• 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:

  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2003
Bellwethers Buoyed

A late year recovery for the Gulf Coast manufacturing industry has companies looking forward to the new year.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Carl Cronan |
  • June 11, 2010
Lean Manufacturing

Clearwater's Boyd Industries has quietly made a name for itself in orthodontic circles, making chairs and related furnishings for more than a half-century. Sales have stabilized during the recession, but the company itself isn't reclining.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 11, 2012
On the Trail

Business owner David Mulicka provides insights on what it's like for an entrepreneur to run for public office.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 15, 2019
New York's Red Apple Group planning a "destination block" in St. Petersburg

Developer Red Apple Group hopes to create a building that is accretive to the community when it builds a 200-plus-room hotel and condo tower at 400 Central Ave. in downtown St. Petersburg.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 17, 2014
Keep on rolling

An opportunistic entrepreneur has gone from rocking a guitar to rolling paintbrushes. For a time it was tougher than 'selling sand in the desert.' But now the business is a primer for how to grow in a recession.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Denise Federer |
  • February 10, 2023
How to develop executive maturity — with staying power — in a family business

Process and patience are two key facets of creating a corner office with high-level standards.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • April 8, 2020
Area firm analyzes effects of COVID-19 on global supply chains

The coronavirus pandemic has caused worldwide supply chain disruptions. A strategist from Fort Myers-based supply chain services firm Allyn International shares what she’s seeing and what might be ahead.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Denise Federer |
  • October 2, 2015
The 'Generation Gap' in a family business is potentially perilous

One key when it comes to understanding 'kids' today? Don't operate from fear.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 24, 2022
USF receives $5.26 million gift, renames insurance school

The gift was donated by Baldwin Risk Partners to address the industry's talent gap.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 10, 2022
Naples ultra-high net worth services firm finds exit strategy

Benson Blackburn founder Michael Benson says he considers the deal more of a "merger than an acquisition."

  • Finance
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 31, 2007
Hair Space

How 500 square feet translated to a 55% jump in revenues at a Fort Myers hair salon. It's a lesson in maximizing the use of commercial real estate.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 4, 2005
Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Events is available free of charge.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 13, 2005
Attorney Fails Second Chance

A death row inmate's records are almost lost when his court-appointed attorney abandons the documents at a storage facility. His lawyer loses his license for the second time.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2004
Wal-Mart's Penalty for Success

No one has a right to business success or a right to be protected from competitors by the government.

  • Opinion
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 15, 2005
Local Legend Changes Owners

Business partners Sen. Mike Bennett and Marvin Kaplan say they plan to keep the business open following the sale.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 24, 2006
'You Can Do It'

Tony Little, the man who trademarked 'America's personal trainer,' receives national recognition for his contributions to the fitness world. But he's got more than ponytails and TV slogans in his gym bag: He brings in about $3 million in retail sales for HSN during a typical three-day period and his company has annual revenues of $6 to $9 million a year.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 14, 2005
Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Events is available free of charge.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 28, 2005
Finalist: Guardian Solutions

The mission of Guardian Solutions, a Bradenton-based developer of intelligent video surveillance software, is to make and sell equipment that monitors these facilities and fence lines.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 28, 2005
Strategic Execution

Fowler White Boggs Banker has embarked on a new phase of its five-year growth plan.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 1, 2005
Selling the Farm

Developer plans 1,400 homes for the Mixon Fruit Farm property.

  • Entrepreneurs
« 959 960 961 962 963 964 965 966 967 968 »
The best of Business Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest business and commercial 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 © 2026 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