• Alternate Text
  • Loading

  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Health Care
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Health Care
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login

Results for:

  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 4, 2005
Lessons from the Storm

How the Sanibel Harbour Resort & Spa in Fort Myers recovered from Hurricane Charley offers valuable lessons in crisis management for any business.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 4, 2011
Unemployment taxes will double

Employers could owe $171.70 in unemployment taxes per worker.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 24, 2011
Progressive hires 110 in Tampa

The auto insurer will fill 110 sales and customer service positions by July 1.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 20, 2012
Interop signs three deals

The firm inks deals with companies in Alaska, Iowa and Missouri.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2016
National financial services company appoints regional exec

Jennifer Basey has been with Edward Jones for more than 12 years.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2017
Two new nonstop destinations start at airport

Service between Islip, N.Y., and Colorado Springs, Colo., from Southwest Florida International Airport starts Thursday.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2004
Legal Briefs (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Harry Teichman appointed to volunteer advisory boardsRobert Williams to serve on national alumni boardLegal Services coordinator receives certificationMacfarlane Fergusonhires new associate

  • Law
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2021
Airport adds nonstop route ahead of the holidays

The new route took flight November 19.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2020
CPA firm acquires area accounting, consulting company

Plush Smith has provided tax, financial reporting and consulting services to individuals, fiduciaries, commercial businesses and other organizations since 2011.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2014
Pat Neal chatted up for Florida CFO post

Homebuilder has been in politics before, going back to the 1970s.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 13, 2024
Former Trump official has big plans for Florida's largest bank group

Kathy Kraninger ran a controversial financial industry oversight agency under President Trump. Now in Florida, her role revolves around highlighting and promoting a strong banking industry.

  • Florida
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 14, 2020
How to be a better leader

Beck Besecker with Marxent is so versed in how-to, he's writing a book on it.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2004
Beyond Stone & Mortar

Charles Robbins and Bernard Croghan are counting on a steady stream of businesses that want all the services of a big firm without a lot of the overhead - and sometimes without even the office.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Denise Kalette |
  • March 22, 2013
Powering Ahead

St. Petersburg-based Power Design expects its revenue to jump 40% this year. It's summoning electricians from across the country to tackle new projects.

  • Strategies
  • By Columnist . |
  • June 3, 2020
Safeguard your business — ahead of an economic downturn

One key to the coming economic upheaval: plan for many what ifs.

  • Advice
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 15, 2014
Plan with Purpose

The co-founder of a $1.2 billion employee staffing and insurance giant wasted little time preparing for the next generation.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Denise Federer |
  • November 14, 2014
Create a plan for behavior

Does your staff get anything out of setting annual goals? A behavior business plan may help create a more tangible plan of action to improve performance.

  • Strategies
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 1, 2012
Two Worlds

A leading nonprofit executive has embarked on an unusual career shift. She will enter the for-profit world - in a big way.

  • Strategies
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • April 28, 2021
Area fragrance entrepreneur launches debut perfume

Kenzie Fisher is marketing her experiential product using earned media, social media and a website that draws on several senses.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Elizabeth Morrisey |
  • May 19, 2017
How to leave work at work

The problem of not having a work-life balance is vast. Here's how to turn things around.

  • Entrepreneurs
« 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 »
The best of Business Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest business and commecial real estate news from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Sign Up

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-362-4848

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Podcast
  • Big Book of Business

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Distribution Points
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Your Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2025 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
×
3 Articles Remaining!
Not a Subscriber?

Click here to Subscribe

Already a Subscriber?

Click here to Login

Sign Up for Daily Brief

Start your day with the top Gulf Coast business news you need to succeed.

Sign Up for CRE Central

Stay updated with a weekly roundup of big deals, market shifts and the people shaping commercial real estate from Tampa Bay to Naples.


Smart People Subscribe.

Turn headlines into game plans. The playbook’s right here.
Subscribe to the Business Observer today.

Subscribe Now