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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 18, 2011
House of Pain

The death of a beloved parent, and mentor, could cripple a small business owner. But tech entrepreneur Kathy Durfee found a way to battle back to success.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2020
Construction to begin on first community in master-planned development

Aqua One Builders recently closed a $12 million builder line of credit to help finance the construction of homes in Bradenton’s Aqua by the Bay development.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 6, 2019
Dining delivery: Urban Brew & BBQ, St. Petersburg

Andy Salyards refuses to sacrifice in-house customers for those at home waiting for delivery.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 8, 2020
CEO, despite crisis, refuses to run $37M company scared

Ted Bill is focused on his employee's health and safety — plus conserving cash.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 9, 2020
CEO ousted for policy violation, employee relationship

Tricia Fulton joined Helios in March 1997.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 14, 2019
Award recognizes company's sustainability efforts

Sarasota-based Children’s World took home a Sustany Foundation award for retail businesses.

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  • March 15, 2019
Business community rallies around laid-off colleagues with job fair

When Tampa, Florida-based Laser Spine Institute abruptly went out of business March 1, former employee Adam Brown organized a job fair for his recently laid off ex-colleagues.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • April 11, 2022
Transactions April 5-11

Tampa multifamily sale for $51.52 million leads the way in transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Ted Carter |
  • December 30, 2016
Open airways

A niche health care college considers expanding its offerings.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 1, 2017
Global Ambition

NeoGenomics aims to be the world's leading cancer-testing company. It's starting with its first laboratory outside the U.S. — in Switzerland.

  • Health Care
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 19, 2017
Keep on keeping on

Regional economic development organizations are going to become more important than ever.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 7, 2014
Mr. Fixit

If your business needs help navigating the channels of state government, Dudley Goodlette will point you in the right direction.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 30, 2014
A New Cycle

Commercial real estate firms position themselves to benefit as buildings fill with new tenants and rents rise. Commercial Property Southwest Florida, the Cushman & Wakefield office in Fort Myers, is boosting its ranks.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 27, 2013
Diamond Days

A real estate developer's strategy to combat competitors, in what's become a busy marketplace, is to accentuate the positives in his own project. The plan is working.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 15, 2016
Bird's nest

Derek Byrd has passed on several chances to join a bigger law firm. He has no regrets.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • June 17, 2016
Apathy fighter

Frank Maggio has taken an active role in the Sarasota area community. A run for office someday is possible.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • October 15, 2015
5 ways to ensure an effective benefits renewal

A bad benefits renewal period is preventable by following some basic steps to ensure that a business has an effective benefits renewal process, one that works for both the company and the employees.

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  • May 20, 2024
CEO ousted as investigation prompts leadership shakeup at Jabil

St. Pete tech giant Jabil announced several changes in its executive ranks after an investigation led to the removal of Kenneth Wilson.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 26, 2009
Conservation Collision

A conservation group backed by millions of dollars from wealthy Naples residents is seeking tighter federal restrictions on large-scale development in rural Collier, Hendry and Lee counties.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 19, 2012
CEO Emeritus: Wicked Opportunity

JoAnn Elardo ventured into Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

  • Entrepreneurs
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