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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 13, 2015
Avoiding mediocrity

Sweet Sparkman Architects has carved out a niche designing cutting-edge, budget-minded buildings for governments and institutions.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 4, 2015
Get linked

Social media site LinkedIn is a great way to find the right people, but then you have to be persistent with follow-up phone calls and personal visits.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 2, 2016
'Coming together'

Plan for development at Sarasota's former Quay waterfront site is gelling, and site work is expected in 2016.

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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • July 31, 2015
American resolution

Commercial litigators, by definition, aren't big on compromises.A prominent attorney now sees opportunity in conciliation.

  • Law
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 7, 2015
Boom time

As several projects begin and rents climb, the apartment sector shows no signs of weakening.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 15, 2015
Hang tough

Jeff Charlotte refused to let the recession squash his business. Now the payoff: Sales are up nearly 90% since 2012.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 9, 2015
Tough one

Brian Ehrlich is used to sidestepping danger, at least the proverbial kind. But once a year he does it for real.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 13, 2015
Compound growth

Independently owned pharmacies like Pharmicare are carving niches and setting themselves apart from larger retail pharmacy chains.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 3, 2015
Reynolds wrap

Revenues are up 50% in four years at Gulfstream Property and Casualty Insurance Co., mostly from Florida customers, but the firm has bigger ambitions.

  • Industries
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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • April 24, 2015
Virtual mentality

A tech-savvy entrepreneur aims to bring something new to the advertising industry.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 24, 2015
Feed me

Tom Scannell developed plant food for his commercial bougainvillea operation. The stuff's so good it's now on sale at Home Depot and Lowe's.

  • Strategies
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 8, 2024
Longtime Anna Maria, Manatee plumbing entrepreneur dies

Mike LaPensee, who started LaPensee Plumbing with his wife, was successful in part due to his connection to the community, a former Manatee County commissioner says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Sharon Hillstrom |
  • April 24, 2024
Wanted: Employers to hire interns — with wages paid by CareerSource Suncoast

The Summer Youth Employment Program helps address major issue across the region: finding skilled workers for a variety of jobs and positions.

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 28, 2024
Tampa fast-food chain names former Starbucks exec new CEO

Chris Tebben has coffee, candy and more on his executive resume.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 25, 2025
Former Sarasota Memorial CEO, physician leader dies at 85

Dr. G. Duncan Finlay was well known for both his bedside manner and strong leadership skills, including embracing technological advances in health care and medicine.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 11, 2024
$4M longevity holistic health center to open in downtown Sarasota

A cardiologist and local entrepreneur joined forces to open Reveal Vitality and Longevity Institute.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin Gillen & Aubrey LaBoda – Synovus Bank |
  • January 2, 2026
Commercial Payments Fraud is on the Rise: Here’s How to Protect Your Business

Learn how to protect your company... and your customers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Janet Leiser |
  • January 3, 2026
Naples marketing director cloaks himself in history

Jacob Winge's passion goes back — way back — in time to get his mind off work.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • January 8, 2026
BayCare reveals first look at $650M children’s hospital

The health care system has released its first exterior renderings of the future Pagidipati Children’s Hospital at St. Joseph's, expected to open in 2030.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 4, 2023
2023 Top Entrepreneur: Dr. Jacqueline Darna, founder of NoMo Nausea and Intellidoc, Tampa

Dr. Jacqueline Darna’s initial foray into medical entrepreneurship, a consumer product called NoMo Nausea, was a hit. Now she aims to disrupt telehealth.

  • Entrepreneurs
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