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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 20, 2019
What They're Saying: CBRE Group

Technology-related jobs have posted significant growth in the Tampa area over the past few years as the area emerges a hub for the sector.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 17, 2019
Tiara Rubio, 34

Project manager, Suffolk Construction

  • Class of 2019
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 17, 2019
Stewart Moon Jr., 31

Vice President, Air & Energy

  • Class of 2019
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  • By Jay Schlichter |
  • October 17, 2019
Patrick Wilke, 35

Owner and operator, Carbon Press

  • Class of 2019
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 17, 2019
Emmalee Legler, 33

Director of marketing and operations, Jon F. Swift Construction

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 22, 2019
Restaurant chain first in line for kindness

Being nice, at First Watch, isn’t only for greeting customers. It’s a company-wide belief that kindness goes a long way.

  • Leadership
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 1, 2019
College plans center to further link school with area business community

SCF's Center for Advanced Technology & Innovation will be built inside the school’s former library building on its Bradenton campus.

  • Education
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • March 10, 2019
Netflix co-founder: Crush the status quo

Ideas matter says the co-founder of one of the world’s largest internet companies. But some things matter way more — like confidence and taking chances.

  • Advice
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 3, 2018
Sarasota-Bradenton International offering land for development

To ensure its future financial viability and be less reliant on passenger traffic, Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport is offering 92 acres of land adjacent to its runways for development.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 16, 2018
Higher Gear

An entrepreneur invested $2 million to prove his idea — storage for snazzy cars — is a winner. More growth is in the offing.

  • Strategies
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  • By Ted Carter |
  • March 30, 2018
Developer targets high-end clients with storage concept

High-end self-storage isn’t just for fancy cars. An enterprising businessman targets other luxury vehicles with his new project.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 6, 2018
Business flows nicely for fast-growing beer brand

Expanding a proven brand in a competitive market isn’t for the risk-averse. One company’s approach is to do it in layers. And block out the background noise.

  • Strategies
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  • April 13, 2018
Employers: Take care of caretakers

Florida’s demographics mean some of your employees are bound to be taking care of loved ones. Looking out for them can help improve retention and performance.

  • Opinion
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 21, 2016
Dial it up

Fast-growing Lightspeed Voice hopes to convince more businesses to ditch old-school phone service plans.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 18, 2016
Home run

A Sarasota firm recently more than doubled its money with a Tampa office project. Not bad for less than three years of ownership.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • January 13, 2017
Self-made style

Homebuilding marketing executive Leisa Weintraub can often be found wearing outfits she designed and sewed.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • January 20, 2017
Visitors' paradise

The tourism industry could be the industry with the most dramatic shifts in the past 20 years.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 20, 2017
Capital intensive

Consider 1997 the year Florida's banking industry witnessed the equivalent of a gust of wind on a dandelion. That's the year NationsBank announced it would buy Barnett Banks, Florida's largest homegrown banking institution for $15.5 billion.

  • Finance
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 24, 2017
Panel People

Brian Bishop's insulated panel company, New Panel Homes, provides construction panels for homes across Southwest Florida and across the globe.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 8, 2017
Juicer Goes Global

With the orange industry in decline, one company could have fled Florida. It decided to stay, and is now reinvesting in its facilities with an eye toward diversification.

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