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  • December 17, 2004
Corporate Payout or Deceit?

A retired lawyer says allegations he defrauded an Italian manufacturing group are lies.

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  • November 5, 2009
Smaller is Better

Al Jeffrey and Jim Wilheim had to wrestle with a difficult entrepreneurial crossroad: Had their business, a chain of 15 scuba diving stores from Orlando to Key Largo, gotten too big?

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  • January 14, 2010
A New Hope and Change

A national political voice believes there is a chance for a new Republican Revolution. But the party must first avoid mistakes made by its counterparts.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • December 3, 2010
Damage Control

Dais Analytic, a small Pasco County nanotech firm, looks to get bigger by marketing processes aimed at cleaning up the earth. It's growing rapidly with deals to China, but still looking to be profitable.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • May 14, 2010
Feed the Giants

Greg Murtagh is commanding attention from major retailers as Triad Digital Media moves into a new phase of growth. It all started with a presentation to the folks from Fayetteville.

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  • January 4, 2013
Chin Up

It really is all fun and games for toy entrepreneur Tim Walsh. But — no joke — he thinks he might have a big hit ready for market.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 11, 2011
Public Family

Beasley Broadcast Group provides a lesson in raising capital while keeping it in the family.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 21, 2011
Forecast 2012: Lee-Collier

Comments from Bert Hamilton, Gary Griffin, and other Lee-Collier entrepreneurs.

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  • January 11, 2013
The Show Goes On

The complicated and sometimes chaotic business behind the circus is about to get bigger on the Gulf Coast. There's no time to clown around.

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  • By Dan Ping |
  • May 6, 2011
Business School

A new magnet school in Orlando will prepare high school students on how to be successful in business. Slated to open in 2012, the school will emphasize entrepreneurship and free enterprise.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 10, 2011
Hold 'Em

A Texas firm with bravado and a few boldfaced backers has entered Florida. It doesn't intend to let a crowded marketplace deter its plans.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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

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