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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2008
Cover Update: Facing the Challenge

Michael McMullan is fond of reciting this mantra: "We like to make good loans." You can put extra emphasis on good as the president and chief executive officer of Bank of Florida Corp. steers the eight-year-old Naples-based bank holding company through a challenging state economy in 2008.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 15, 2005
Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Events is available free of charge.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 5, 2005
Deal of the Week- Patience Pays (Tampa)

Gamble on Tampa's Urban Centre returns big.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2008
The Outplacer

Daniel Farrar says Gulf Coast business owners are too negative. Anyplace in Florida looks better when you move from the Midwest.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2004
Act Like Act Lke Founding Fathers

Sarasota Countyis fixes for the affordable housing problem has more of problems than solutions and has the possibilty of creating widder ranging troubles than the original issue.

  • Opinion
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • December 24, 2009
Building Connections

Many companies are spending at least some of their efforts positioning their business to take advantage of an eventual recovery. For Neil Hammack, that task is his sole focus.

  • Strategies
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • April 1, 2010
Culture Values

Good management shows in more than just profits. Tribridge's ability to retain talent and successfully integrate acquired companies speaks to its management style.

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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • December 10, 2009
Ports in a Storm

By increasing its presence in Tampa Bay, Whitney Bank is attempting to reapply the formula that has kept it in business for more than a century.

  • Finance
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • June 25, 2010
Family Calling

Answer Excellence, a Clearwater company that takes calls for doctors and hospitals, has turned into a family enterprise. But the president and IT director are the only ones who are actually related.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 26, 2013
Land advantage

Mark Wilson was an early buyer of premium lots in Naples and Sarasota, but it's paying off today.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 17, 2013
Bold business

Startup struggles are so 2007 for Tricia Bolds. Now, with a company nearing $5 million in annual sales, she has other pressing challenges.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 28, 2011
Starry Thoughts

A local commercial real estate firm with a national reach is expanding — quickly. Considering the dismal market, it's quite the counterintuitive move.

  • Industries
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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 28, 2011
Defensive Diversity

Cybrix Group saw massive revenue expansion from 2007 to 2010. Uncertainty in the defense contracting industry has stalled that growth.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 11, 2013
Target: Tampa

Many Southwest Florida contractors stay away from Tampa. Not Mark Stevens.

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  • By Denise Kalette |
  • January 17, 2013
Keeping Time

While many brick-and-mortar stores are closing in search of online sales, John Brozek took his Web store to a shop in St. Pete. So far, sales are up.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 5, 2013
Fly boys

A trio of executives takes aim at what they call an 'underserved and overpriced' niche of the aviation insurance market. The plan has rocketed to success.

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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 30, 2011
Ambassador of the Dance

Ken Lucci's competitive spirit derived from entrepreneurship has bolstered his dancing, but being on the receiving end of orders is a new challenge.

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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 14, 2011
Franchise Frenzy

During the downturn drug users are the first to go. USA Mobile has recorded five-fold growth by helping firms detect them.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 29, 2011
Loading Docks

The recession emptied industrial buildings on the Gulf Coast as tenants vacated millions of square feet of space. Now there are signs the trend is reversing.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • August 11, 2011
Winners and Losers

The trends that shaped the economic landscape of Gulf Coast companies mirrored those affecting the nation.

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