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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 27, 2022
Deep Lagoon Seafood & Oyster House headed to Lakewood Ranch

The restaurant is the final anchor restaurant at Waterside Place.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Thomas P. Vartanian and William M. Isaac | Guest Columnists |
  • June 30, 2022
Time to get smart about financial technology — and how to regulate the $10T market

Regulators ignore the crypto world at their peril, contend a pair of longtime prominent industry officials and executives.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 8, 2019
Home sweet (vacation) home

Annual real estate report reveals higher demand for second homes, increasing prices

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 2, 2022
First Watch kicks plastic straws to the curb

The daytime dining concept announced a partnership that will provide sustainable straws instead.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 18, 2005
Newsmakers (Sara/Mana)

Newsmakers is available free of charge.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 15, 2005
Free Press (Sara/Mana)

Film to be shot in Sarasota CountyManatee Technical Institute designs DeSoto renovationsSarasota Steak 'n Shake receives disability awardSarasota County Head Startgoes 40/40 in same yearSarasota firms help Hooters into Hispanic marketColdwell Banker's Sarasota region receives recognition

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2008
Presidential Boost

Tampa Steel Erecting Co. is hoping more federal funds will help its bridge-building business.

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  • December 19, 2008
Tiny transactions, GIANT DREAMS

An entrepreneur seeks super-sized growth through puny margins. It's a tough task.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2004
George Edgecomb

A tribute to his courage and integrityIt has been 28 years since the death of Judge George E. Edgecomb. It is more than just apparent today his memory lives in the hearts and minds of those who loved and respected the man who became Hillsborough County'

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2004
Deciphering the Attribute Index

What is the key to successful business excellence? asks Stephen Garber, who lives and works in the Sarasota area, provides executive coaching for individuals and organizations to enable them to select, retain and develop performance champions.

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 15, 2009
Big out of Small

Surviving the recession not only required Kerrie Ann Lehnert to rethink her entire business plan. It has taken a rebooted mindset, too. 'You have to be able redefine your ego,' she says.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 1, 2010
In Search of Perfection

It takes fortitude to reexamine every aspect of your business during a downturn. But Pelican Wire Company has done just that and is betting it will be better prepared for the economic recovery.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 12, 2010
Smooth Move

An entrepreneur who launched a million-dollar business with a $500 loan 16 years ago relocated to the Gulf Coast. She plans more growth here.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • January 7, 2011
Home Run Swing

After 25 years with his father's company, and now in his second term leading Tampa's chamber, Chuck Sykes does not flinch from taking tough stands.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 15, 2010
Out of the Rough

Two hospitality industry entrepreneurs think they're on to the next big thing in sports and family entertainment. They think big.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • December 17, 2010
'Chase everything'

Rojo Architecture, a Tampa design firm, is out to prove a point that good building design can be handled more affordably. It's how the principals keep their own lights on.

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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • January 1, 2012
Hidden Profits

Superior Bank's profitable start to 2011 was even better than many realize.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 11, 2011
Retirement on a Budget

Financial advisers often tiptoe around the most important issue facing retirees today: spending. But Carole Peck tells them like it is.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 31, 2013
Rinse and repeat

A pair of entrepreneurs hopes to make good, for a second time, on an auto racing business. The risks, however, are thornier this go-around.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Denise Kalette |
  • December 28, 2012
The E-doctor

Software innovator Vitera is changing the game for the medical office and the patient.

  • Strategies
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