Brian Hartz
I am a freelance journalist and author. I enjoy tennis, sailing, and creative writing, and spending time with my dog and cats.
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If I Knew Then … Todd Hopkins
Todd Hopkins is the founder and CEO of Office Pride Commercial Cleaning Services in Palm Harbor, Fla. Office Pride was founded in 1992 in Indiana and in 2012 moved its corporate headquarters to Palm Harbor, west of Tampa. It began franchising in 1996 and today has 123 locations in 23 states across the United States, including five in the Tampa Bay region. Mr. Hopkins is the author of several business books that deal with topics ranging from entrepreneurship to workplace culture and values.
Check out my interview with Mr. Hopkins in Crain’s Tampa Bay business magazine.
If I Knew Then … Matthew Garfinkle
Matthew Garfinkle is the co-founder of The Hip Room, a Tampa, Fla., dance studio that opened in July 2016. Mr. Garfinkle, a dance instructor since 2006, initially launched the business in Boca Raton, Fla., in 2013 before moving it to Tampa, where he partnered with Rita Bauer, the studio’s other co-founder. The Hip Room offers instruction in styles of dance ranging from ballroom and ballet to hip-hop, as well as dance fitness classes.
Check out my interview with Mr. Garfinkle in Crain’s Tampa Bay business magazine.
If I Knew Then … Rob Povolny
Rob Povolny is the founder of Eat Fresco Foods in Tampa, Fla. Mr. Povolny founded Eat Fresco in 2014 after spending more than a decade working for major global brands like Coca-Cola and Nestle. Eat Fresco produces ready-made, preservative-free meals – using high-quality ingredients – that can be found in Tampa Bay-area specialty grocery stores, neighborhood markets, and some Winn-Dixie supermarkets. The company is building a $1.5 million, 12,000-square-foot food production kitchen in eastern Hillsborough County set to open in January 2017.
Check out my interview with Mr. Povolny in Crain’s Tampa Bay business magazine.
If I Knew Then … Laura Barrett
Laura Barrett is a classically trained opera singer and the founder of Barrett School of Music in Tampa, Fla. Barrett School of Music provides music lessons for a wide range of instruments to clients in the Tampa Bay area communities of Seminole Heights, South Tampa, and Westchase, and has plans to expand to Lakeland and St. Petersburg.
Check out my interview with Ms. Barrett in Crain’s Tampa Bay business magazine.
If I Knew Then … Patrick Moraites
Posted in business, entrepreneurship, Florida, Profiles on February 3, 2017
Patrick Moraites is the co-founder of FIRM Consulting Group in Tampa, Fla. Founded by Ryan DeJong and Moraites in March 2007 as a commercial finance and expense reduction company, FIRM Consulting Group today is a Tampa-based holding company whose subsidiaries deliver on FIRM’s original promise by providing client-centered business solutions and increasing clients’ cash flow through innovative expense-reduction plans and vendor management services.
Check out my interview with Mr. Moraites in Crain’s Tampa Bay business magazine.
If I Knew Then … Jason Caras
Posted in business, entrepreneurship, Florida, Profiles on February 3, 2017
Jason Caras is the co-CEO of IT Authorities in Tampa, Fla. IT Authorities is a leading provider of managed IT services and support to companies in the Tampa Bay region and beyond. IT Authorities specializes in process-driven IT infrastructure solutions and has been recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the country’s fastest-growing privately owned companies.
Check out my interview with Mr. Caras in Crain’s Tampa Bay business magazine.
Dr. Loehrer’s Dream Becomes Reality
More than a decade ago, Patrick Loehrer Sr., M.D., director of the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, traveled to Kenya. He returned with a dream. Read the full story here.
BriWrites- Florida’s tech sector turning virtual dreams into successful reality June 21, 2017
- It’s not what you think May 24, 2017
- If I Knew Then … Blaine Cardinale May 17, 2017
- Why I listen to records. It has nothing to do with sound quality. May 17, 2017
- If I Knew Then … Matthew Ganzak April 20, 2017
