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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.

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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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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 29, 2017
Hold the foosball

Industrious is redefining what it means to do business in a co-working space.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 2, 2017
Studio BCC

Sarasota firm ready to rock the status quo

  • Strategies
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 11, 2017
Clear-Cut Vision

Liza Howard was 25 when she opened her Sarasota salon. Less than two years out, the first-time business owner has a clear vision for success.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • January 12, 2018
Fairy Tale Run

Lauren Davenport has mostly run to get perspective on life and work. Now she's running for a new cause.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 12, 2018
Twice as Nice

To cut costs and expand guests' experience, developers throughout the Gulf Coast are delving into 'dual-branded' hotels.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2013
Corporate Report: Oct. 18

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Denise Federer |
  • February 7, 2014
Lead with purpose

If you seek to grow in your management role, you need to decide what type of leader you want to be and learn what type of leadership is most effective.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 23, 2014
Cool Growth

Louis Bruno's air-conditioning firm is growing fast with a fleet of trucks that promise customers they'll be cool in two hours.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 20, 2014
On the Brink

Size matters in banking, until it doesn't. The top executive at one of the largest regional banks on the Gulf Coast, for instance, faces some challenges familiar to any community banker.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 22, 2013
Building a department

Pasco County revamped its building department and used overtime to improve its permitting efficiency. So far, permit wait times have fallen by several weeks.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 6, 2013
Always running

A small running specialty store in Fort Myers sells the most Newton shoes in the country on a per-square-foot basis.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 6, 2013
Retirement consultants

It could take months for someone to decide whether to move into a retirement community. Patience is the key.

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