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  • By Dan Ping |
  • July 21, 2011
Power Packed

If battery-powered vehicles are to become practical for consumers, battery technology has to become smaller, cheaper and more powerful. Planar Energy believes it has created a technology to build it.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 19, 2012
A Balanced Approach

The diet business, a $61 billion dollar industry nationwide, clearly has no shortage of customers. A firm aims to seize that opportunity on the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 10, 2012
Bigger Hands

In 2011, Ted Todd Insurance wrote more insurance premiums than any other Allstate Insurance agency in the country. Seizing opportunities and altering the business model were keys.

  • Industries
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 29, 2021
Net-Lease Nirvana

Marcus & Millichap's Daniel Hurd is making a career selling Dollar General stores to eager investors, and he believes he's just getting started.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 20, 2021
Co-founder's quest to build a care-for-others culture pays off

Ryan Carter looks to the future with optimism — but one worry lingers.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 26, 2021
From hip to home: Company known for cutting edge office life shifts to remote

St. Petersburg insurance company Squaremouth thrived when the office was fun. Now it'll see what happens when the office is at home.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • November 11, 2020
What’s at stake: Every future election

To the good: Florida’s election system is the gold standard, and Floridians stand strong for freedom.

  • Opinion
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 4, 2020
Of Amazonian Proportions

Amazon, the Seattle-based online retailer and already one of the largest occupiers of industrial space in Central Florida, is preparing to expand significantly.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 2, 2020
Word for 2020: Persevere, and make it "Golden"

Given the past three years of strife in Washington, one word that comes to mind is ‘stop’ — as ‘Stop it!’ But a better approach is to take the high road: the Golden Rule

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 4, 2020
Storage industry pioneer rides high into another high-stakes venture

Self-storage might not be sexy — but for Peter Warhurst it has sizzle. And now, two decades after a major industry victory, he’s back for more.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 22, 2019
First Impact

Redevelopment projects in blighted neighborhoods can be a hard sell for some developers. Joe Bonora takes the opposite approach.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 12, 2019
Mike DiBlasi goes from closer to starter at CBRE

Mike DiBlasi swapped college baseball for accounting and then commercial real estate, with more than a few setbacks along the way. As Managing Director of brokerage CBRE Inc.'s Tampa office, he's fulfilling a dream to coach others.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 10, 2018
Dermatologist starts from scratch to build four-clinic practice

Dr. Anais Badia Florida Skin Center Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Punta Gorda, Lehigh Acres

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 17, 2018
What bubble? Homebuilding executive believes region is well 'behind the supply curve.'

Accountant Mark Metheny in 2001 seized an opportunity to join Lennar, a leading U.S. homebuilder with a strong presence in southwest Florida, and never looked back. Now he's president of the company's central Florida division, based in Tampa.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • February 17, 2017
Lifelong learner

The odds were against Scott Vigue when he launched his own home services business. But he had a secret weapon: an innate ability to enact and embrace change.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 24, 2017
Ignore Defeat

It's been a long, and not-yet-over climb out of the recession depths for a Tampa builder. The founder's resolve inspires the company to remain resolute.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 14, 2017
Green for Green

Atlantic American Partners has created a niche using a sophisticated fund model fueled by immigrant dollars to finance Gulf Coast real estate.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 13, 2014
'Bittersweet Solution'

A company with more than 30 employees and three decades on the Gulf Coast recently arrived at a major crossroads. A sweet offer made its decision easier.

  • Florida
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • August 12, 2016
'No' on Amendment 4

Property-tax breaks for solar-energy devices sounds and reads like an environmental Apple Pie issue. But with every new law, there are always winners and losers.

  • Opinion
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 29, 2016
Listen to your customers

Computing power is helping CallMiner develop programs that can analyze conversations in real time. The technology is revolutionizing call centers.

  • Entrepreneurs
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