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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • April 28, 2017
Off the Vine

A clean approach to business pays off at Bunker Hill Vineyard & Winery.

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Infill Inkling

Benderson Development Co. is converting aging and underperforming shopping centers into successful ventures.

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Drink Up

Tampa's Fintech is riding high on the success of its system for streamlining alcohol payment processing. Next up: Manage the rapid growth.

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A New Tune

The song doesn't remain the same for Tampa's Symphonic, which has embraced changes that caused seismic shifts in the music industry.

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Patient Money

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Slam Dunk

Celebrity Auto Group has gone from less than $500,000 in annual sales to more than $20 million in four years. Secrecy is an integral part of the business model.

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Car Queen

Pam Oakes does more than fix cars. She's a radio host, author and inventor.

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Six ways to get your employees to 'live the brand.'

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Ready for launch

Three Lakeland food-related businesses, with an entrepreneurial nudge, have found some fast success.

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  • May 27, 2016
Go deep

Football brought land brokers David Hitchcock and Clay Taylor together. They have stayed through a lot of deals.

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Gear change

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  • December 18, 2015
Frank approach

Frank Morsani's willingness to embrace change, coming after a hardscrabble childhood, is a bedrock principle behind decades of success.

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  • August 28, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: Lee Delieto Sr., Broker, Sarasota

Lee DeLieto Sr. began selling and leasing commercial real estate in Sarasota in the early 1980s, when Maas Bros. still operated what it called “the largest department store between Tampa and Miami” on the city's Main Street.

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Lazydays Holdings would sell its assets to a Jacksonville company under the proposed deal.

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Already expanding before it opens, 1000 North augments the vision of developer Kevin Daves to make Sarasota among the country's "most refined" cities.

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