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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 31, 2009
COVER UPDATE: It's a jungle out there

Corporations are starting to spend again on entertaining their best customers and employees. Now, government needs to stay out of the way.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 11, 2010
Small package, big success

Business leaders who seek to put an end to the dearth of high-flying technology companies on the Gulf Coast have a new model to emulate: Think Jerusalem.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2009
Victory, at Last

A Gulf Coast community bank has pulled off a rare feat: It raised $15 million in capital during a crippling recession.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 8, 2010
'Herding Cats'

Networking groups are one of the oldest ways around to snare business. A Gulf Coast entrepreneur, however, hopes to add a new wrinkle to the concept.

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 12, 2010
Powerful Success

Even after 13 years and seven stores, two franchised-based business partners still learn on the job. Some lessons are even relearned.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 6, 2011
Fast Glass

The survival effort at Quality Enclosures has shifted into growth mode. The company expects to expand more in 2011.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 6, 2011
Take it to the Bank

When North Carolina-based BB&T acquired insurance brokerage Oswald Trippe, it won the firm's talent and entrepreneurial drive. Holding onto those will be key.

  • News
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 14, 2011
Link Up

Facebook and Twitter grab the social media headlines. But an entrepreneur in the recession trenches contends there's a better outlet for executives.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 17, 2010
'Stay Alive'

A Gulf Coast family business famous for its luxury yachts wants to go small in order to get big again when the economy comes back.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 28, 2011
Sole Success

Diana Kelly turned a childhood fascination with brooches into a trendy shoe line. Now her task is to turn trendy into a sustainable business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 4, 2011
Reinvent Rewards

The recession still forces entrepreneurs to find a better way. Advertising industry veteran Steve Smith seems to have found one, and it turned around his entire outlook.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 3, 2010
Reversed Course

A Gulf Coast ad firm discovered a partnership with a larger firm wasn't as stellar as it hoped. It has found new life in being independent, again.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2010
London Bay Homes buys Founders Club lots

London Bay Homes purchased the last remaining 86 home sites in The Founders Club for $11.25 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2010
Corporate Report: Aug. 13 - Aug. 19

The latest news from PBSJ, Roper Industries, and Tampa Electric.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 30, 2010
July 30: TIBB, BBGI, NGNM

TIB Financial takes hit; Beasley Broadcast ups profits; NeoGenomics reinvests.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 8, 2013
Corporate Report: February 8

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Jamie Kane |
  • June 14, 2013
Discover what matters to your customers

Setting up a selling process that increases customer feedback and contact can enhance the breadth and depth of your relationship — and boost sales.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 21, 2013
Be brave

A Gulf Coast manufacturer invested at least $1.5 million in the last 18 months to fend off a big competitor. Executives hope their edge is in local control.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 16, 2011
Home Inventory Shrinks

Residential developers and homebuilders in Charlotte, Collier and Lee counties have seen new-home prices stabilize. That's because the inventory is shrinking.

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 14, 2011
Big Red

When Al Carlson and other Sun Hydraulics executives sought engineers for their new China office, they refused to compromise on five qualifications.

  • Strategies
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