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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 15, 2021
CEO of $300M firm chases growth with urgency of a startup

Seizing unforeseen opportunities presented by the pandemic, a 20-year-old medical spa-services company looks toward a big year. ‘You have to stay focused on the big rocks,’ says one executive.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 23, 2011
Own the Market

A medical supply-buying cooperative that delivers market share for medical manufacturers translates to big savings for some hospitals on the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2010
Venture capital well runs dry

If venture capital is the source of funding for a job recovery in Florida, then it's going to be a long wait.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 17, 2014
Local buildings vie for architecture award

Public gets to vote on the best building less than five years old.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 3, 2021
Zombie foreclosures, abandoned homes haunt region

One county in the region sticks out nationally in new report.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 2, 2023
Long-delayed Port Charlotte resort gets December opening date

Allegiant Travel Co. announces in an earnings statement that Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor will finally open by the end of the year.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2015
Illinois car wash owner moving business to Southwest Florida

Illinois businessman Chad Dubbs purchased 1.15 acres of vacant land in the Gaspar Station Planned Unit Development for $1.95 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 6, 2008
Corporate Report

Clockwork Home Services buys plumbing, electric companynFinanSe plans $15 million credit lineOdyssey Marine protects new shipwreck sitesStinger Systems Band-It orders already beat 2007Source Interlink doubling Kentucky warehouse spaceAdministrative Concepts expands into California

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 30, 2024
Landlords left unpaid, with empty storefronts as bankruptcies rise

Commercial bankruptcies jumped 40% last year, leaving many landlords to deal with the consequences of a complicated process.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 7, 2006
Taxing Florida

Sure, the Sunshine state shuns individual income taxes. It makes up for it in other ways, though. Comparatively, businesses here carry a heavy load.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 1, 2015
Things with the dude all good

The Tube Dude is growing up.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • April 30, 2010
Next-Gen Goals

Brian Boyer and Travis Norris practically grew up with DataComm Networks. Now, as owners the last two years, they want to take the IT firm to new heights while retaining top employees through generous benefits.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2008
Back in Black

Chocolatier Norman Love kept a lid on expansionduring the boom years, preferring to spend his energies creating new products instead. It's paying off today.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 28, 2020
Long view: Developer sees post-lockdown surge of activity as trends converge

The pandemic forced Naples, Florida-based Ronto Group to temporarily shutter its sales office for an ambitious new condo tower in Tampa. It used the downtime to keep interest high — and deposits flowing.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 13, 2019
New flights, cities, boost airport passenger traffic

Sarasota Bradenton International Airport remains on a hot streak in increased passenger counts.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2011
Forum offers help to job-hunting techies

Technology workers are probably well versed on ways to look for jobs online, but a local group is offering what could be a more streamlined resource.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 7, 2012
Boaters get back to boating, which bodes well for marinas

The Gulf Coast marina industry, a segment specifically crushed by the recession, is motoring its way back.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2013
Resident Techie: Four reasons I love Dropbox, and you should too.

If you've known me for longer than a couple weeks you're bound to hear me gush. It's not about my wife or kids (although I do). It's not even about my car (unless its in an upset tone). Nope, I'm super passionate, over the moon, head over heels for an ethereal technology called Dropbox.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 17, 2025
US News Best Nursing Homes list includes 34 in region

More than 30 nursing homes from Tampa to Lakeland to Naples earned top ratings from U.S. News & World Report.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 19, 2016
Executive looks to build new business

In the late 1990s, when Andy Stultz was in a leadership program for engineers at GE, he was part of many meetings called the “voice of the customer.”

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