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  • May 19, 2015
Cancer diagnosis startup plans $25M investment

Inspirata Inc. launched in March, following a chance meetup at a medical conference in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • April 12, 2022
Young real estate company makes a splash in the market

Leaving behind the comfort of a well-known real estate brand — while nerve-wracking at first — has proved to be a prescient move for a longtime entrepreneur.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 27, 2012
Skinny Prots

There's money to be made in the diet business. But how do you break out from the crowd?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Amy Kinsey, 38

Deputy criminal division director, 20th Judicial Circuit Administrative Office of the Courts

  • Class of 2016
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 31, 2014
More choices

Students at a leading art and design college are taught to think and act like entrepreneurs. They might soon get more chances to do that.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 8, 2023
Statewide pool service firm makes splash with Naples acquisition

Naples Pool Service was founded in 1969.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 2, 2022
Prolific developer adds concierge estate division

Company aims to provide "Ritz-Carlton-level service."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 31, 2014
Walter Investment hires new CFO

The Tampa company employs a former adviser who helped it with several transactions, including the 2011 purchase of Green Tree Servicing.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • July 1, 2023
Moving report: Florida remains top national destination, but cracks are forming

The city of Sarasota came in second as one of the top destinations to move to.

  • Florida
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 2, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

Busy litigator: Tampa lawyer John Fitzgibbons has more prominent cases pending than most local attorneys.Sweets fight: A Mexico City candy manufacturer has accused a former business partner of trademark infringement and unfair competition for making copycat jellybeans and Gummee Bears with real fruit juice.Gallagher to banks: Drop fees: How's this for political timing: Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher has asked more than 500 financial institutions in Florida to stop charging Holocaust survivors for wire transfer fees.Lawyers filing W-suits: Could using a "W" land you in hot legal water? Top 10 finish: Kearney Development Co. Inc. has earned the 10th spot on this year's Southeast Construction magazine list of top specialty contractors.

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  • May 9, 2022
Newly formed home services firm buys local HVAC company

St. Petersburg-based Southeastern Home Services has acquired Mario’s Air Conditioning & Heating.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • June 4, 2010
Hillsborough, school district sign contracts with WilsonMiller

WilsonMiller was recently awarded two service contracts.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 23, 2007
Corporate Report

Jim Walter joins gas-reductions groupWorld Energy Solutions, Rajax trading lawsuitsSource Interlink reaches deal with Thomas NelsonRadiation Therapy Services buys second Arizona facilityMangrove Software buys BenefitOne of America

  • Industries
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 11, 2023
Behind $20M investment, RV aficionado plans timely growth strategy

The Motorcoach Store will use the new space, which will include storage for high-end RVs and a concierge service, as its national headquarters.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 17, 2023
Sarasota, Fort Myers jobs lost as national mover shuts offices

WayForth is closing its offices nationwide, except in its hometown, after it is unable to find funding to continue operating.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 9, 2012
Survival of the Fittest

Betty Jenny Armas is starting a travel agency that specializes in just one destination: the Galapagos Islands.

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  • July 25, 2011
Tampa Port, FDOT invest $19M

The two entities will spend millions to improve Port of Tampa services.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 7, 2020
Roofing company buys land, moves into new headquarters

CFS Roofing Services has 200 employees.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 2, 2021
Tee time: The Hoffmann Family of Cos. gets into the golf business

What does a family business with holdings from restaurants to office space do to expand? Golf looks like a good place to drive forward.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 23, 2025
Developer buys key parcel for $675 million Tampa project

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a celebrity-run real estate agency opens in Sarasota, a Naples apartment community sells, and a Manatee industrial center lands a new tenant.

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