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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2003
21 Tech Master

From computer geek to law hacker, Andrew Greenberg isn't a typical attorney.It doesn't make good cocktail party conversation. Andrew Greenberg has a long answer to the seemingly simple question, "Why did you choose the law?"Greenberg, who founded Car

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2003
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana Edition)

This week's items: Larry Starr, of ResortQuest, says it should be a good winter tourism seasonPortofino condominium renamed The happenings of entrepreneur, developer and philanthropist Harvey Vengroff

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2008
Smart Charlotte

Developers and builders have skipped over Charlotte County because of its reputation as an unfriendly place to do business. The county's 34-year-old director of growth management wants to change that.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • April 23, 2010
McCollum plan checks Right boxes

But McCollum's jobs plan devotes too much to pabulum and too little to details.

  • Opinion
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 8, 2021
County to negotiate sale of administration building

Sarasota County Commissioners approve negotiations with six developers bidding on county admin building; amount offered "spit in a bucket" one commissioner says

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • May 20, 2021
Urn artist stays focused on the product at hand

This philosophy has led Andrea Bogard to increase revenue 68%

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 15, 2020
Shannon Puopolo, 37

Henderson Franklin Starnes & Holt P.A., business litigation partner

  • Class of 2020
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 13, 2020
Julia Silva brings "daunting energy" to new role

Broker has spent nearly three decades leveraging knowledge about industrial real estate. At brokerage firm JLL, she'll apply it on an entirely new plane.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 12, 2019
Team of rivals: Merged RE/MAX firms opt for strength in numbers

With an eye toward capitalizing on spillover growth from the Tampa Bay, Florida, region, two of the Gulf Coast’s leading Re/Max real estate brokerages have teamed up via merger.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 10, 2017
Sweet Home

A company with enough employees worldwide to fill a small city zeroes in on Tampa for expansion. How will it find top talent?

  • Strategies
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • August 29, 2014
Market Potential

Cushman & Wakefield recently promoted Larry Richey to Florida market leader. Now heading offices with more than $3 billion in sales, he shares his excitement about Florida's potential.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 25, 2016
Minto's Market

Minto Communities is boosting its presence on the Gulf Coast with a massive residential project in eastern Collier County.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • July 1, 2025
Naples software firm uses AI to help nonprofits fundraise, strategize

PlanPerfect helps nonprofits focus, with an assist from artificial intelligence, on a key task: developing and utilizing a robust strategic plan.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2011
Corporate Report: Mar. 25

The latest news from Sanibel Captiva, SinoFresh Healthcare, and other Gulf Coast companies.

  • News
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 17, 2013
Work it

Doubters and disbelievers beware: Mark Pentecost has proven everyone wrong before. He plans to do it again, real soon.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2011
Corporate Report: May 6

The latest news from Ceelox Inc., Technology Research Corp., and other Gulf Coast companies.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2011
Corporate Report: July 1

The latest news from ValCom, Sun Hydraulics, and other Gulf Coast companies.

  • News
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • April 30, 2024
Police forces get aggressive, creative to recruit officers

Law enforcement agencies across the region look to find and retain new officers with a heightened sense of urgency.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 14, 2024
Sarasota business owner sent to prison for real estate fraud

Jose “Jay” Manuel Santiago, who owned Santiago & Sons Construction in Sarasota and was an HOA president, is involved in two separate fraud cases.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2007
Family Tradition

The Tampa-based commercial real estate construction company now offersdesign services and can help companies find financing for their new buildings.

  • Entrepreneurs
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