Co. is converting aging and underperforming shopping centers into successful ventures.

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Hit the Sauce

Robert Boyland went from sampling the Tijuana Flats sauce bar to building a business based on crafting sauces from scratch. He has big plans.

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Danni Bleil and Tom Baril built a buzz early on with their pizza business, run out of a 1951 Ford farm truck. Now they strive for a bigger slice.

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A Fort Myers IT support firm has found consistent success after two decades in business. It has more to offer.

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New Collar

Geoff Argue, in ditching corporate America to launch his own business, discovered embracing the unknown is an underrated asset.

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Naples-based attorney Kimberly Leach Johnson is one of the few women to lead one of the nation's largest law firms.

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St. Petersburg's Hine Automation is just settling into its fourth expansion in four years. This time around, it has planned for room to grow.

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Defect detectives

A Naples firm has helped fix $70 million worth of construction mistakes going back 15 years. The market for this kind of work is growing.

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Buying a business has a dark side, an enterprising couple discovered. They found an untapped fortitude and battled through.

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