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inside The annual Top Entrepreneurs issue is built around a core theme: business leaders willing to buck conventional wisdom to build something sustainable. Discover how they did it — and how they will grow.
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A Top Entrepreneur in 2008, Barry Shevlin is on a new mission................7
The Kahwa Coffee couple targets a big competitor: Starbucks.................12
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Deanna Wallin has turned soap into a $10 million enterprise. .....................8
PPi Technologies succeeds by making things easy for customers.................14
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The chance to develop a national brand motivates Trevor Burgess. ......10
Brian Murphy’s secret sauce? He blocks out the background noise.....16
REAL ESTATE Brokerage outlines steps for landlords, tenants to come back to work. 18 Group seeks $8 million for 51.5-acre Bradenton mixed-use site. 18 Sales volume in region takes a big drop. 19
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