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  • By Cheryl O'Neill |
  • October 18, 2013
Five tips to help get your bank loan approved

With new regulations and tight lending, bank financing has only gotten harder to secure. Follow these steps to improve your chances of approval.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2021
Ad agency adds clients and work to roster, staffs up Jacksonville office

St. Pete ad agency Paradise grows on the strength of its work with tourism clients

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Allison Flood, 28

Director of operations, sterile processing, LeeSar

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2020
Area hospital within a hospital for cancer patients opens

The Gulf Coast Medical Center’s Regional Cancer Center is solely dedicated to treating cancer patients.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2012
Clash over impact fees continues

Local entrepreneur Michael Evanoff lost his first battle against Sarasota County in a skirmish over impact fees — though he refuses to concede defeat.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • September 22, 2017
Stick Together

A networking group has found some fast growth with a twist on the traditional model.

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  • By A.G. Lafley |
  • May 12, 2021
Billion-dollar CEO prioritizes the 80/20 principle

Making the right choices, at the right times, is a key to building a sustainable business in difficult times.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 3, 2025
Prominent Sarasota corporate HQ up for sale

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Naples high-end shopping center gets an upgrade, a Tampa condo complex to be "repositioned" as rental apartments, and Manatee buys a historic farm.

  • Florida
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  • By Cheryl O'Neill |
  • May 15, 2014
How to start your own business

Thinking of going it alone? This check list can help steer your journey.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By James R. |
  • February 27, 2015
Know your customer

Others can try to copy your prices or your products, but exceptional customer service will always differentiate you from your competition.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2014
West Bay Club community and golf course purchased by members, developer

Members of the West Bay Golf Club and homeowners of the West Bay Property Owners Association have purchased the West Bay Club community and the championship Pete & P.B. Dye Golf Course for $2 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • January 21, 2025
Water Street Tampa welcomes slew of new businesses

Four new retail and food locations will be opening in the downtown Tampa neighborhood.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 30, 2015
Green more fashionable in Tampa real estate

New research from CBRE shows the Tampa market is one of the fastest-growing when it comes to environmental building.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
40 under 40: Going places

The theme of the 2016 Business Observer 40 under 40 issue revolves around people who are going places — and who get there with grace, elegance and style.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 4, 2017
Sarasota Bayfront issues RFQ for designers

The Sarasota Bayfront Planning Organization, a group of residents, civic and business leaders studying ways to improve a 42-acre, downtown tract in Sarasota, is seeking a designer.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 26, 2019
On the edge: Neighborhood gets connected thanks to collaboration

A collaboration among GoZone WiFi, hardware supplier Cambium Networks and the EDGE Business District Association, along with support from sponsors UPC Insurance and Goldman Wetzel Law Firm, has brought a new, free Wi-Fi network to St. Petersburg, Florida'

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  • By Jay Schlichter |
  • September 6, 2019
Solar ground mount racking company leader had specific vision for their headquarters

Construction firm that build Fort Myers-based TerraSmart gave all the credit to company president.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2018
Water, water everywhere: Polk County embraces new project

Polk County, Auburndale, water, development, USA Water Sports Complex and Training Center, USA Water Ski and Wake Sports Foundation, Tracy Mattes

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 10, 2016
Tech firm to add 150 jobs

New Jersey-based technology firm eMaint Enterprises is expanding in Southwest Florida and plans to hire 150 people in Bonita Springs.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 10, 2017
Gourmet Goods

An entrepreneur with a 'find a way to yes' mindset seized an opportunity in an unfamiliar business. The move paid off.

  • Entrepreneurs
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