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Ed 2.0

Kaplan is widely known as the test preparation company that has helped students prepare for law school, medical school and graduate school admission tests since 1938. However, currently, only 12

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Horse Sense

The 110-foot-tall statue of Pegasus slaying a dragon not only symbolizes Gulfstream Park owner Frank Stronach’s love of horses, but his determination to turn the track into a major family-friendly

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Going Gale

“Fort Lauderdale comes to Miami sometimes – but this is going to be the opposite. Miami is going to Fort Lauderdale to get away from it all,” says Jared Galbut,

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Mega mediator

When Jerry P. Brodsky, a Miami-based attorney specializing in construction law and disputes, was looking for his first job at a law firm in the early 1990s, the market for

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The Travels of Mike Fernandez

What do you do when you’ve exceeded every one of your goals and then some? Or when you’ve come from being an impoverished immigrant to becoming a billionaire, and one

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Banking on entrepreneurialism

Eddy Arriola learned about business from his father, who went on to be Miami’s city manager. In an interview with SFBW, he tells about his first major company, Inktel, and

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Greg Baty scores with investments and jobs

Baty is a principal in Fort Lauderdale with Hamilton Lane, which manages the $500 million Florida Growth Fund. The fund was created in 2009 to invest up to 1.5 percent

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A Legal & Political Heavyweight

There’s a big trend of talent from the Northeast flowing into South Florida, but attorney Michael W. Moskowitz is ahead of the curve by 35 years. He was a federal

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Moving the Movie Industry

Hamid Hashemi says he got into the movie business because he didn’t know any better and stayed because he is a sore loser. About 30 years later, the founder, president

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The Rise of Rocco

After moving to Florida to “try his hand at the family business,” Rocco quickly got a job as a busboy at Big City Tavern. “It was the busiest restaurant I

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Reality Check

Veteran recruiting and staffing expert Mitch Kramer says there’s almost a double whammy for employers these days. Many got used to minimal raises and bonuses during the recession, but now

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Life in the Fast Lane

He may be the reigning Indy 500 champion, but Ryan Hunter-Reay has only one thing on his mind at the moment – not waking toddler son Ryden from the ever-important afternoon

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