The Steps Tampa Bay Business Owners Should Take Before Selling a Company
Early preparation can shape value, buyer confidence and deal terms before a business is listed.
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Saint Leo to make ‘every graduate digitally fluent’ with AI training
IBM SkillsBuild will become a graduation requirement beginning fall 2026.
Gasparilla Music Festival returns, projects 10,000 daily
Festival projects 10,000 daily attendees inside Water Street district.
Celestar sold to Virginia defense firm B&A
B&A acquired Celestar, expanding intelligence capabilities across defense and national security markets.
Serial entrepreneur builds AI platform for marketing decisions
Bill Lederer builds an AI platform designed to help marketers make faster, smarter decisions in real time.
Why founders struggle to sell at the peak of success
Founders often resist selling when performance peaks, even though that moment is when buyers place the highest value on the business.
Tampa Bay’s Top Companies No. 4: Bloomin’ Brands
Part of TBBW’s ongoing Tampa Bay Top Companies series, spotlighting major employers across the region without ranking or order.
SMS can help your business shift from good to great
By Harry Hedaya “People always said that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being … Read more
Embrace the power of, and the power in, collaboration
“Unity is strength… when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” — poet Mattie Stephanek Collaboration is empowerment. Collaboration is not giving up something. Collaboration is a way to move forward, move ahead and move beyond challenges with input, perspective and insight. When you collaborate, you focus on what is best instead … Read more
Positioning for Success
In times of uncertainty, we automatically look to see what is new that can help us adapt. It is a marketing technique to add “new,” and “improved,” to products as we perceive this as positive. We are looking for answers, during this time, to help our business continue, or get back to, flourishing. The good … Read more