The Business Observer is the leading source of business news and information on the Gulf Coast of Florida.

With a team of skilled and veteran business reporters, the Business Observer not only tells you what’s happening in business and the economy from Tampa Bay to Lakeland to Naples, it tells you why it matters — and how it can help you be better at business.

Our proposition is simple. Everyone in business — be it as a CEO, an owner, an entrepreneur, an investor, a business development director, public-policy maker — thrives on relevant, valuable information. That is what we do and have been doing since our founding in 1997. We say our job is to provide “what the boss needs to know.”

And even if you’re not the boss, we believe this approach nets valuable information and insight relevant to all our readers.

The Business Observer is the only publication that gives its readers a regional view — from Tampa Bay to Naples — of the economic news and trends; of the companies starting, growing and expanding and their strategies; of the changes affecting key industries; of the people … the entrepreneurs and CEOs leading their enterprises; and of state and local governments and how they are affecting business.

The Business Observer delivers this authoritative information daily and weekly via its website, mobile app, e-newsletter, social media, newspaper and podcast to be an indispensable tool for a monthly audience of more than 78,000 business-hungry readers.