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  • June 7, 2022
Inflation-walloped restaurant owner: 'I don’t want to be the guy serving $43 steaks.'

A Longboat Key eatery tweaks menu to meet current times, and demand.

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Eight businesses join Publix-anchored center

The businesses coming to The Landings include a pizza restaurant and barbershop.

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Well-known insurance firm embraces digital-first strategy, including $300K production studio

FCCI Insurance Group takes big steps on its new strategy of producing high-quality videos.

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Luxury Sarasota handbag manufacturer captures big wins

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The biggest challenge for Mindshare Technology has been taking on only as much business as it can handle by offering custom software for companies.

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  • November 19, 2009
A Big Lift

The plastic surgery industry has been squeezed by the recession, as elective procedures are being shunned. But a Gulf Coast doctor is utilizing an innovative laser procedure to recharge his business.

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'Herding Cats'

Networking groups are one of the oldest ways around to snare business. A Gulf Coast entrepreneur, however, hopes to add a new wrinkle to the concept.

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Powerful Success

Even after 13 years and seven stores, two franchised-based business partners still learn on the job. Some lessons are even relearned.

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  • January 6, 2011
Fast Glass

The survival effort at Quality Enclosures has shifted into growth mode. The company expects to expand more in 2011.

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  • September 17, 2010
'Stay Alive'

A Gulf Coast family business famous for its luxury yachts wants to go small in order to get big again when the economy comes back.

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  • December 3, 2010
Reversed Course

A Gulf Coast ad firm discovered a partnership with a larger firm wasn't as stellar as it hoped. It has found new life in being independent, again.

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July 30: TIBB, BBGI, NGNM

TIB Financial takes hit; Beasley Broadcast ups profits; NeoGenomics reinvests.

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PGT sees first sales growth since '06; TECO gains customers; Gerdau profits.

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Spring Forward

A quirky tourist destination with restorative healing powers is tied up in a mix of government interests. The next 12 months could be a decisive year.

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  • May 6, 2011
TV in Paradise

Two former New York City television producers who moved to Naples found a niche in the area's hotels. Paradise Coast TV can now be seen in 5,000 rooms.

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Big Red

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Freeze Frame

Three friends and hospital colleagues sought an entrepreneurial challenge. They found it in ice cream.

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  • September 28, 2012
Out of the Gloom

Longtime real estate analyst Michael Timmerman says the housing recovery is for real, and prices for homes will continue to increase.

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  • May 8, 2012
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You have to lay the groundwork so you're ready when the opportunity comes. One niche medical manufacturer in Fort Myers did that successfully.

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