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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 15, 2016
Loaned up

Sanibel Captiva Community Bank shows the way for small community banks to be profitable.

  • Finance
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 10, 2014
New frontier

Fort Myers attorney Luis Insignares is one of a few attorneys in the vanguard of family law for same-sex couples in Florida. His current case could create a significant business opportunity.

  • Law
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 21, 2014
New links

The family that owns Johnsonville Sausage opened its first retail store in Naples, taking special care not to compete with the grocery stores that carry its famous brats.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 20, 2015
Follow the rooftops

If you want to know where the Gulf Coast's economy is headed in 2016, follow the homebuilders and residential land developers.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 6, 2015
Hurdle jumps

Empowering employees is more than a catch phrase for one of the top managers in major league baseball. It's also a great way to build a winning team.

  • Strategies
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 4, 2025
Sarasota youth sailing group seeks funding, approvals for $4.1M project

As the Sarasota Sailing Squadron faces hurricane damage repairs and builds a new youth sailing education facility, Sarasota officials extend the organization a longer lease on life.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 11, 2025
Trust company exec, cancer survivor relishes global marathon successes

Between surviving cancer and running marathons across the world, it's no wonder Jeff Muddell now says "any challenge in life seems small."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 2, 2025
NBA Hall-of-Famer helps open $37M Bradenton affordable senior housing project

"These are not just apartments. They're homes," said Miami Heat legend Alonzo Mourning.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 13, 2024
Former Trump official has big plans for Florida's largest bank group

Kathy Kraninger ran a controversial financial industry oversight agency under President Trump. Now in Florida, her role revolves around highlighting and promoting a strong banking industry.

  • Florida
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  • By Janet Leiser |
  • October 9, 2025
Daniel London, 28

40 Under 40 winner Daniel London is managing director of Capital Wealth Advisors and co-founder of London Executive Suites.

  • Class of 2025
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2003
Whole Foods: The Whole Story

The city of Sarasota wanted the Whole Foods grocery downtown so badly it skipped over many of its owndevelopment policies and practices.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 30, 2012
The Forecloser

Naples attorney Todd Allen created an avalanche of positive press when he foreclosed on a Bank of America branch. It's a case study in media relations that could be lucrative.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 7, 2020
Complicated amendments include taxes, veteran issues

Some key backers of amendments up for a vote remain in the background.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • October 17, 2014
Economic forecast

Tampa Bay

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • July 5, 2023
Pandemic financial relief firm seizes opportunity, seeks to hire 100 employees

A lesser-known pandemic relief program has attracted a flurry of scammers. But a Tampa company is determined to do right by its clients — and hopefully keep them around as it evolves.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 9, 2023
Creative organizations and entrepreneurs get real with artificial intelligence

Entities across the region discover a variety of ways to incorporate advanced technology into the daily workflow, with an eye toward increased efficiency.

  • Technology
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 18, 2020
Firms find ways to help employees through pandemic

Keeping employees engaged — and mentally strong — at work is now a pandemic-era challenge like no other. Strategies, from providing clarity to espousing empathy to toilet roll basketball, are in the offing.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 8, 2022
Former Corporate America executive helps turn bosses into leaders

Kyle McDowell's 10 principles for building and sustaining a culture of excellence are essential — but, he says, not rocket science.

  • Leadership
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 15, 2022
Gov. DeSantis’ legacy will be property insurance

DeSantis has been the nation's leading crusader against woke-ism, but long after he is gone, his legacy in Florida will be whether he fixed the state’s property insurance disaster.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2006
The Daily Grind

John Cauthen found a niche and way to meet it: the ground-up remains of the melaleuca tree.

  • Entrepreneurs
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