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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 6, 2012
On the Line

A firm with superfast growth contradictory to the economy predicts even bigger doings in 2012. Which may include hiring 100 more employees.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 13, 2012
One of a Kind

Nathan Benderson turned a hardscrabble childhood into a lifetime of success and philanthropy. He died April 7.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 29, 2021
Net-Lease Nirvana

Marcus & Millichap's Daniel Hurd is making a career selling Dollar General stores to eager investors, and he believes he's just getting started.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 20, 2021
Fun-loving couple looks to grab more family entertainment market share

The Ciniellos have a passion for bowling — and the sport of running a feel-and-touch business in the pandemic.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 14, 2020
TerraCap grows by following focused "thesis"

TerraCap Management has grown its asset base by 10 times in the past five years by carefully executing a simple strategy.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 10, 2018
Firm dominates markets by focusing on accountability — not budgets

Roper Technologies revenues have grown from $2.05 billion in 2009 to $4.67 billion in 2017 — up 127.8%. Roper’s compound annual shareholder return from 2003 to 2017 was 19%, compared to 9% for the S&P 500 over that same time period, according to company d

  • Leadership
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 20, 2018
The Return of the Condo

Sarasota has had ample hotel and apartment development this growth cycle, but condos are now back in favor.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 14, 2022
Adidas CEO on work-life balance conundrum: Wear it proudly

On his first U.S. trip since the pandemic, Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted offered words of wisdom to students at the University of South Florida's Muma College of Business.

  • Leadership
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • April 8, 2022
Restaurant family shares their secret: Failure is not an option

With three decades in the restaurant business under their belt, the Caragiulo family is chewing on a new concept designed for Palmer Ranch.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 24, 2017
Plant a seed

Business activity is swirling in once-sleepy Plant City. Can it sustain the momentum?

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 31, 2017
Better Together

The complexities of delivering health care can drive people bonkers. A startup dotted with All-Star executives aims to heal their pain.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 21, 2017
'Proud Moments'

Rita Lowman has had plenty of chances to walk away from banking — some after highly lucrative successes. But she has crucial industry ideas to pursue.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 21, 2017
Thrust Forward

One of the largest community banks in the region, seeking more market share, is fearless. 'We will compete with Regions, BB&T and SunTrust and Wells Fargo,' one executive says.

  • Finance
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  • August 25, 2017
New Sights

Some business lessons apply to any size company, even with 55,000 people. A big one: Keep it simple.

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  • By Ted Carter |
  • June 16, 2017
Signs are Changing

Mergers are coming fast and furious for Florida community banks. The strategy behind the moves comes down to the latest industry truism: Size matters.

  • Finance
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • January 5, 2018
Dream Come True

Leadership, says one of the region's newest big company CEOs, is knowing how to get the answer — not the answer itself.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 16, 2018
Fare Warning

Being different in a fiercely competitive market, like groceries, leaves little room to skimp on the brand and mission.

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  • August 8, 2014
The New Gladesmen

The Patel family is now the biggest employer in Everglades City, a small outpost of 400 residents on the edge of the swamp. Thousands of tourists now fill their airboats.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 19, 2014
Surgical precision

A medical technology business with clients in 60 countries chases an ambitious goal: to simultaneously grow rapidly while it defends market share dominance.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 25, 2014
'Make it Happen'

Sara Blakely sold fax machines door-to-door. She was a standup comedian. Then she got serious and launched a business that shifted a multibillon-dollar industry.

  • Entrepreneurs
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