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Mark Wemple Linda Olson wants to turn Tampa Bay ino a high-tech mecca like the “other Bay area”— a concept that is building momentum.
Mark Wemple Linda Olson wants to turn Tampa Bay ino a high-tech mecca like the “other Bay area”— a concept that is building momentum.

Innovation Wave

For the past 18 months, Tampa Bay’s Web developer community has been gaining momentum. Linda Olson is part of the reason.

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Victor Young opened a Lamborghini dealership in Sarasota in early February. The dealership, which covers markets from Tampa to Naples, is the 31st Lamborghini sales center in the country.

Need for Speed

Is the worst economic downturn in generations the right time to open a car dealership that sells vehicles priced liked beachfront condos? Yes it is, says Victor Young.

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Marty Schorr, a former media relations executive for Buick, co-founded a bi-monthly meeting for car enthusiasts in Sarasota in 2003. Schorr recently wrote a book about muscle cars.

Drive Time

The talk is all cars at a bi-monthly gathering of Gulf Coast car devotees. Still, there is business to be had amid the chatter.

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Paul Purcell has been president and chief executive of Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird & Co. for 10 years. The company has four private wealth management offices on the Gulf Coast.<b></b><b></b>

Scary Times

Paul Purcell, chief executive of a nearly $700 million financial services firm, reveres free markets, entrepreneurs and capitalism. No surprise: President Obama gives him nightmares.

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Andy Hill and Jennifer Figurelli recently formed Andrew Hill Investment Advisors, taking advantage of the turmoil in the financial services industry to launch a new money management firm in Naples.

New management

Three veteran Naples money managers are betting that the turmoil in the financial services industry makes this the perfect time to launch their own firms in the wealth-management capital of the Gulf Coast.

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Rod Millington Rick Ratner got out of the professional employer organization industry in 1999, when he sold a bellwether PEO he co-founded in 1984. He launched a new PEO earlier this month.

Ratner’s Return

A decade on the sidelines of his favorite industry was enough to make Rick Ratner feel like a piece of driftwood. He thinks he’s found a lifeboat.

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Paul Mitchard, a partner with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, stands outside Honk Kong. Mithcard’s firm is the top-grossing law firm in the U.S. and was the leading global law firm in the mergers and acquisitions industry in 2009.

Down for Deals

The global market for buyouts and acquisitions is yet another industry reeling in the recession. Even the top firm in 2009 is down 25%.

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The American Advertising Federation – Suncoast chapter has released its list of local ADDY Award winners.

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Lee County lays a goose egg

For the second month in a row, Lee County issued no permits in February for construction of new commercial buildings.

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Amendment means unemployment

State unemployment could rise to nearly 15% or more should Amendment 4, the so-called “Vote on Everything” or “Hometown Democracy” amendment to the state constitution, pass in November.

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