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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Bennett defends billThe Argus Foundation is having a barn burner of an event on May 13It's almost make-it or break-it time for Sarasota's Infinium Labs Legal profession, state survive

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2003
Coffee Talk (Tampa Edition)

This week's items: Bradenton and St. Petersburg models of redevelopment success? Larry Staff, of ResortQuest, forecasts good news for winter tourism The happenings of entrepreneur, developer and philanthropist Harvey Vengroff

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2009
Corporate Report: Roper Industries buys UTS, plans to also acquire Verathon

Sarasota-based Roper Industries Inc. has acquired the assets of United Toll Services LLC, a Montgomery-Ala. based provider of software and hardware systems for vehicle toll and traffic adjustment, and also signed a definitive agreement to acquire Verathon Inc. of Bothell, Wash., a maker of specialty medical devices.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 4, 2009
Poison Detective

Richard Lewis invented a new way to detect poisonous dry-cleaning solvents in the ground. That kind of innovation has helped his firm, HSA Engineers & Scientists, grow revenues in a tough year.

  • Industries
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 1, 2012
Buy a company, get a visa - but is it worth it?

Successful entrepreneurs never give up, even in the face of great adversity. One British couple rebuilt their business despite near disaster.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 27, 2012
Shopping for Space

Retail real estate is improving on the Gulf Coast, but mostly in the best locations. Population and employment growth will spur increased demand.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 31, 2012
Housing Rediscovery

Thomas Harrison turned Aston Gardens into one of the most successful senior-housing companies before selling it in 2006. He's at it again with a new company.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 30, 2012
Lot Builders

As new-home sales pick up, builders are angling for lots in premium locations from Sarasota to Naples.

  • Industries
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • April 8, 2021
Marketing firm is methodical in transferring business from mom to daughter

Transition takes commitment to the process from both generations.

  • Strategies
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  • By Elizabeth Djinis |
  • April 28, 2021
Economic development official talks about what works— and what doesn’t

While lamenting some deals that got away, one of the region’s elder statesmen of economic development, Mike Meidel, reflects on his decades in the game — and where the state and region can improve.

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 4, 2020
Tying faith between their teeth

Craig Sher and Will Conroy’s Backstreets Capital is a family affair that reflects the pair’s commitment to St. Petersburg.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • December 25, 2020
Social entrepreneur shifts to virtual events with impact amid pandemic

Going from in-person to virtual won't stop Shannon Rohrer-Phillips from sticking to her big-picture goal: crafting an event with impact.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 7, 2020
Tampa Bay restaurants and merchants remain cautiously optimistic

Tampa Bay restaurants and merchants still betting on consumer pent-up demand and touchless experiences to overcome virus fears

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • January 17, 2020
Social entrepreneur starts conference from scratch

The Voice + Visibility Women’s Summit is Feb. 4 in Sarasota.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 18, 2020
Federal case: Firm finds winning formula in government contracts

Eric Knellinger, president of St. Petersburg-based US Federal Contractor Registration, is still standing after losing his wife to cancer in 2011 and now battling the disease himself.

  • Florida
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • January 28, 2022
Money manager motivated by outsmarting others on the racetrack

CrossFitter by day, car racer by night, Michael Calamaras constantly seeks the next great challenge to tackle.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 5, 2018
How Richard Lawrence became an accidental investor

Lawrence Capital founder Richard Lawrence is drawing on a diverse background in creating a firm that advises clients on commercial real estate investments.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 30, 2018
Anatomy of a retail transformation

The owners of Tampa's University Mall are exploring a new path for success at the 96-acre property.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 24, 2014
The M word

Bonita Springs enacted the nuclear option of growth management: a development moratorium. As the recession fades, the familiar development battles pitting anti-growth activists against developers reemerge.

  • Florida
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 19, 2013
Those 700,000 jobs and how we compare

When Jim Michaels was editor of Forbes magazine, he instilled in his editors and writers that this incisive, imperative question be answered in every story: “Compared to what?”

  • Opinion
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