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  • September 10, 2021
Why It’s Important to Regularly Review Your Employee Benefits Program

For the health of your business.

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Adjusting Care

Dr. Jon Hemstreet, a St. Petersburg doctor, expands the services of his concierge medical practice.

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Love of Law

Marcy Shaw, 35 Wright & Shaw

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  • February 17, 2021
Medical equipment firm and its owner agree to pay $20.3M in fraud scheme

Indian Rocks Beach businesswoman Kelly L. Wolfe faces 13 years in prison as company Regency Inc. agrees to $20.3 million civil settlement.

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  • March 25, 2020
Soap company founder utilizes past crisis-management lessons

Online sales are up 140% year-over-year at Naples Soap Co.

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  • April 13, 2020
Area group temporarily closes company-owned restaurants

The group has 309 company-owned restaurants and 73 franchise locations.

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Hotel group trades traditional hotel shuttle for Uber

Scarlett Hotel Group started an Uber program for guests first in Omaha, then in Sarasota in late summer 2018.

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Dermatologist physician assistant travels to India

Florida Skin Center physician assistant Shirisha Vallarapu returns to her parents' native India on medical mission trip to treat and educate remote villagers

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  • April 13, 2018
Food truck marks business owner's transition from the traditional

A Lakeland business owner is trading her storefront for a truck.

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  • May 6, 2022
Hurricane Season is Here: Understanding Employee Pay During and After a Hurricane

Hurricane Season is Here: Understanding Employee Pay During and After a Hurricane

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Budgeting Employee Pay for 2024

Businesses should keep in mind recent and upcoming minimum wage increases.

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Clearwater fraud protection firm fined $150K for using 'unfair' tactics

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  • October 12, 2024
SWFL catering company delivers 15,000 hot meals in Sarasota, Tampa

Artichoke & Co. worked Thursday and Friday to get the meals from kitchen to helicopter to hungry people in need.

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Knight In Shining Armor

Richard A. Harrison has faced harassment and threats of being sued as a governmental attorney on controversial issues in the Tampa Bay area.

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Bradenton photographer has big plans for small-scale events

Rana Tierney is turning a backdrop for photo shoots into a second business. It’s a major six-figure investment, and what she hopes will be a big tipping point.

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Primer on Trade

If you follow the money, trade generates economic efficiencies, driving down prices, benefiting consumersand increasing real wages.

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  • April 7, 2006
His Private Sky

Entrepreneur Vincent Wolanin has turned a $250,000 repair tab on his Gulfstream into a $10 million and growing jet-repair business.

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  • September 11, 2003
Customer Satisfaction

Stephen Garber lives and works in the Sarasota area coaching organizations and individuals in improving high performance behaviors and attitudes. Questions and comments are always welcome at [email protected].

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  • December 15, 2017
Love to Teach

A passion for competition, and sales, has driven Shelley Broader to significant executive achievements. But her favorite part of her career comes from a different place.

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