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Business Journals
27-05-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
Berkowitz Pollack Brant founder talks leadership, AI in accounting
Story Highlights Richard Berkowitz built a top accounting firm focused on culture. Podcast discusses leadership, legacy, and future of advisory services. AI's impact on accounting and communication skills are addressed. What happens when you build a firm not just on financials, but on culture, mentorship and meaningful relationships? In this episode of the Florida Business Minds podcast, Richard Berkowitz, founder and executive chairman of Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs, chats with SFBJ Editor-in-Chief Mel Meléndez about how his solo start in 1980 ultimately led to building one of the Top 60 accounting firms in the nation. GET TO KNOW YOUR CITY Find Local Events Near You Connect with a community of local professionals. Explore All Events From surviving a tumultuous merger in the 1980s, to identifying and coaching his CEO successor, Berkowitz opens up about the career lessons that helped shape his leadership, his undying commitment to the firm and philanthropy, and why he's now proud to be the firm's unofficial chief culture officer. Listen to the podcast where Berkowitz shares his insights on leadership, legacy and the future of advisory services, as well as: • The ramifications of private equity's "takeover" of the CPA industry. • How AI is reshaping accounting – and why it's both thrilling and troubling. • Why young professionals need to ditch the DMs and master face-to-face communication skills if they expect to be successful in business. Sponsored by TECO Peoples Gas, the Florida Business Minds audio series features candid conversations with business leaders from the South Florida, Tampa Bay, Orlando and Jacksonville regions. Find more Florida Business Minds podcasts here. Sign up here for the Business Journal's free morning and afternoon daily newsletters to receive the latest business news impacting the First Coast, and download our free app to get breaking news alerts on your phone.
Business Journals
20-05-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
Interim US Attorney Kehoe talks fraud, civil enforcement
In the latest Florida Business Minds podcast episode, Greg Kehoe, the interim U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, discusses his career and priorities with Tampa Bay Business Journal Editor Alexis Muellner. Kehoe highlighted his extensive experience in financial institutions, corporate fraud, and war crimes, including representing General Dynamics and handling significant cases like the $350 million Walgreens settlement for improper opioid dispensing. He emphasized the importance of white-collar crime prosecution, particularly in Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE fraud. GET TO KNOW YOUR CITY Find Local Events Near You Connect with a community of local professionals. Explore All Events Kehoe worked for the U.S. Department of Justice as a prosecutor for over twenty years, postings in the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America. As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, he prosecuted a number of high-profile cases involving financial institutions, corporate fraud allegations, and racketeering charges. Attorney General Pamela Bondi appointed him on March 31, 2025. Kehoe also stressed the need for civil enforcement and community engagement, especially in the aftermath of natural disasters. His leadership is shaped by his commitment to service and respect for the media. Listen to the free podcast above or here. Sponsored by TECO Peoples Gas, the Florida Business Minds audio series features candid conversations with business leaders from the Orlando, South Florida, Tampa Bay and Jacksonville regions. Find more Florida Business Minds podcasts here. Sign up here for the Business Journal's free morning and afternoon daily newsletters to receive the latest business news impacting the First Coast, and download our free app to get breaking news alerts on your phone.
Business Journals
13-05-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
Podcast: Craig Smith talks Alhambra Theatre revival, business acquisitions
In the latest episode of Florida Business Minds, Jacksonville entrepreneur Craig Smith joins JBJ Editor in Chief James Cannon to share how he's turned passion projects into cornerstones of the local business community — including breathing new life into the historic Alhambra Theatre and acquiring St. Johns Food Service. Smith, who got his start selling beepers and troubleshooting failing franchises before he was old enough to drink, opens up about buying legacy businesses with little prior experience in their industries. From saving the Alhambra from closure in 2009 to transforming a 70-year-old food distribution company into a strategic asset, Smith reflects on lessons in leadership, reinvestment, and what it means to build a business with purpose. GET TO KNOW YOUR CITY Find Local Events Near You Connect with a community of local professionals. Explore All Events He discusses the challenges of competing with national brands, the emotional weight of running a theater that's created lifelong memories for generations of families, and his plans for the newly acquired Dick's Wings and the St. Augustine "Big Red Bus." 'My leadership style is simple,' Smith says. 'I think about every one of the 150 people who work with me when I make a decision.' Sponsored by TECO Peoples Gas, the Florida Business Minds audio series features candid conversations with business leaders from the Orlando, South Florida, Tampa Bay and Jacksonville regions. Find more Florida Business Minds podcasts here. Sign up here for the Business Journal's free morning and afternoon daily newsletters to receive the latest business news impacting the First Coast, and download our free app to get breaking news alerts on your phone.
Business Journals
06-05-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
Craig Collin talks Lake Nona, Sunbridge development plans
Story Highlights Craig Collin leads Tavistock Development Co.'s Lake Nona and Sunbridge projects. Lake Nona spans 17 square miles as a live/work/play community. Sunbridge will include 13,000 acres of conservation land. Craig Collin, a real estate and development veteran with more than 30 years in the industry, is at the helm of exciting development in Central Florida as the president and COO of Tavistock Development Co. — the master planner of Lake Nona and the future Sunbridge projects. In the latest Florida Business Minds podcast, Collin chats with Orlando Business Journal Editor-in-Chief Richard Bilbao on the latest of the popular Lake Nona community in southeast Orlando, what's next for the massive Sunbridge mixed-use community, and how each project plays into the responsible development mission and vision of the company. GET TO KNOW YOUR CITY Find Local Events Near You Connect with a community of local professionals. Explore All Events Lake Nona, which encompasses roughly 17 square miles and has become an example of the live/work/play community, is described as a vibrant hub of culture, innovation, art and technology. Meanwhile, Sunbridge embraces a different part of the region. Measuring at 27,000 acres with more than 7,000 homes and 9 million square feet of planned commercial space, that community will showcase how one can live in harmony with nature, emphasized by the fact that Sunbridge is being built around more than 13,000 acres of conservation land. Curious to see what is on the slate for Tavistock and what that might mean for your business? Then give this free podcast a listen to hear Collin share strategies, the emphasis behind responsible development and future challenges. Sponsored by TECO Peoples Gas, the Florida Business Minds audio series features candid conversations with business leaders from the Orlando, South Florida, Tampa Bay and Jacksonville regions. Find more Florida Business Minds podcasts here. Sign up for the Business Journal's free morning and afternoon daily newsletters to receive the latest business news affecting Orlando. Download the free OBJ app for breaking news alerts on your phone.
Business Journals
22-04-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
Florida Bar President Roland Sanchez-Medina Jr chats AI, talent challenges and industry headwinds
In a candid conversation, Roland Sanchez-Medina Jr. reveals how the state's largest legal organization is adapting to artificial intelligence and the demands of a new generation of lawyers. Story Highlights Roland Sanchez-Medina Jr. discusses leading Florida Bar amid technological changes. The podcast explores AI's impact and young lawyers' expectations in law. Florida Business Minds features conversations with regional business leaders. When Roland Sanchez-Medina Jr. stepped into his role as President of The Florida Bar, he didn't just inherit tradition — he embraced transformation. In the latest episode of the Florida Business Minds podcast, recorded April 2, Sanchez-Medina sits down with South Florida Business Journal Editor-in-Chief Mel Meléndez to discuss what it means to oversee an organization with over 114,000 attorneys through one of the most pivotal eras in legal history – where artificial intelligence is writing motions, hybrid work is the norm, and client expectations are higher than ever before. Listen to the free podcast where Sanchez-Medina chats about: The Bar's oversight functions and how it regulates the practice of law The positive and negative impacts of ever-changing technology on the sector The growing challenge of regulating the ethical use of artificial intelligence by lawyers What needs to be done to attract and retain young lawyers in a post-Covid world Sanchez-Medina also shares what prompted him to seek law as a career, his take on where the legal field is headed, how to get there with integrity and innovation, and more. Sponsored by TECO Peoples Gas, the Florida Business Minds audio series features candid conversations with business leaders from the South Florida, Tampa Bay, Orlando and Jacksonville regions. Find more Florida Business Minds podcasts here.
