For Maker Forte, collaborations with influencers and creating products for sometimes-overlooked demographic groups are key.

Kimberly Martinez went inside the box to fight back against the pandemic.

Area businesswoman has survived a gauntlet of challenges in 25 years, mostly with a full-throttle focus on providing the best customer service. The pandemic has pushed her resiliency to new levels.

After a hefty investment — $2 million over seven years — the inventors of a unique way to move shipping containers from place to place face a new, more standard challenge: sustainable sales.

What started as a coworking venture has shifted to more than space provisions.

This year, Tracee Murphy's Sarasota-based interior design firm Trade Mark Interiors celebrates 20 years in business.

The company Lauren Weiner and Donna Huneycutt founded more than 15 years ago continues to outperform both expectations and competitors — and push its founders to overcome more obstacles.