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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2003
Coffee Talk

This week's items: Quote from Michael Kovac Executive Director of High Technology Engineering Development Old Station in Fort Myers soldCell phone linking to UPC bar codes in Fort MyersJudicial Qualifications Commission case

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 16, 2004
Russ Stahl is Different

The 61-year-old Tampa attorney seems unfazed by the child-sex charges facing him. He recently won an $18 million jury award for an injured client. 'I am not a normal person,' he says.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2008
Coffee Talk

+ Dupe the media!Rake in profits!Someone finally figured out how to make money on the stock of WCI Communities, a stock that has fallen from the $20 range into $1 territory.+ Student housingin growing demandNot all of real estate has slowed to a crawl.+ Battle heats up oversoutheast Lee CountyAn epic legal battle is looking more certain with the resignation of a well-respected development consultant from a committee formed to examine land uses in southeast Lee County.+ Hot hogs focusof shocking studyTampa's Stinger Systems Inc. had a problem. It needed to prove the cardiac safety of its key product, the Stinger S-200 electro-stun gun, but it's hard to find human volunteers willing to endure the repeated shocks, close study and eventual surgery required.+ New C12 groupin Fort MyersC12, a nationwide group of organizations for Christian chief executive officers, has added a new franchise in Fort Myers. + Flagler Westshore purchaseexpensive, development delayedCoral Gables-based Flagler Development Group appears to be waging a big bet on its new Westshore property.+ Fight to widenPine Island RoadBuilders in Cape Coral plan to redouble their efforts to widen the busy Pine Island Road corridor despite the governor's veto.+ Not your parents'flea marketYou may have thought flea markets were a thing of the past, but a newly built one in Collier County takes the concept to a whole new level.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 13, 2009
Take Back

Lou Oberndorf won a long-fought gamble to buy back the medical education company he co-founded, putting up at least $10 million of his money in the process. His new quest: To beat the recession by blunt force.

  • Strategies
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • May 17, 2013
Third time's a charm

It took Steve MacDonald more than one try to get it right. But in the world of entrepreneurs, persistence is a prerequisite.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 24, 2012
Punch line no more

The city of Pensacola altered its governing structure in 2009 after a tumultuous, and somewhat leaderless, decade. Now the city thrives under a strong mayor.

  • Florida
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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • February 23, 2012
The Next Shah

Punit Shah expected to jump into the boardroom of his father's business after college. Raxit Shah had dirtier plans for his eldest son.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 25, 2018
With citrus in peril, entrepreneurs and researchers turn to a new crop

Kelly Hackman, owner of The White Heron Tea & Gifts in New Port Richey, and Brantlee Richter, a University of Florida professor, are both interested in the potential of tea as a Florida crop.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 23, 2024
Retiring SCF president's teachable moments: Lead with your heart, have fun

Carol Probstfeld took over a school in crisis a decade ago. It has turned out, she says, to be the best job she's ever had.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 31, 2025
Massive master-planned community starts blooming near Bradenton

Patience and deep pockets are in play as a shrewd development group makes progress on the 1,175-acre SeaFlower, the biggest master-planned community in west Bradenton in a generation.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 22, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

GLL Partners buys Naples PromenadeNew York investment firm buys Laguna Bay unitsPunta Gorda company buys Wal-Mart storeBOOKS-A-MILLION SET FOR MERCATO IN NAPLESPreston family sells 46 acres for SevenShoresTJM Properties acquires Bradenton OaksWal-Mart Stores plans to expand Cattlemen storeEola Capital closes on Westshore landGoodwill Industries-Suncoast buys ex-motel, vacant landInternational firm Praxair buys Tampa warehouse

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • February 23, 2023
Nonprofit sets up fishing charters for disadvantaged kids

Chasten Whitfield was just 16 when she began these fishing charters. Now she hopes to make it a full-time job.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 2, 2019
Pinball wizard targets industry revival

Can pinball machine manufacturing be a growth industry?

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 19, 2022
Functional yet fancy art gallery sets the table for expansion

A business owner immersed in working with wealthy clients believes Naples is nudging a prominent — and affluent — Northeast enclave off its throne. Greenwich, he says "has a small amount of wealth compared to Naples."

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • July 7, 2022
At capacity: Industry struggles with a counterintuitive 'COVID bump' challenge

Furniture retailers are confronting an unexpected, pandemic-driven business oddity: an oversupply of product.

  • Strategies
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 2, 2022
Mobile plant shop pops up in Tampa

The founders left careers to drive the 1967 Shasta Camper around the area.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 2, 2022
Blockchain integration firm helps businesses prepare for Web 3.0

The founders of Tampa-based BlockSpaces have been on the frontlines of the internet's next phase for more than a decade.

  • Technology
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 8, 2022
Cru Cellars ready to launch next phase of growth

After a decade-plus of hard work, Tampa wine aficionados Torrey and Jen Bingham are transforming their burgeoning bottle-shop business into a full-fledged hospitality company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 13, 2022
Tampa independent book publisher sees big opportunities in industry

Vid Lamonte Buggs pumps life into an industry some think is on the brink: printed book publishing.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 16, 2022
New trust firm managing principal transitions with two senior-level hires

With succession plan in place six years ago, Susan Hines wasn't caught off guard when she was promoted to managing principal.

  • Finance
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