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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 13, 2020
Food for thought: Restaurant industry leaders ponder their future

Ghost kitchens, automation and third-party delivery are among the many challenging developments Tampa Bay area restaurateurs are grappling with.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 14, 2018
q&a: Julia Silva Rettig

"Last-mile distribution" is shaking up the industrial real estate industry, and causing investors to look twice at older, smaller properties that are close to urban centers and could be retrofitted for today's logistics firms

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 9, 2018
Pace maker: Entrepreneur gets back to basics

Doug Pace, CEO of Tampa-based Stonehill, a performance management consulting firm, suffered a massive stroke in 2016 right after he exited his previous company. The experience caused him to re-evaluate his business priorities.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 3, 2017
Air men

Entering an entrenched market can be complicated. One company senses the time is right for an opening.

  • Strategies
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • August 10, 2018
Software firm finds success in a super-early entry to a hot market

Some 30,000 customers in 140 countries use Market Technologies software to inform their investment and business decisions. The firm posted $7.56 million in revenue in 2016, $7.76 million in 2017, and is on track to hit $8 million for 2018.

  • Strategies
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 20, 2006
Corporate Report

Look at business briefs from around the Gulf Coast for free.

  • Industries
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 18, 2017
Bright Lights

Area executive Fabio Zaniboni speaks four languages. He's also becoming fluent in the language of managing fast growth.

  • Strategies
  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • February 20, 2015
Tell your stories

Tampa Bay Technology Forum's new executive director and former chairman believe Tampa needs to share its tech stories to attract talent.

  • Strategies
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 25, 2018
Ibis Group hopes Sarasota office portfolio takes flight through improved tenant relations

Ibis Group is working to build better tenant relations after Osprey Real Estate collapse and hiring of Coatue Cos. and Ian Black Real Estate

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 8, 2017
Change Agents

To survive and thrive in an era of e-commerce, retailers must be willing to adapt.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • August 4, 2017
Finding Talent

Tampa-based Southern Manufacturing Technologies Inc. has grown to $13.5 million in revenue.

  • Manufacturing
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 30, 2009
Gulf Coast 500 '09

Del Parrish's pharmacy business is growing by avoiding the mistakes of his much bigger competitors, and staying ahead of the government's heavy hand in health care.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 24, 2006
Dream Tiny

A neuroscientist seeks large-scale change by using tiny technology.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Denise Federer |
  • December 11, 2015
The value of being a resilient leader

It's likely you've heard it said that the best way to judge the performance of a company's customer service is how it handles problems. The same thing can be said for leaders; their success is often reflected in their resiliency, the ability to persevere, remain focused and move forward with their responsibilities and goals in spite of obstacles and challenges.

  • Strategies
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 13, 2015
The front door

Hospitals, despite the constant crush of declining reimbursements, seek new opportunities to increase patient counts. One facility will revamp its ER.

  • Strategies
  • By John Haughey |
  • August 17, 2018
College uses business best practices to grow

Florida Poly 2.0 launches Aug. 22 when the university begins its fifth fall semester. If Avent’s Florida Poly 2.0 vision comes together, the I-4 corridor, the surging area between Orlando and Tampa, could evolve into a high-tech nexus within a decade. Are

  • Education
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 29, 2017
We're Main Street; not 'mainstream'

The national news media have smeared all of journalism, while the media tech giants admit they 'are destroying how society works.' Whom can you trust? Some of us still place a high value on credibility, reliability and trustworthiness.

  • Opinion
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 25, 2011
Program the Future

Universities will be the key to attracting new technology companies to Florida. One professor at Florida Gulf Coast University is planting tech seeds at the young school.

  • Industries
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 17, 2017
Economic Forecast 2018 - Sarasota and Manatee

After a good year, the area will continue to be strong

  • Industries
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 27, 2014
Search for Space

A look at one fast-growth firm's frantic hunt for a new facility reveals a gap in the marketplace. Will the company, a $4 million product design business, stay here?

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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