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Sarp Kaya and Carol Danisi
Photo by Dariela DelgadoBrittney Camont, Craig McGonigal, Kristi Hoskinson and Zach Henkal
Photo by Dariela DelgadoBrent Bies and Christopher Schultz
Photo by Dariela DelgadoLarry Thompson and Sarp Kaya
Photo by Dariela DelgadoDon Scarlett and John Stump
Photo by Dariela DelgadoLeslie Williams and Brenda Lee Miller
Photo by Dariela DelgadoKevin Gillen and Lamar Brantley
Photo by Dariela DelgadoDeanna King and Toyan Scott
Photo by Dariela DelgadoKevin Cooper and Mischa Kirby
Photo by Dariela DelgadoMargaret Rohr, Jessica Jensen, Ashley Hout and Patricia Flores
Photo by Dariela DelgadoSarasota Chamber Vice President Ed Hill speaks to the audience.
Photo by Dariela DelgadoShumaker Partner Dan DeLeo speaks to the audience.
Photo by Dariela DelgadoSarasota Chamber President and CEO Hether Kasten speaks to the audience
Photo by Dariela DelgadoHH Staffing Owner Darrin Rohr addresses the crowd
Photo by Dariela DelgadoObserver Media Group President Emily Walsh speaks to the crowd
Photo by Dariela DelgadoGuest speaker Angie's Boom Chick Pop Co-founder Angie Bastian speaks about her entrepreneurship journey.
Photo by Dariela DelgadoBaltimore Orioles Senior Vice President and Community Development and Communications Jennifer Grondahl closes the program.
Photo by Dariela DelgadoThe Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce started its day with a breakfast with a side of life and business lessons at its annual breakfast March 10 at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota.
About 370 members of Sarasota’s business community chatted with each other over coffee and breakfast before guest speaker Angie Bastian spoke about the trials and tribulations of running her popcorn company, Boom Chicka Pop, with her husband.
From starting in a garage popping kettle corn to eventually selling the business to ConAgra Foods, Bastian said the No. 1 thing she learned is to always be thinking about your customer.
"I believe that companies that learn how to understand their consumer, know who their consumer is, know how to speak to their consumer both authentically and with integrity, they are the ones that create intangible value that ultimately lands in a concrete way," said Bastian.
Prior to Bastian's speech, the chamber presented its Spirit of Sarasota award to Mark Pritchett, the president and CEO of the Gulf Coast Community Foundation who is set to retire this year, who received a standing ovation from the crowd as he accepted the award.
