Profiles

This historic building that used to be a Firestone tire garage is where automated marketing company Sharpspring will being to make its new home. It will begin moving in during the month of September. Location: 304 West University Ave. Website:www.sharpspring.com How Long in Current Location: SharpSpring acquired the location, known as the historic Firestone tire...

Dan Drotos, with Bosshardt Commercial & Land, has recently been promoted to to the division’s vice president. Drotos said his new responsibilities will include more involvement in strategizing overall direction for the division, part of Bosshardt Realty Services. “Drotos…has shown tremendous growth by continuing to deliver results time after time,” said Aaron Bosshardt, president of...

Sonny Tillman stood at the restaurant door calling people “darlin’” and “honey” and hugging customers’ necks as the smell of smoked meat wafted into the August humidity. Tillman, the founder of the southeastern barbecue chain that bears his first name, returned to the original Waldo Road restaurant Thursday to celebrate his 85th birthday. For the...

  A locally launched tech company has become one of Innovation Square’s newest tenants. Application development firm Seventh Compass recently moved from its office space in the Seagle Building to 417 Innovation Square. CEO Matthew Donovan said he decided to make the switch because he wanted to position the company at the heart of the...

In the hotel office at the Hampton Inn, there’s a sign tacked up to a corkboard: “I brought you into this world, and I can take you out: Mom taught me the circle of life.” Megan Eckdahl and Susan Perkins laugh and talk over each other when they talk about the sign – and about...

From its spacious offices above 101 Downtown, Grooveshark offers music lovers the opportunity to listen to their favorite artists from their computer or mobile device. Founded in 2006 by former UF students Sam Tarantino and Josh Greenberg, the two aim to “diminish piracy while strengthening the relationship between listener and artist.” Take a look behind...

For more than 40 years, eda, Engineers-Surveyors-Planners, Inc., has provided quality land development services to the North Central Florida area, and with a new name and a fresh partnership, the firm is ready to move into the future while providing the same client-focused service that they’ve become known for. The firm began in 1972 as...

Downtown, in a little office just off of University and Sixth Street, sits a little company selling big ideas in interior design to Gainesville businesses. “We sell solutions, we just happen to leave furniture behind,” said Judy Osbirn, Office Environments (OE) account executive and Gainesville store runner. “We help companies and businesses make the most...

“True innovation starts with a great idea. For the University of Florida, great ideas start in its laboratories, where more than $670 million in research takes place each year,” says the narrator of the UF Office of Technology Licensing’s (OTL) introductory video. For every $2 million to $2.5 million of that research, a new discovery...

“J. Krishnamurti said that the greatest societal problem we have is separation,” said Florida School of Massage (FSM) owner Paul Davenport. In an effort to solve that problem, the school has spent 40 years improving people’s lives through the vehicle of touch and teaching others to do the same. “We don’t teach our students to...