Tickets are now available for the Business Observer’s annual celebration of business owners, the Top Entrepreneur Awards luncheon.
The event is Thursday May 8, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Ora Event Venue in Sarasota, 578 McIntosh Road. Networking and registration starts at 11:30, and the awards and luncheon begins at noon.
Tickets are $75.
As in past years, the event has two elements. One is a panel discussion with three winners on the ins and outs of starting, running and growing a business, with lessons learned and obstacles overcome. The second are short video presentations of three winners, also with valuable and inspirational insights into what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.
The panelists/winners are:
- Beck Besecker, founder of 3D Cloud, a national leader in 3D product experience platforms for furniture, kitchen, bath, outdoor, office furniture, closets and storage. Clients include Macy’s, Lazy-Boy and Lowe’s and investors include Arnie Bellini of Bellini Capital in Tampa.
- Kim Githler, founder of Sarasota-based MoneyShow. The company specializes in investing and trading education, “delivered by powerful experts who are best-selling authors, market analysts, portfolio managers, award-winning financial journalists and newsletter editors.” More than one million investors and traders have taken MoneyShow classes and seminars.
- Anthony Solomon, president and owner of the Ronto Group, a Naples-based development firm. Company has luxury condo projects and developments in the works in Naples, Tampa and Sarasota.
More winners include:
- Kristy Craig Anderson, founder and chief design officer at Tampa-based Dwell & Co. She has grown the company from an old bookshelf of second-hand vases and lamps to a 26,000-square-foot retail store and warehouse.
- Henry Detwiler Sr., founder of Detwiler’s Farm Market, which has grown from a 10x20 tent at Sutter Egg Farm to now six stores in the Sarasota-Bradenton market, in addition to a distribution center.
- Elizabeth Dosoretz, founder and CEO of Elite DNA Behavioral Health. Dosoretz first started treating patients in 2013 focusing on teen counseling and mental health services. A decade later the company has 32 locations across Florida, more than 600 employees (care coordinators, psychologists, therapists, social workers, psychiatrists, case managers and support staff) and is looking to expand outside Florida.
To sponsor the event or buy a table, call 941-366-368 or email advertise@yourobserver.com.
