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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2006
Match Up

Jula, 34, never thought his business calling would be using the Internet and technology as a way of connecting the right businesses with each other - a sort of a behind-the-scenes matchmaker. Jula prefers the term "networking evangelist."Still, there's Jula, telling a recent visitor to his Sarasota office that his startup operation is "all about creating something that allows you to be found."

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 23, 2007
Entrepreneurial Bug

Truly Nolen built the pest-control company that bears his name into one of the largest in the industry. One key to success: humor.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 31, 2007
A Helping Hand

Jeff Archambault, a stay-at-home father, needed a free hand while feeding his newborn. Now, the Baby Butler's at your service.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 11, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

Family traditionPractical adviceWatch it rollFred Barksdale, RIP

  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 4, 2005
Gloomy Forecast

An economist with the federal insurer of bank deposits puts lenders on notice that there could be tougher days ahead.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 26, 2005
Legal Briefs (Tampa)

Tobacco lawyer joins BricklemyerPhelps Dunbar adds associateBuell receives Fogarty awardFowler White adds insurance attorneyHow to make a business thriveCarlton Fields receives 'Friend of FAWL' awardPublic defender Dillinger reappointedFoley & Lardner recognizedJudges up for reappointmentSolo practioner opens shopTampa lawyer appointed to boardBusiness owners face deadlineAttorneys receive board certification

  • Law
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 26, 2005
Go-to Lawyers Change Firms

Litigators Lyann Goudie and Fred Zinober won verdicts of $24 million in four months. Now they're leaving Barry Cohen's firm.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 30, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

Bursting at the seams: SCC Soft Computer Inc. has finally found a new headquarters site.New CFO at H&K: Holland & Knight LLP Managing Partner Howell M. Melton Jr. has appointed a new chief financial officer to replace Herb Albritton, who resigned in June after he was demoted.Pittsburgh bank expands here: PNC Bank has brought in another veteran banker to continue an expansion of its Small Business Administration loan program along the Gulf Coast.Lawyers stick together: Lawyer-turned-banker John W. Puffer III has announced the appointment of a fellow barrister from his old law firm to the board of directors at Pilot Bancshares Inc.Saunders moving into Fort Myers: Michael Saunders & Co., an upscale-residential real estate broker in Sarasota, is testing waters in up-and-coming Fort Myers.Sun's rise in Bradenton: Suncoast Bank is expanding to Manatee County.

  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 7, 2005
Calendar of Events

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  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Hillsborough Chief Judge Manuel Menendez recently told a group about his adventure in a stairwell in the new George E. Edgecomb Courthouse.'Nauru' banks in Florida source of trouble Darryl Rouson has taken to the airwaves

  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 5, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Lee/Collier)

Memphis company plans two Lee County hotelsNaples developer plans luxury condosFort Myers developer to build shops, officesKraft Construction building new headquarters in NaplesDeveloper buys Naples condos

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 9, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Nokomis hotel scramble: While the residential real estate market has slowed, proposed hotel projects are certainly bucking that trend and particularly at one Nokomis intersection.Rocky mountains, why?: The Florida Bankers Association is out with a detailed schedule for the group's 2006 convention.Charity raffle, Neapolitan style: The Naples Winter Wine Festival, the super-exclusive Bacchanalian hobnob held every January, is selling raffle tickets for $5,000 a piece.Chery no more: Sarasota no longer has a choice connection in the battle to bring Chinese-made cars to the United States.Basic school math: Proponents of developing a military academy similar to the Sarasota Military Academy in Manatee County have some fairly convincing business figures on their side.

  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 1, 2005
Legal Briefs (Tampa)

Hill Ward snags former Eckerd lawyerZinober & McCrea receives top ratingsFowler White shareholder heads tax sectionBavol Judge hires new associateAllen Dell lawyer to discuss moldCarlton Fields lawyers address groupsProminent lawyer joins Lilly, O'Toole & Brown LLPJohns joins Macfarlane FergusonFoley & Lardner recognized for workAttorney becomes board certified

  • Law
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 1, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

All in all, Florida's OK: We always look forward to the Taxpayers Network's annual booklet ranking the nation's states on such characteristics as demographics, taxes, government, economy, education, public safety and health and welfare.Southwest flies to Fort Myers, Fort Myers/Naples wins again.: Although the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport courted Southwest Airlines, the Texas-based carrier has decided Southwest Florida International Airport is more attractive and lucrative.Blowout: Sarasota tire firm suing Chinese partners: With the emergence of China as a major economic power, Gulf Coast companies with business interests in the communist country continue to grow.

  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 31, 2006
Out of the Public Eye

Free from having to appease Wall Street, Dental Care Alliance executives are focusing on long-term growth. The payoff is steady growth and more happiness.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 31, 2006
Coffee Talk

No fools here: The list of debtors with claims against Infinium Labs just continues to grow.Then there were three: Two companies purchased an 11-acre portion of the much-ballyhooed $65-million Bay Street Village & Towncenter in Osprey. Should there have been three?Big bird could flyinto Fort Myers: Coffee Talk hears rumors that Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers could one day be home to a maintenance and repair facility for the world's biggest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A-380.Mad Money's Jim Cramer sides with Chico's: Jim Cramer, the screeching host of the business-news show Mad Money on CNBC, told Chico's Chief Financial Officer Charlie Kleman that he was ready to rip up a recently published J.P. Morgan research report critical of the Fort Myers-based retailer.Real estate investors eye State Road 29: Bet you never heard of a small Florida town called Felda. How about the hamlets of Jerome, Sunniland or Rock Island?

  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 7, 2006
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Triton, RBS to buy Gold Bank buildingKaplans, Bennett buy three downtown propertiesADESA buys local ABC auto auctionPrudential Florida WCI Realty growing in Sarasota, CharlottFamily group purchases Palmetto office buildingVertical construction begins on Summer Cove

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 28, 2006
Disciplined Approach

Software entrepreneur Gary Harpst observed the management styles of his customers. Now he's selling what he learned.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 18, 2006
Out of Cache

A G-man warns executives: Starbucks is fine for caffeine, but not for wireless Web surfing.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 14, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Lee/Collier)

Argosy Advisors Buys Riverfront Acres on State Road 31County, state buy Estero property for preservationShopping center sold, possibly for financing purposesNonprofit buys Fort Myersnursing home from countySouth Florida developer buys 39 acres in Fort MyersCentex HOMES to build at Verandah

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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