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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2008
From the Trenches

There are pundits, ivory tower profs and media purveyors of doom, then there are those entrepreneurs and businessmen in the trenches of everyday business warfare. Here is their boots-on-the-ground outlook.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 2, 2022
Nautical chart art shop makes big waves in retail sector

Online retailer Sea & Soul Nautical Chart Art is featured in 70 shops nationwide.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 17, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Fighting the (Red) Tide: Virginia Haley, executive director of the Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau, and her staff are are hoping they don't get all choked up. Not out of sentimentality.Fifth Third is fourth...: ...In terms of deposits among banks doing business in Michigan, and local bank analyst Richard X. Bove says that's bound to catch up with Fifth Third Bancorp.Inland move: Holmes Beach is no longer the home of an acquisition wing of Oak Brook, Ill.-based Inland Retail Real Estate Trust.Trusting to the land: It should be known soon whether Sarasota County will be the testing ground for a proposed solution to the worker housing shortage.Rock on: Speaking of cultural creatives, the Tampa Bay Technology Forum is tuning up for its fourth annual Tampa Bay Tech Jam.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 7, 2021
Alicia Dietzen, 31

KnowBe4, general counsel

  • Class of 2021
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 7, 2021
Vanessa Castro, 31

V Partner Solutions Insurance and Payroll, owner

  • Class of 2021
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 12, 2023
Alietys Pineiro, 38

From teller to Bank of America market executive, Alietys Pineiro rarely strays far from Cuban roots.

  • Class of 2023
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 10, 2024
Kris Dumke, 31

40 Under 40 winner Kris Dumke is managing broker at Bridgewater Commercial Real Estate.

  • Class of 2024
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 13, 2023
Homebuilders set to capitalize on shifting demographics

Stubbornly high housing costs are pushing homebuyers out of the core Tampa Bay counties, but residential developers are ready for the surge.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • January 22, 2021
Human resources firm chases lofty growth targets

With a bolstered senior leadership team, a company — founded in an industrial park garage — that specializes in taking on outsourced human resources tasks seeks to capitalize on myriad growth opportunities.  

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2006
The Daily Grind

John Cauthen found a niche and way to meet it: the ground-up remains of the melaleuca tree.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2007
Something to Believe In

An entrepreneur who disdains risk has still managed to grow his business - in revenues, employees and product lines. It starts with faith-based principles.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2007
Comic Reality

Lamar Berry and Dean Young spent more than $4 million to build a franchise support system for Dagwood's before the first sandwich was served. Ambitious plans call for 4,900 locations within five years.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2007
Corporate Report

AT&T eyes Florida for fiber-optic services rolloutHT Systems, Fujitsu Computer create palm-scanning devicePort Charlotte therapy company purchased by Aegis TherapiesMoffitt Cancer Centermoves to Microsoft's AzyxxiGerdau Ameristeel completes Chaparral purchaseAzteca America of SW Florida added to local DIRECTV

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 5, 2007
Fewer Chiefs

Johnson Engineering reorganized the way its leaders make decisions and became one of the fastest-growing engineering companies in the country.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2008
Corporate Report

PGT, ASI create joint ventureArmorit distributes zero-emission vehiclesEyeglass-maker Neostyleputs distribution to BradentonGeneral Dynamics Ordnance wins $109 million in contractsOdyssey Marine boat upgrades new Zeus

  • Industries
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  • By Janelle Makowski |
  • February 18, 2005
W'holy' Grail

John Mackey explains why shareholders don't come first at Whole Foods Market. Not that they're complaining.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 6, 2006
No Gorillas

With a strategy of giving each unit an independent board, Bancshares of Florida has grown rapidly. And the directors of those boards share the wealth, so power isn't controlled by one player.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 5, 2005
Accidental Money Manager

A math whiz made a quick million trying to debunk an academic. Now Joe Galbraith finds running a hedge fund isn't so easy.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 10, 2006
So Long HMO

An entrepreneur exploits a new concept in medical insurance. But raising capital has been hard. He predicts one in 20 Floridians will be covered by his company in five years.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 14, 2005
Grape Expectations

A veteran Gulf Coast vintner thinks Florida wineries should stop being just tourist curiosities and prepare to compete with Napa Valley.

  • Entrepreneurs
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